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.
The EIC Pathfinder 2025 Challenge supports bold ideas for waste-to-value devices that enable circular production of fuels, chemicals and materials. If your research breaks new ground in integrated systems, modelling, or synthetic biology devices, this is your call. Apply by 29 October 2025.
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.
Explore alternative EU funding opportunities in 2025! From the EIC programmes to MSCA Doctoral networks and EU Missions, numerous options exist for food and biodiversity projects. Our strategic grant planning services at accelopment help you identify the best fit and secure funding for your innovative ideas.
Horizon Europe’s 2025 Cluster 6 is poised to fund research across multiple research areas related to the European Green Deal. With a total budget of 948.9 million euros for 2025, it presents a major opportunity for research innovations across sustainable food systems, biodiversity and circular economy. Explore the key topics and start preparing to maximise your chances of success.
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.
Cluster 6 of Horizon Europe and CBE JU offer numerous funding opportunities for environmentally sustainable, circular and bio-based economy topics. Take a closer look to find calls that will fit your project ideas. With both deadlines in September 2024, there is still enough time to prepare and submit your proposal.
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 EIC Work Programme for 2024 has been published. Have a look at the changes and novelties compared to 2023, focusing on the Pathfinder Open, Pathfinder Challenges and Transition instruments.
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.
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.
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 € 2.2 billion for 2021 to 2022, the Horizon Europe Cluster 6 is expected to support a transformative change of the EU economy and society to reduce environmental degradation, stop and reverse the decline of biodiversity, and better manage natural resources while meeting the EU's climate objectives and ensuring food and water security.
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.
From pillars, challenges, clusters, destinations, missions, calls, and call topics to Research and Innovation Actions, Innovation Actions, and Coordination and Support Actions – Horizon Europe, the new Framework Programme for Research and Innovation has it all. The terminology and structure is new and needs some elucidation.
A Data Management Plan is a priority for recently started ITNs. Read in this blog how you and your ESRs will get to grips with the essentials of data management.
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).
The European Commission has just published the first Green Deal call of EUR 983,000,000.