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The European Green Deal is the European Commission’s roadmap to making Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Research and innovation are key means to achieve this ambitious objective. Therefore, the European Commission will soon launch the first explicit European Green Deal call as part of Horizon 2020. All call areas support the Green Deal’s priorities and have a deadline in January 2021. The detailed call, including funding information, will be published mid-September 2020.

Now, you can already have a look at whether your project might fit into the call areas. Be aware that these draft topic texts could change until September:

• Call area 1: Increasing climate ambition: cross-sectoral challenges
• Call area 2: Clean, affordable and secure energy
• Call area 3: Industry for a clean and circular economy
• Call area 4: Energy and resource-efficient buildings
• Call area 5: Sustainable and smart mobility
• Call area 6: Farm to Fork
• Call area 7: Restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services
• Call area 8: Zero-pollution, toxic-free environment
• Call area 9: Strengthening our knowledge in support of the European Green Deal
• Call area 10: Empowering citizens for transition towards a climate neutral, sustainable Europe
• Call area 11: Accelerating the clean energy transition and access in partnership with Africa

In case none of the call topics above is suitable, but your research project contributes to greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction or storage, have a look at the funding available through the Innovation Fund for large-scale projects (>7.5 million EUR) or for small-scale projects (<7.5 million EUR). Large-scale projects can be submitted by individual entities or a consortium from EU member states, Norway or Iceland until 29 October 2020. These projects need to include highly innovative technology and an advanced level of maturity.