Published: 29 Nov 2024 382 views
The British Academy with the support of the Royal Society, the Academy of Medical Sciences, and the Royal Academy of Engineering are inviting proposals from UK and EU/Associated Countries-based researchers to pump prime collaborations to support the effective uptake of the opportunities provided by the UK’s association to Horizon Europe.
Proposals are welcome in all disciplines – engineering, natural sciences, medical and health sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
Horizon Europe is the largest ever EU Framework Programme for research and innovation, with a budget of over €95bn (2021–2027, excluding contributions from Associate Countries). Such EU programmes offer significant opportunities to access new knowledge, partners, markets, customers and suppliers.
This programme is providing pump priming funding to seed collaborations for applications to specific Horizon Europe topics in Pillar 2. The aim is to build collaborative activity between UK and EU/Associated Countries’ entities in Pillar 2 where the major consortia building type of applications in Horizon Europe are centred. This will help UK-based entities overcome the barriers to collaborative engagement with EU/Associated Countries’ partners to maximise the opportunities Horizon Europe presents. For the purpose of this call, Associated Countries include those countries in the process of associating as listed on the Europa website. Third country partners, such as Switzerland, can also be considered as appropriate, but projects and proposed consortia must provide confidence that they will address necessary eligibility and impact criteria.
The call is focused solely on Pillar 2 of Horizon Europe – Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness.
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We are able to offer awards of up to £10,000. This will cover collaboration preparation activities to enable multinational consortium building, as well as costs for developing the project ideas and gaining a better understanding of the market opportunities.
The expectation is that this funding will be utilised in a variety of ways but could include feasibility studies, application advice and training, partnership building, and dedicated resource to take forward an application.
Each project will be led by a named Principal Investigator (PI). The PI must be a researcher in the eligible disciplines for this call and from an eligible UK-based organisation. The PI is expected to direct and manage the grant and has responsibility for the overall project reporting requirements.
Proposals are welcome in all disciplines – engineering, natural sciences, medical and health sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
Proposals are encouraged and welcomed that involve working closely with any type of organisation eligible for Horizon Europe funding (based in the UK and/or the EU/Associated Countries), including SMEs, third parties, end users and similar bodies/organisations such as hospitals, libraries, regulators, commercial partners, creative industry partners, museums, local authorities and associations, NGOs, charities and companies as appropriate to the selected Call and Topic.
Assessment will be undertaken over multiple rounds with applications submitted by Wednesday 4 December 2024, 17.00 (UK time) considered initially, then a second deadline (if funding remains available) of Wednesday 15 January 2025, 17.00 (UK time), then a third deadline (if funding remains available) of Wednesday 12 February 2025, 17.00 (UK time), and then a final deadline (if funding remains available) of Wednesday 5 March 2025, 17.00 (UK time). If there is a high number of applications submitted before the 4 December 2024 deadline, the Academy reserves the right to begin assessment prior to the formal deadline.
All applicants must register in the British Academy’s online Flexi-Grant system to enable the processing and assessment of their application. All applications must be submitted in English.
Within Pillar 2 applications for this pump priming funding can be used to in one of two ways.
From either source applicants may target any type of action and focus on any cluster in Pillar 2:
1 (Health),
2 (Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society),
3 (Civil Security for Society),
4 (Digital, Industry and Space),
5 (Climate, Energy and Mobility) and
6 (Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment).
The Academy will hold a series of webinars related to the call and how to apply. The webinars will be on the following dates. To register your interest, please sign up here: https://forms.office.com/e/ZsZ1WZv7k7
For more details visit: The British Academy website.
