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News article23 September 2021European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

Closure of 2021 Horizon Europe Calls for Climate and Mobility topics (Cluster 5)

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The deadline to submit project proposals for the first Horizon Europe single stage calls for Climate (HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01) and Mobility (HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01) topics expired on Tuesday 14 September 2021 at 17:00.

CLIMATE TOPICS (HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01)

Overall, the budget for the call is €136 million distributed over 9 single stage topics, all managed by CINEA. 67 proposals have been submitted to the call for a total requested contribution of €367.51 million.

Below is the overview of the submissions at call closure, broken down per topic:

Cluster 5 Destination Topic Description Type of Action Topic Budget (M€) Requested funding (M€) Proposals submitted
D1 – Climate sciences and responses for the transformation towards climate neutrality HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-01 Improved understanding of greenhouse gas fluxes and radiative forcers, including carbon dioxide removal technologies RIA 24 47.62 6
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-02 Modelling the role of the circular economy for climate change mitigation RIA 15 34.98 8
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-03 Maximising the impact and synergy of European climate change research and innovation CSA 9 28.25 6
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-04 Enhanced integrated assessment in pursuit of global climate goals RIA 15 17.06 3
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-05 Better understanding of the interactions between climate change impacts and risks, mitigation and adaptation options RIA 20 103.59 16
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-06 Supporting and standardising climate services CSA 9 8.99 1
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-07 Improved economic methods for decision-making on climate and environmental policies RIA 6 32.54 11
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-08 Restoration of natural wetlands, peatlands and floodplains as a strategy for fast mitigation benefits; pathways, trade-offs and co-benefits RIA 20 46.35 8
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D1-01-09 The contribution of forest management to climate action: pathways, trade-offs and co-benefits RIA 18 48.13 8
Total 136 367.51 67

 

MOBILITY TOPICS (HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01)

Overall, the budget for the call is €258 million distributed over 17 single stage topics, all managed by CINEA. 135 proposals have been submitted to the call for a total requested contribution of €824.91 million.

Below is the overview of the submissions at call closure, broken down per topic:

Cluster 5 Destination Topic Description Type of Action Topic Budget (M€) Requested funding (M€) Proposals submitted
D5 - Clean and competitive solutions for all transport modes HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-01 Nextgen vehicles: Innovative zero emission BEV architectures for regional medium freight haulage (2ZERO) IA 45 39.54 3
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-02 Nextgen EV components: Integration of advanced power electronics and associated controls (2ZERO) RIA 20 102.60 19
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-03 System approach to achieve optimised Smart EV Charging and V2G flexibility in mass-deployment conditions (2ZERO) RIA 25 145.60 16
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-04 LCA and design for sustainable circularity - holistic approach for zero-emission mobility solutions and the related battery value chain (2ZERO & Batteries Partnership) CSA 4 3.90 1
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-05 Greenhouse gas aviation emissions reduction technologies towards climate neutrality by 2050 RIA 25 119.29 24
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-06 Next generation digital aircraft transformation in design, manufacturing, integration and maintenance RIA 29 165.37 32
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-07 Enabling the safe and efficient on-board storage and integration within ships of large quantities of ammonia and hydrogen fuels (ZEWT Partnership) IA 20 29.54 3
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-08 Enabling the full integration of very high power fuel cells in ship design using co-generation and combined cycle solutions for increased efficiency with multiple fuels (ZEWT Partnership) RIA 15 44.92 3
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-09 CSA identifying waterborne sustainable fuel deployment scenarios (ZEWT Partnership) CSA 0.5 0.52 1
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-10 Innovative on-board energy saving solutions (ZEWT Partnership) RIA 20 57.36 12
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-11 Hyper powered vessel battery charging system (ZEWT Partnership) IA 14 21.66 3
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-12 Assessing and preventing methane slip from LNG engines in all conditions within both existing and new vessels (ZEWT Partnership) IA 7 8.96 2
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-13 Digital Twin models to enable green ship operations (ZEWT Partnership) RIA 7 47.24 7
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-14 Proving the feasibility of a large clean ammonia marine engine (ZEWT Partnership) IA 10 9.79 1
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-15 Development and demonstration of cost affordable and adaptable retrofit solutions for tailpipe and brake polluting emissions IA 10 14.74 4
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-16 Assessment of noise and particle emissions of L category vehicles from real driving conditions RIA 5 12.37 3
HORIZON-CL5-2021-D5-01-17 Support for dissemination events in the field of Transport Research CSA 1.5 1.50 1
TOTAL 258 824.91 135

Horizon Europe is the new EU framework programme for research and innovation, which succeeds Horizon 2020. Under Horizon Europe, Energy, Climate Action, and Mobility research actions are grouped into Cluster 5.

The projects in this call are selected for funding in a single-stage evaluation.

The evaluations will start on 27 September 2021, and the virtual consensus phase will be held between mid-October and mid-November 2021.

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