The IMPETUS Open Call is intended to support the implementation and sustainability of citizen science projects addressing the IMPETUS challenge. For this call we are focusing on projects that focus on the themes of Citizen Science for a Healthy Planet, as well as Cities for Life. Applications which engage citizens in scientific activities producing new results, which are of mutual benefit to citizen scientists and project administrators alike will be prioritized.

Remote technologies with emphasis on non-destructive techniques should focus on obtaining analytical chemical information regarding pollutants and/or degradation products from previous interventions in monuments, buildings or large size cultural objects, which are not easily accessible or in remote places for representative sampling. Remote chemical mapping should be included too.
For onsite studies of the chemical or structural state of cultural heritage items (monuments, buildings, artefacts), a toolbox of chemical probes (e.g. fiber optics sensors…), assays and technologies should be adapted.

Successful proposals will support the delivery of solutions to implement the European Green Deal, the EU circular economy action plan (CEAP) and the bioeconomy strategy. The topic will support the transition towards a sustainable, regenerative, inclusive and just circular economy at local and regional scale across regions of Europe, boosting interregional and cross border cooperation.

The European Excellence Initiative in its widening dimension aims to raise excellence in science and in knowledge valorization of Europe’s universities through cooperation. The action will engage with universities and empower them further to be actors of change in R&I. Cooperation of universities will be supported to create critical R&I mass and pursue specific objectives that contribute to accelerating key R&I areas of own choice, for instance, one or more Mission areas. The European Excellence Initiative in its widening dimension is open to any network or alliance of higher education institutions.

Proposals should develop innovative and cost-effective solutions for automatic species recognition and quantification and assessment of health status of species (e.g., presence of parasites), and automatically analyze Remote Electronic Monitoring video footage, rapid DNA-based assays and sensor data in real-time…Moreover, proposals should investigate possibilities for the integration of the results of the artificial intelligence analyses for the purposes of automated catch recording and reporting recommend effective designs of remote monitoring systems to cover processing activities on board of fishing vessels, and explore the possibilities of the system to contribute to the identification of parasites in processed fish (e.g. via DNA-based assays).

Research and innovation activities under this topic should be specific to health and care sectors. Health and care systems are undergoing structural changes, for example by strengthening primary care and community-based care, strengthening digitalization and making sure patients are treated or cared for at the most efficient level. This offers the possibility to connect structural changes with an environmental transformation. This topic requires the effective contribution of social sciences and humanities (SSH) disciplines and the involvement of SSH experts, institutions as well as the inclusion of relevant SSH expertise, in order to produce meaningful and significant effects enhancing the societal impact of the related research activities.

This topic will contribute to the consolidation of existing virtual twin models and support research to move towards a more integrated human virtual twin, with the aim to accelerate translational research towards cost-effective development of new health technologies. Furthermore, ‘virtual twin’ patient models hold the potential of transforming clinical processes and healthcare with longitudinal monitoring, making personalized medicine, disease prevention and individualized patient management a reality. Proposals are expected to contribute to the virtual human twin roadmap and ecosystem supported under the Digital Europe Programme with models aligned and interoperable with those linked to the repository developed thereunder.

The target outcomes qualify the needed level of reliability, trust and resilience that applies to a critical infrastructure like 6G based on a globally connected continuum of heterogeneous environments supported by the convergence of networks and IT systems to enable new future digital services.

The proposal should develop and test at least one innovative solution, combining technological, social and business innovation, leading to an increase of the resilience and adaptation capacity to climate change in the involved regions and communities of the agriculture sector and the related value chains. Nature based solutions and the restoration of cropland and grassland should be explored as priority and at the very heart of the development whenever possible.

Project results should contribute to all of the following outcomes:
•  Increased scale-up, availability and use of onsite digital tools (e.g., light-based technologies, remote sensing, Artificial Intelligence (AI)) to monitor nutrients, micro-nutrients, chemical and biological stressors in soil, plants and subsequently in food in various stages of the production process (from farm to processing stages).
•   Improved capacities for food safety risk mitigation and management throughout the various food production stages.

