Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018-2020
14 November 2017The Horizon 2020 Work Programme for 2018-2020, covering the final three years of the EU’s current research & innovation funding programme, was officially announced at the end of October. The Work Programme contains details of all of the proposed calls across all three pillars of Horizon 2020.
The list of calls announced runs in the hundreds and therefore can seem to be overwhelming to navigate. In this post therefore, we wanted to provide a brief overview of the structure of the Work Programme, a selection of some of the calls that may be of particular interest to Salford academics, along with details of where to go to find out more and to search through all of the available opportunities.
Horizon 2020 Structure
The Horizon 2020 programme is structured into three main ‘pillars’ (Excellent Science, Industrial Leadership and Societal Challenges). Each of these pillars focuses on a different type of research & innovation action: bottom-up, curiosity-driven research (Excellent Science); applied and close-to-market research & innovation actions with an industry focus (Industrial Leadership); challenge-driven collaborative research & innovation actions addressing some of the grand themes affecting both the EU and the wider world (Societal Challenges). Within each pillar there are sub-categories, all of which have their own part of the Work Programme.
Brexit and UK applicants’ eligibility to receive funding
We understand that some confusion may still exist about UK applicants’ eligibility to apply for and receive funding from Horizon 2020 in light of the Brexit process. The key message at the moment, both from the UK Government and the European Commission, is that the status of the UK as an EU Member State will not change until such time as the UK actually leaves the EU and that UK participants should continue applying for Horizon 2020 and other competitive EU funds.
Furthermore, the UK Government has issued a statement guaranteeing funding for UK applicants on proposals that submitted up until the date on which the UK formally leaves the EU (even those for which the outcome is not known at that date).
More information on the current situation is available on the UK Research Office’s (UKRO) website.
The 2018-2020 Work Programme
Some of the key calls in the new Work Programme that are likely to be of interest to Salford academics include (each call contains a link to the relevant call page on the Horizon 2020 Participant Portal):
PILLAR 1: EXCELLENT SCIENCE
European Research Council (ERC)
- ERC-2019-STG: ERC Starting Grant (TBA)
- ERC-2018-COG: ERC Consolidator Grant
- ERC-2018-ADG: ERC Advanced Grant (TBA)
- ERC-2018-SyG: ERC Synergy Grant
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
- MSCA-ITN-2018: Innovative Training Networks
- MSCA-ITN-2019: Innovative Training Networks
- MSCA-IF-2018: Individual Fellowships
- MSCA-RISE-2018: Research and Innovation Staff Exchange
Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
- FETOPEN-01-2018-2019-2020: FET-Open Challenging Current Thinking
- FETPROACT-01-2018: FET Proactive: emerging paradigms and communities
PILLAR 2: INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP
LEADERSHIP IN ENABLING & INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES (LEIT) – ICT
Call – Information and Communication Technologies
Technologies for Digitising European Industry
- ICT-02-2018: Flexible and Wearable Electronics
- ICT-05-2019: Application driven Photonics components
- ICT-09-2019-2020: Robotics in Application Areas
- ICT-10-2019-2020: Robotics Core Technology
5G
- ICT-17-2018: 5G End to End Facility
- ICT-18-2018: 5G for cooperative, connected and automated mobility (CCAM)
- ICT-20-2019-2020: 5G Long Term Evolution
Next Generation Internet (NGI)
Call – Digitising and transforming European industry and services: digital innovation hubs and platforms
Support to Hubs
Platforms and Pilots
- DT-ICT-10-2018-19: Interoperable and smart homes and grids
- DT-ICT-11-2019: Big data solutions for energy
LEADERSHIP IN ENABLING & INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES (LEIT) – NANOTECHNOLOGIES, ADVANCED MATERIALS, ADVANCED MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING, AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (NMBP)
Call – TRANSFORMING EUROPEAN INDUSTRY
2.1. FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE (FOF)
Call – INDUSTRIAL SUSTAINABILITY
3.4. CULTURAL HERITAGE
3.5. ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDINGS (EEB)
- LC-EEB-01-2019: Integration of energy smart materials in non-residential buildings (IA)
- LC-EEB-02-2018: Building information modelling adapted to efficient renovation (RIA)
