The European Commission launched calls for proposals under Horizon Europe's Work Programme for 2023-2024 Cluster 5 – which groups together topics on Climate Action, Energy and Mobility.
A total of EUR 92 million of EU funding available under HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01 call for 5 cross-sectoral solutions for the climate transition topics and a total of EUR 36 million of EU funding under HORIZON-CL5-2024-D4-01 call for 3 efficient, sustainable and inclusive energy use topics both opened on 7 December 2023.
Please see the below tables for an overview of the proposal submissions and for more information.
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01. 119 proposals were submitted within the deadline of 18 April 2024 with 117 proposals evaluated and 19 projects selected. Grant Agreement signatures are expected to be signed in December and projects to start in January 2025. More information on the successful projects will become available on cordis once the grants have been signed.
| Thematic scope | Topic | Topic title | Type of Action | Proposals Evaluated | Above threshold | Within funding range | Expected projects in WP | Budget 2024 (EUR million) | Recommended funding (EUR million) |
| A competitive and sustainable European battery value chain | HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01-01 | Advanced sustainable and safe pre-processing technologies for End-of-Life (EoL) battery recycling (Batt4EU Partnership) | RIA | 28 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16.0 | 15.5 |
| HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01-02 | Non-Li Sustainable Batteries with European Supply Chains for Stationary Storage (Batt4EU Partnership) | IA-LS | 30 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 21.0 | 20.6 | |
| HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01-03 | Development of technical and business solutions to optimise the circularity, resilience, and sustainability of the European battery value chain (Batt4EU Partnership) | RIA | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 4.3 | |
| HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01-05 | Furthering the development of a materials acceleration platform for sustainable batteries (combining AI, big data, autonomous synthesis robotics, high throughput testing) (Batt4EU Partnership) | RIA | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 | 19.9 | |
| Emerging breakthrough technologies and climate solutions | HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-01-04 | Emerging energy technologies for a climate neutral Europe | RIA | 50 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 30.0 | 29.8 |
| TOTAL | 117 | 41 | 19 | 19 | 92.0 | 90.1 |
HORIZON-CL5-2024-D4-01. 92 proposals were submitted within the deadline of 18 April 2024 with 92 proposals evaluated and 7 projects selected. Grant Agreement signatures are expected to be signed in December and projects to start in January 2025. More information on the successful projects will become available on cordis once the grants have been signed.
| Thematic scope | Topic | Topic title | Type of Action | Proposals Evaluated | Above threshold | Within funding range | Expected projects in WP | Budget 2024 (EUR million) | Recommended funding (EUR million) |
| Highly energy-efficient and climate neutral European building stock | HORIZON-CL5-2024-D4-01-01 | Low-disruptive renovation processes using integration of prefabricated solutions for energy-efficient buildings | IA | 25 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 10.0 | 5.2 |
| HORIZON-CL5-2024-D4-01-02 | Smart grid-ready buildings | IA | 54 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 10.0 | 10.0 | |
| Industry | HORIZON-CL5-2024-D4-01-03 | Alternative heating systems for efficient, flexible and electrified heat generation in industry | IA-LS | 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16.0 | 15.1 |
| TOTAL | 92 | 52 | 6 | 7 | 36.0 | 30.3 |
Background
Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation with a total budget of €95.5 billion. Under Horizon Europe, Energy, Climate Action, and Mobility research actions are grouped into Cluster 5.
The overarching driver for this cluster is to accelerate the twin green and digital transitions and associated transformation of our economy, industry and society with a view to contributing to the EU reaching its climate goals and increasing energy resilience.
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Details
- Publication date
- 25 July 2024
- Author
- European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency