Widening participation and strengthening the ERA 2023-2024
The Work Programme 2023-2024 of this part of Horizon Europe consists of two components “Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence” and “Strengthening the European Research Area“ and comprises calls for proposals and other activities with a total budget of EUR 900.48 million for the two-year period.
The component “Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence“ focuses on increasing the level of excellence in R&I in 15 target countries (EU 13 + Greece and Portugal) by supporting R&I systems as well as individual institutions and R&I personnel in these countries with different measures. In the second Work Programme under Horizon Europe for this funding line two so-called “Destinations” which comprise several calls are foreseen for this:
Destination 1 - Improved access to Excellence (budget: 533 Mio. EUR)
- Call - Teaming for Excellence 2023
- Call - Twinning 2023
- Call - European Excellence Initiative (EEI) 2023
- Call - Pathways to Synergies 2023
- Call - Dissemination and Exploitation Support Facility 2023
- Call - Hop On Facility 2023
- Call - Excellence Hubs 2023
Destination 2 - Attracting and mobilising the best talents (budget: 153 Mio. EUR)
- Call - ERA Chairs 2023
- Call - ERA Fellowships 2023 + 2024
- Call - ERA Talents 2024
The second component, “Strengthening the European Research Area“, focuses on the consolidation of the European Research Area in its different dimensions. Under the third Destination in the Work Programme
Destination 3 - Reforming and enhancing the EU research and innovation system (budget: 75,5 Mio. EUR)
- Call – Enhancing the European R&I system 2023 + 2024
Projects on different relevant themes such as research ethics, gender equality or the implementation of Open Science practices will be funded.
The calls under the three destinations have different opening dates and deadlines in 2023 and 2024. The majority of the calls foresee a single-stage proposal submission. Only the call "Teaming for Excellence" in Destination 1 has a two-stage procedure. The call "Hop On Facility", also in Destination 1, which funds the inclusion of additional partners from the target countries in projects already selected for funding under Pillar II, has two cut-off dates, 28 September 2023 and 26 September 2024.
General information on the conditions of participation, eligibility, application and evaluation criteria can be found in the general annexes of the Work Programme and the Horizon Europe programme guide.
Application have to be submitted via the Funding & Tenders Portal which requires prior registration.
Please note: All calls for proposals and documents are available in the Funding & Tenders Portal and only information given there is legally binding.