- LC-EEB-03-2019: New developments in plus energy houses (IA)
- LC-EEB-05-2019-20: Integrated storage systems for residential buildings (IA)
- LC-EEB-06-2018-20: ICT enabled, sustainable and affordable residential building construction, design to end of life (IA 50%)
LEADERSHIP IN ENABLING & INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES (LEIT) – SPACE
Call – Space 2018-2020
Space technologies, science and exploration
PILLAR 3: SOCIETAL CHALLENGES
SOCIETAL CHALLENGE 1: HEALTH, DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE & WELLBEING
Call – Better Health and care, economic growth and sustainable health systems
1.3 Infectious diseases and improving global health
- SC1-BHC-15-2018: New anti-infective agents for prevention and/or treatment of neglected infectious diseases (NID)
- SC1-BHC-19-2019: Implementation research for maternal and child health
1.5 Decoding the role of the environment, including climate change, for health and well-being
- SC1-BHC-27-2018: New testing and screening methods to identify endocrine disrupting chemicals
- SC1-BHC-28-2019: The Human Exposome Project: a toolbox for assessing and addressing the impact of environment on health
Call – Digital transformation in Health and Care
- SC1-DTH-03-2018: Adaptive smart working and living environments supporting active and healthy ageing
- SC1-DTH-05-2019: Large scale implementation of digital innovation for health and care in an ageing society
- SC1-HCC-01-2018: Supporting investment in smart living environments for ageing well through certification
Call – Trusted digital solutions and Cybersecurity in Health and Care
Focus Area on Digitising and transforming European industry and services
DT-TDS-01-2019: Smart and healthy living at home
SOCIETAL CHALLENGE 2: FOOD SECURITY, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, MARINE, MARITIME AND INLAND WATER RESEARCH AND BIOECONOMY
Call – Sustainable Food Security
From functional ecosystems to healthy food
- SFS-01-2018-2019-2020: Biodiversity in action: across farmland and the value chain
- LC-SFS-03-2018: Microbiome applications for sustainable food systems
- SFS-04-2019-2020: Integrated health approaches and alternatives to pesticide use
- SFS-05-2018-2019-2020: New and emerging risks to plant health
- SFS-07-2018: Making European beekeeping healthy and sustainable
- SFS-08-2018-2019: Improving animal welfare
- SFS-11-2018-2019: Anti-microbials and animal production
Environment and climate-smart food production and consumption
Call – Blue Growth
- LC-BG-03-2018: Sustainable harvesting of marine biological resources
- DT-BG-04-2018-2019: Sustainable European aquaculture 4.0: nutrition and breeding
Organising sustainable food and non-food value chains under changing conditions
SOCIETAL CHALLENGE 3: SECURE, CLEAN AND EFFICIENT ENERGY
Call – BUILDING A LOW-CARBON, CLIMATE RESILIENT FUTURE: SECURE, CLEAN AND EFFICIENT ENERGY
Energy efficiency
Upgrading buildings’ energy performance and smartness
- LC-SC3-EE-1-2018-2019-2020: Decarbonisation of the EU building stock: innovative approaches and affordable solutions changing the market for buildings renovation
- LC-SC3-EE-2-2018-2019: Integrated home renovation services
- LC-SC3-EE-3-2019-2020: Stimulating demand for sustainable energy skills in the construction sector
- LC-SC3-EE-4-2019-2020: Upgrading smartness of existing buildings through innovations for legacy equipment
- LC-SC3-EE-5-2018-2019-2020: Next-generation of Energy Performance Assessment and Certification
Energy efficiency is an energy source
- LC-SC3-EE-13-2018-2019-2020: Enabling next-generation of smart energy services valorising energy efficiency and flexibility at demand-side as energy resource
- LC-SC3-EE-14-2018-2019-2020: Socio-economic research conceptualising and modelling energy efficiency and energy demand
Global leadership in renewables
Renewable energy solutions for implementation at consumer scale
- LC-SC3-RES-4-2018: Renewable energy system integrated at the building scale
- LC-SC3-RES-5-2018: Increased performance of technologies for local heating and cooling solutions
- LC-SC3-RES-8-2019: Combining Renewable Technologies for a Renewable District Heating and/or Cooling System
Smart and clean energy for consumers
- LC-SC3-EC-1-2018-2019-2020: The role of consumers in changing the market through informed decision and collective actions
- LC-SC3-EC-2-2018-2019-2020: Mitigating household energy poverty
- LC-SC3-EC-3-2020 – Consumer engagement and demand response
Smart citizen-centred energy system
Smart Cities and Communities
Cross-cutting issues
SOCIETAL CHALLENGE 4: SMART, GREEN AND INTEGRATED TRANSPORT
Call – 2018-2020 Mobility for Growth