The Draft COMMISSION NOTICE Synergies between Horizon Europe and ERDF presents the new opportunities for achieving operational synergies between Horizon Europe and the ERDF, including for Seal of Excellence, transfer, cumulative funding, combined funding (Co-funded and Institutionalized Partnerships), Teaming, and upstream/downstream synergies. This pilot call offers opportunities to incentivize the concrete realization of particularly promising sequential synergies in two different pathways either supporting the upstream synergy mode (a) or downstream synergy mode (b) where the former is focusing on human resources development and internationalization and the latter on valorization and upscaling of research results towards marketable solutions.

European start-ups or scale-ups driving sustainable change for cities, industries, climate, food, wellbeing and overall quality of life are encouraged to apply. The 20 best companies will receive acceleration support services worth a total of EUR 1 million (EUR 50 000 each). They will benefit from business coaching, mentoring, internationalization and fundraising support as well as access to the vast network of the most prominent innovation community in Europe.

Raw materials for the sustainable development and the circular economy. The scope of the 2023 Call is needs-driven research on minerals and metals extracted from primary or secondary sources, specifically non-fuel, non-food raw materials (metallic minerals; construction materials and industrial minerals), addressing one or several areas of the raw materials sustainability scheme. Both technical and non-technical ideas are supported with the aim of retaining the value of the raw materials that are used in products and returning them into the product cycle at the end of their use, keeping in mind the need for an environmentally and socially sustainable and responsible industrial supply of primary and secondary resources.

We are looking for troubleshooters that help society tackle the ossification of the internet and other hard but very important challenges, each of which has significant social and economic consequences. We need new ideas and disruptive core technologies, while at the same time evolving and growing existing technologies that are still enough future-proof. The project results become available under an open-source license, so anyone can read and validate the source code, and anyone can use the code to create technology that fits their own purposes. The right to reuse and right to repair not only allow for unrestricted scrutiny and permissionless innovation, but also help to reduce e-waste.

Innovate UK and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation, are jointly investing £16 million in this competition through their strategic partnership. This partnership will support UK businesses to engage with and benefit from the UK’s excellent research base to grow and scale innovations. The aim of this competition is to support the development of novel food production systems that create new sources of resource efficient, low-emission foods, particularly proteins, while delivering healthy and sustainable diets. Your project must progress emerging novel food production systems towards commercial viability and ability to supply mainstream consumer markets.

It intends to co-finance multiannual cross-border cooperation projects between different entities based in the countries participating in the programme. It covers all cultural and artistic areas, with the exception of audiovisual. This annual call is part of the CULTURE strand of the Creative Europe programme.

Capacity-building projects are international cooperation projects based on multilateral partnerships between organizations active in the field of sport in Programme and Third countries not associated to the Programme. They aim to support sport activities and policies in Third countries not associated to the Programme as a vehicle to promote values as well as an educational tool to promote the personal and social development of individuals and build more cohesive communities.

O Governo lançou, através do Turismo de Portugal, uma nova edição do Programa FIT 2.0 – Fostering Innovation in Tourism, uma iniciativa com um investimento público na ordem dos 1,3 milhões de euros que visa apoiar 250 startups na criação e desenvolvimento de novos negócios no setor do turismo, com base em ideias inovadoras e disruptivas.

Tem como finalidade fomentar a constituição de novas empresas e/ou capitalização empresarial, prioritariamente nas fases de arranque, promovendo a entrada em mercado e o crescimento/expansão de empresas viáveis através do desenvolvimento de novos produtos/serviços ou mercados ou do reforço e profissionalização do quadro de pessoal, incluindo a equipa de gestão, dos Beneficiários Finais. Pretende-se, igualmente reforçar a solvência das empresas que desenvolvam atividade em território nacional e que tenham sido afetadas pelo impacto da doença COVID 19 e promover a resiliência financeira do tecido económico português, conferindo-lhe as ferramentas para corresponder aos desafios das prioridades europeias e nacionais da dupla transição climática e digital.

A empresa de pagamentos Visa decidiu alargar a Portugal o seu programa de inovação para a criação de startups financeiras em Espanha. A Visa espera selecionar entre cinco a sete empresas às quais prestará assessoria e contatos com investidores e instituições durante um período de seis meses. Desta forma, o Programa Visa Innovation em Espanha converte-se no Programa Visa Innovation Iberia.