Innovative phytosanitary treatments are essential to protect plant health and support safe global trade. The Horizon Europe call HORIZON-CL6-2026-02-FARM2FORK-01 seeks cost-effective, environmentally friendly post-harvest treatments for regulated pests. With a €12 million estimated budget and deadline on 14 April 2026, this call promotes validated, scalable solutions that strengthen agriculture, biodiversity and international supply chains.
Next-generation CO2 capture technologies are central to HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-24. This call seeks breakthroughs that reduce capture costs, minimise environmental impact and increase material stability. Learn how to design a competitive proposal for the 17 February 2026 deadline.
Extending PV module lifetimes is central to HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-12. This call demands advances in defect detection, durability modelling and field validation across European climates. Learn how to frame a competitive proposal that aligns with the EUPI-PV Partnership and strengthens PV reliability for the 17 February 2026 deadline.
Thermal energy storage is central to Europe’s shift to dispatchable renewable energy. HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-05 seeks demonstrations that enhance solar system performance, reduce LCOE and improve bankability. This blog explains how to design a competitive proposal by the 17 February 2026 deadline.
Understanding how advanced biofuels and RFNBOs strengthen Europe’s energy security is central to HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D3-02. This call seeks evidence-based value chain analysis, integrated stakeholder solutions and sustainability-driven competitiveness. Learn how to frame a strong proposal for the 17 February 2026 deadline.
Europe’s textiles transition starts in its cities. The Horizon Europe call HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-04 seeks large-scale circular textile systems for reuse and repair at local and regional levels. With a €10 million budget and deadline on 17 September 2026, this call supports collaboration across cities, citizens and industry to minimise waste and build circular communities.
Europe’s growing demand for rare earth elements, precious metals and other critical materials drives the need for innovative recycling. The Horizon Europe call HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-03 seeks new technologies to recover valuable resources from electronic waste. With a €10 million budget and deadline on 17 September 2026, this call supports sustainable, high-quality recycling for a circular economy.
Textiles are one of Europe’s most resource-intensive sectors. The Horizon Europe call topic HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-02 seeks industrial-scale recycling technologies for post-consumer blended textiles. With a €11 million budget and deadline on 17 September 2026, this call aims to make fibre-to-fibre recycling, durability and non-toxicity the new standard for European textiles.
The European Commission has for the first time released a draft version of the Cluster 5 2026–2027 Work Programme (Climate, Energy and Mobility) via the Comitology Register, offering consortia an early look at upcoming calls, budgets and strategic direction. In this blog we unpack structure, highlight select calls and offer proposal-level advice to get ahead.
Plastic food packaging remains a major obstacle to Europe’s circular economy goals. The Horizon Europe call topic HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-01 seeks industrial-scale solutions for recyclable multilayer food packaging. With a €11 million budget and deadline on 17 September 2026, this call aims to improve end-of-life sorting, recycling and circular design for food-contact plastics.
Groundwater ecosystems remain one of Europe’s least understood natural assets. Cluster 6 of seeks innovative scientific methods to assess their biodiversity, functions and sensitivity. With a €10 million budget and deadline on 17 September 2026, you are invited to advance hazard assessment and contribute to protect Europe’s drinking water resources.
The European Commission has for the first time released a draft version of the Cluster 6 2026–2027 Work Programme (Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment) via the Comitology Register, offering consortia an early look at upcoming calls, budgets and strategic direction. In this blog we unpack structure, highlight select calls and offer proposal-level advice to get ahead.
This blog analyses key expectations, interoperability requirements and governance considerations for the upcoming CCAM Federated Data Spacecall topic.
How can edge-AI enable real-time, energy-efficient and secure decision-making in CCAM systems? This blog analyses key expectations, integration with hardware and scalability considerations for the upcoming call.
The Horizon Europe 2025 Food, Bioeconomy Work Programme has been pre-published and is packed with fresh opportunities around sustainable food systems, biodiversity and circular economy. With major EU funding up for grabs, now’s the time to dive into the topics, spot your chance, and gear up for the next calls.
