Horizon Europe is divided into three pillars:

• "Excellent Sciene"
• Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
• Innovative Europe

In addition, there are the cross-sectional areas of “Widening Participation” and “Strengthening the European Research Area”.

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Like the previous program, Horizon Europe will be of great importance for the research landscape in Germany and thus also for TU Dresden. Many researchers - teams and individuals - as well as other actors from the field of innovation will be able to benefit from the attractive funding opportunities. The different calls for proposals will be both bottom-up and top-down and will address projects of the entire innovation chain - from basic/frontier research to market launch.

Many funding lines from Horizon 2020 will be continued (e. g. ERC grants, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, collaborative research on societal challenges and industrial technologies and processes, European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)).

In addition, there will be some novelties, for the first time, the new EU framework program for research and innovation includes so-called missions as a new funding policy instrument. These will be located in funding pillar 2. The research and innovation missions aim to develop solutions to some of the world's biggest challenges. They are interdisciplinary and should be implemented across several clusters.

The following mission areas, have been defined:

• Adaptation to climate change including social transformation

• Cancer

• Healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters

• Climate-neutral and smart cities and

• Soil health and food

Furthermore a number of European Partnerships, new and continuing ones, will encourage wide participation of partners from public and private sectors in areas such as energy, transport, biodiversity, health, food and circularity.

For further service and support for your project ideas and application, please contact the European Project Center (EPC) at TU Dresden.

Participation to Horizon Europe is open to different types of organizations and individuals from the European Union Member States, countries associated to the program and the world.

In collaborative research projects, at least three independent legal entities from three different member states or associated countries must participate. In other parts of the program such as the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions or the ERC, for example, one legal entity is sufficient as a prerequisite for participation.

The conditions for reimbursement will be: 100% (direct costs) plus 25% overhead.

There will be special rules for industrial partners in Innovation Actions, and for programs based on lump sums or flat rates.

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https://ec.europa.eu/info/horizon-europe_en

• Main Work Programme Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe and Euratom Work Programme on Horizontal Expenditure 2021-2022

1_General Introduction

2_Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

3_Research Infrastructures

4_Health

5_Culture, creativity and inclusive society

6_Civil Security for Society

7_Digital, Industry and Space

8_Climate, Energy, Mobility

9_Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

10_European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE)

11_Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area

12_Missions

13_General Annexes

• European Innovation Council (EIC) 

Work Programme (EIC)

The European Innovation Procurement Awards (EIC)

EU Prize for Women Innovators 2021 (EIC)

• European Research Council (ERC)

Work Programme (ERC)

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The work programmes 2023/2024 are currently being prepared and their publication is expected towards the end of this year. Draft documents with the planned calls and topics are available at the EPC and can be requested. Please note that the text is subject to changes and topics may be added, removed, merged or changed before publication.

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Calls Overview Work Programm 2023 - 2024 (draft) as excel sheet

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