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Copernicus for Land and Water

Summary

Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.

Programme Name

Horizon Europe (2021-2027)

Programme Description

Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.

Programme Details

Call

Copernicus for Land and Water

Detailed Call Description

The areas of R&I are:

  • the development of new and innovative methods to integrate the current land products into land surface, land use and cover change, and more sophisticated land planning and allocation models for different environment, including through cross services approaches and using all relevant Copernicus service products, and thus extending the potential limited uptake of land product into land planning decisions, offering new dimensions and new interests for Copernicus land products. In addition, the project should demonstrate the added value of Copernicus land service products when they are integrated and/or assimilated into the models.
  • the development of an integrated, harmonized and coherent product provision system making use of new and innovative methods and observations (e.g.; SWOT mission) to improve the portfolio of the current inland and coastal/shore hydrological satellite observation products with more sophisticated and/or new products, in order to improve global scale hydrological monitoring and forecasting. The development should consider cross services approaches and all relevant Copernicus service products. It should extend the uptake (incl. assimilation) of inland water satellite observation product into hydrological models, consider a consistent approach to hydrological modelling for different purposes (e.g. continental water monitoring under climate change, improved flood and drought forecasting, support to water applications in sectors such as agriculture and energy, forcing coastal models) and offering new dimensions and new interests for Copernicus land, inland and coastal water products. In addition, the project should demonstrate the added value of Copernicus water satellite observation products when they are integrated and/or assimilated into models based on scientific quality validation approaches.
  • A proposal should address only one area, which must be clearly identified.

    The projects should take into account the existing services and clearly define to what extent the services will be improved with new elements or products, including the use of enhanced models, algorithms, tools and techniques to generate new product(s). The projects should build, where possible and relevant, on open-source models, tools and datasets already used or produced by the existing Copernicus services.

    Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

    100%

    Expected EU contribution per project: between €1.50 and €2.00 million

    Eligibility For Participation Notes

    The Joint Research Centre (JRC) may participate as member of the consortium selected for funding.

    If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).

    Programme Category
    EU Competitive Programmes
    Total Budget
    €4.00 million
    Thematic Categories
    • Energy
    • Environment and Climate Change
    • Research, Technological Development and Innovation
    • Space
    • Water - Management of Water Resources
    Eligibility for Participation
    • Legal Entities
    • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
    Call Opening Date
    21/11/2023
    Call Closing Date
    21/03/2024
    National Contact Point(s)

    Research and Innovation Foundation

    29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia,
    P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
    Telephone: +357 22205000
    Fax: +357 22205001
    Email: support@research.org.cy
    Websitehttps://www.research.org.cy/en/

    Contact Persons:
    Dr Angelos Ntantos
    Scientific Officer
    Telephone: +357 22 205 033
    Email: antantos@research.org.cy

    Mr George Christou
    Scientific Officer
    Telephone: +357 22 205 030
    Email: gchristou@research.org.cy

    Website
    Funding&Tenders HE Main Work Programme 2023–2024 – Digital, Industry and Space, p.315
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