Explore alternative EU funding opportunities in 2025! From EU Missions to European Partnerships, numerous options exist for climate, energy, and mobility projects. Our strategic grant planning services at accelopment help you identify the best fit and secure funding for your innovative ideas.
Less than three months are left until the submission deadline for energy- and building-related call topics on 4 February 2025. We are convinced that with careful planning, a high-quality proposal can still be prepared in the remaining time. Follow our recommended steps to complete your proposal in under three months.
The European Commission emphasises clustering actions, encouraging EU-funded R&I projects in similar fields to collaborate for greater impact. Explore examples from our Green Deal projects to see accelopment’s strategies for meeting this requirement and how we help partners build lasting collaborations for future funding opportunities.
The European energy market is going through a major transition towards renewable energy. We asked experts involved in the Horizon Europe-funded SOLARX project about their views on the medium- to long-term trends and to provide an outlook on renewable energy systems as a key component of the European Green Deal.
The 2024-2025 EU Missions offer diverse funding opportunities targeting the European Green Deal, with ambitious and transformative goals to create a sustainable future. We can help you navigate through the Green Deal landscape to identify the calls that fit your project idea.
The European Green Deal initiative is one of the major policy priorities of the European Commission. Some of its many funding opportunities are in Cluster 5 of Horizon Europe, namely those designated to address mitigating climate change and minimising associated negative impacts, accelerating the green energy transition, and revolutionising the mobility sector.
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The Pathfinder Challenges 2024 projects set out to pave the way for breakthrough, innovative and radically new ideas in areas of Cleantech and Digitalisation. In this article, we look at the five upcoming proposal calls and give you a short overview of our involvement in EU projects supporting digital transformations and the EU Green Deal.
Navigating the complexities of Horizon Europe proposal budgets for multi-beneficiary consortiums can be intricate. From estimating costs across varied categories to ensuring adherence to HORIZON rules, the process demands precision. Dive into our insights from years of experience at accelopment and discover how our tailored tools aid in simplifying budget preparations and financial planning. Need expert guidance? We're here to assist!
The draft Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023-2024 for Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5) is published. Our infographic provides an overview on the available funding and shows the different submission deadlines. Find the most suitable call topic for your research and innovation project!
The Green Deal offers multiple pathways to funding, some are well-known and others not. We can help you navigate the complex funding landscape of the Green Deal to identify the funding instruments and calls that fit your project idea.
In a project funded under Horizon Europe, participants are required to plan and carry out their dissemination activities carefully and extensively. At accelopment we are excited to support your proposal and help you spread your research results as widely as possible to maximise the impact of your project.
Project coordinators and partners often think that EU project management in Horizon Europe refers to only scientific coordination. However, it also covers the operational management of the grant and it bringstogether up to 15 partners. The project coordinator has a truly challenging job in aligning the work towards a joint project goal and accelCOCKPIT® is designed to make this task a seamless process.
As deadlines for two-stage calls in the areas of Health, Climate and Food are getting closer, learn about a key change in the submission process from Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe.
The first, highly competitive, EIC Pathfinder Open call revealed important novelties for applicants. As in FET-Open, the programme is still targeted at breakthrough, innovative solutions, but with changes ranging from the formalities of the main proposal document to the strict requirement of a multidisciplinary approach.
Cluster 5 of Horizon Europe offers diverse funding opportunities for mobility-related topics: Batteries and fuels or transport by road, rail, water, and air. Several calls are also in collaboration with specific partnerships.
With a total budget of € 2.8 billion for 2021 to 2022, the Horizon Europe Cluster 5 will contribute to achieving the EU's goal of becoming a climate neutral society. Although the Horizon Europe Climate, Energy and Mobility programme offers a wide array of funding opportunities, we expect a tough competition similar to the previous Horizon 2020 programmes.
Wood experts discussed solutions and shared ideas for a sustainable future at the event series on Wood for the future (EU Green Week partner events).