- BUILDING A LOW-CARBON, CLIMATE RESILIENT FUTURE: LOW-CARBON AND SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT
- LC-MG-1-2-2018: Sustainable multi-modal inter-urban transport, regional mobility and spatial planning
- LC-MG-1-3-2018: Harnessing and understanding the impacts of changes in urban mobility on policy making by city-led innovation for sustainable urban mobility
- LC-MG-1-9-2019: Upgrading transport infrastructure in order to monitor noise and emissions
- ACCOUNTING FOR THE PEOPLE
- MG-4-5-2019: An inclusive digitally interconnected transport system meeting citizens’ needs
- MG-4-6-2019: Supporting Joint Actions on sustainable urban accessibility and connectivity
Call – Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: Green Vehicles
SOCIETAL CHALLENGE 5: CLIMATE ACTION, ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCE EFFICIENCY AND RAW MATERIALS
Call – Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future: climate action in support of the Paris Agreement
Climate adaptation, impacts and services
Inter-relations between climate change, biodiversity and ecosystem services
Water for our environment, economy and society
Innovating cities for sustainability and resilience
Protecting and leveraging the value of our natural and cultural assets: Nature-based solutions, disaster risk reduction and natural capital accounting
Protecting and leveraging the value of our natural and cultural assets: Heritage alive
- SC5-19-2018: International network to promote cultural heritage innovation and diplomacy
- SC5-20-2019: Transforming historic urban areas and/or cultural landscapes into hubs of entrepreneurship and social and cultural integration
SOCIETAL CHALLENGE 6: EUROPE IN A CHANGING WORLD – INCLUSIVE, INNOVATIVE AND REFLECTIVE SOCIETIES
Call – MIGRATION
- MIGRATION-02-2018: Towards forward-looking migration governance: addressing the challenges, assessing capacities and designing future strategies
- MIGRATION-03-2019: Social and economic effects of migration in Europe and integration policies
- MIGRATION-05-2018-2020: Mapping and overcoming integration challenges for migrant children
- DT-MIGRATION-06-2018-2019: Addressing the challenge of migrant integration through ICT-enabled solutions
- MIGRATION-07-2019: International protection of refugees in a comparative perspective
- MIGRATION-08-2018: Addressing the challenge of forced displacement
Call – SOCIOECONOMIC AND CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- TRANSFORMATIONS-01-2018: Research for inclusive growth: addressing the socioeconomic effects of technological transformations
- TRANSFORMATIONS-03-2018-2019: Innovative solutions for inclusive and sustainable urban environments
- TRANSFORMATIONS-05-2018: Cities as a platform for citizen-driven innovation
- DT-TRANSFORMATIONS-12-2018-2020: Curation of digital assets and advanced digitisation
SOCIETAL CHALLENGE 7: SECURE SOCIETIES – PROTECTING FREEDOM AND SECURITY OF EUROPE AND ITS CITIZENS
Boosting the effectiveness of the Security Union – Focus Area
Call – Protecting the infrastructure of Europe and the people in the European smart cities
Call – Security
Disaster-Resilient Societies
- SU-DRS01-2018-2019-2020: Human factors, and social, societal, and organisational aspects for disaster-resilient societies
- SU-DRS03-2018-2019-2020: Pre-normative research and demonstration for disaster-resilient societies
Fight against Crime and Terrorism
Call – Digital Security
SU-DS02-2020: Management of cyber-attacks and other risks
SCIENCE WITH AND FOR SOCIETY
Call – Science with and for Society
Strategic orientation 1. Accelerating and catalysing processes of institutional change
Strategic orientation 2. Stepping up support to Gender Equality in Research & Innovation policy
Strategic orientation 4. Exploring and supporting citizen science
- SwafS-15-2018-2019: Exploring and supporting citizen science
- SwafS-16-2019: Ethics of Innovation: the challenge of new interaction modes
Strategic orientation 5. Building the knowledge base for SwafS
- SwafS-17-2019: Consolidating and expanding the knowledge base on citizen science
- SwafS-19-2018-2019: Taking stock and re-examining the role of science communication
Further Information
This is just a small selection of the total number of calls that have been announced for period 2018-2020. Details of all calls, with a range of search tools to help identify those that are relevant to you, are available on the European Commission’s Participant Portal.
The Research Development Team is on hand to provide further guidance and advice on all aspects of Horizon 2020, including proposal development. Initial contact points within the Team for all Schools are available on the Contact Us page.