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€218 million available for the final Society Calls

August 27, 2026

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For 2020, there is still a total of €218 million funding available for Society across 25 call topics. All call topics are 1-stage call topics with a single deadline in March 2020. The budget is broken down into three Calls for proposals, alongside other actions which complement the content of the Calls:

  • €83 million for Socioeconomic and cultural transformations in the context of the fourth industrial revolution
  • €66 million for Governance for the future
  • €29 million for Migration
  • €40 million for Other actions

Upcoming deadlines in the ‘Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies’ Work Programme 2018-2020

Deadlines on March 12, 2020 (single stage)

MIGRATION

  • MIGRATION-04-2020 (RIA and IA-LS): Inclusive and innovative practices for the integration of recently arrived migrants in local communities
  • MIGRATION-05-2018-2020 (IA): Mapping and overcoming integration challenges for migrant children
  • MIGRATION-09-2020 (RIA): Narratives on migration and its impact: past and present
  • MIGRATION-10-2020 (CSA): Sustainable practices for the integration of newly arrived migrants into societies

DT-TRANSFORMATION

  • DT-TRANSFORMATIONS-02-2018-2019-2020 (RIA): Transformative impact of disruptive technologies in public services
  • DT-TRANSFORMATIONS-12-2018-2020 (RIA): Curation of digital assets and advanced digitisation
  • DT-TRANSFORMATIONS-20-2020 (CSA): European Competence Centre for the preservation and conservation of Monuments and Site
  • DT-TRANSFORMATIONS-21-2020 (CSA): Mentoring scheme for schools: mainstreaming innovation by spreading the advanced ICT-based teaching practices to a wide circle of schools
  • DT-TRANSFORMATIONS-23-2020 (CSA): To set up a digital accessibility observatory as a forum to take stock of market and technological developments, monitor progress in digital accessibility and provide opportunities for exchange of best practices

TRANSFORMATIONS

  • TRANSFORMATIONS-04-2019-2020 (IA): Innovative approaches to urban and regional development through cultural tourism
  • TRANSFORMATIONS-10-2020 (RIA): Evolving European media landscapes and Europeanisation
  • TRANSFORMATIONS-15-2020 (ERA-NET-Cofund): Society and innovations: understanding the contexts, processes and consequences
  • TRANSFORMATIONS-18-2020 (RIA): Technological transformations, skills and globalization – future challenges for shared prosperity
  • TRANSFORMATIONS-19-2020 (CSA): Culture beyond borders – Facilitating innovation and research cooperation between European museums and heritage sites
  • TRANSFORMATIONS-22-2020 (CSA and RIA): Enhancing access and uptake of education to reverse inequalities

DT-GOVERNANCE

  • DT-GOVERNANCE-05-2018-2019-2020 (RIA): New forms of delivering public goods and inclusive public services
  • DT-GOVERNANCE-12-2019-2020 (IA): Pilot on using the European cloud infrastructure for public administrations
  • DT-GOVERNANCE-22-2020 (CSA): Citizen-centric public services in local and regional administrations

GOVERNANCE

  • GOVERNANCE-23-2020 (CSA): Support to the networking of national R&I Think Tanks for helping co-shape and share a common perspective on R&I policy across Europe

SU-GOVERNANCE

  • SU-GOVERNANCE-07-2020 (RIA): The Common Foreign and Security Policy and the expanding scope of the EU’s external engagement
  • SU-GOVERNANCE-09-2020 (RIA): Addressing radicalization through social inclusion
  • SU-GOVERNANCE-21-2020 (RIA): Developing deliberative and participatory democracies through experimentation

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