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Under the Reforming and enhancing the EU R&I system destination, 17 projects are receiving €35 million in funding to work on better ways of advancing research and innovation.
As part of the Horizon Europe Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area (ERA) work programme, the Enhancing the European Research & Innovation system
funding opportunity aims to improve the system through structural changes, access to excellence and deepening the ERA.
The ERA 2023 call for proposals results
The most recent call for proposals closed on 9 March 2023, with 45 proposals received. Applications were subjected to evaluations by the European Research Executive Agency, with 17 successful proposals having already signed their grant agreements and received EU funding to kick off their projects. The total amount invested is €35 million.
Covering topics such as open science, ethics, foresight, research careers, research assessment, citizen science, research valorisation and gender, the selected proposals are:
| PROJECT TITLE | ACRONYM |
|---|---|
| Strengthening Phytosanitary Research Programming and Collaboration: From European to Global Phytosanitary Research Coordination | EUPHRESCO III |
| Advancing the zero-tolerance approach to gender-based violence in higher education and research in the European Research Area | GenderSAFE |
| Collaborative Action coordinating and enhancing systemic, actionable and transversal Sustainability Research and Innovation | CASRI |
| Breathing Life into the New European Research Area and the ERA Policy Agenda Through Engaging Awareness-Raising Initiatives | INSPIRING ERA |
| Towards A Brighter Future for The Mediterranean with a Renewed Prima Partnership | FUTURE4PRIMA |
| Challenges and Innovative Changes in Research Ethics Reviews | CHANGER |
| Curating, Replicating, Orchestrating, and Propagating Citizen Science across Europe | CROPS |
| Research Ethics and integrity for the GREEN transition | RE4GREEN |
| Blue Oceans Strategy for Value Creation | BEAGLE |
| European Hub for Contemporary China | EuroHub4Sino |
| Eye of Europe – The Research and Innovation foresight community | Eye of Europe |
| Citizen-Oriented Valorisation for Advancement, Learning and Uptake in Europe | CO-VALUE |
| Strengthening CoARA and Enabling Systemic Reform of Research Assessment – A Booster | CoARA Boost |
| St(r)e(a)m It/Streaming Girls and Women into Steam Education, Innovation and Research | STREAM IT |
| Quadruple-helix-based knowledge valorisation best practices to transition to an Open Science innovation management model | Kaleidos |
| Integration of citizen SCIENCE best practices to Upscale and maximise projects impact related to Green Deal and EU missions | ScienceUs |
| Macroeconomic modelling of R&D for the twin transition | TWINRD |
Discover the next funding opportunity
On 6 December 2023, a new call for proposals has been opened, with an overall indicative budget of around €25 million. It focuses on 9 topics, covering different priorities:
Prioritizing investments and reforms:
- Programme level collaboration between national R&I policymakers;
Improving access to excellence:
- Support for the professionalisation of research management;
- Strengthening researchers’ skills for better careers – leveraging the European Competence Framework for Researchers;
Deepening the European Research Area:
- Capacity building on Intellectual Property (IP) management to support open science;
- Global cooperation in not-for-profit open access publishing;
- Support to the development and implementation of policies and practices for reproducibility of scientific results;
- Policy coordination to support all aspects of inclusive Gender Equality Plans and policies in the ERA;
- Support to the implementation of inclusive gender equality plans;
- Next generation AI and Human Behaviour: promoting an ethical approach.
The deadline for applicants is 12 March 2024. Make sure to check out the 9 topics and the recorded Info Day to learn more about the call and the application process!
Details
Publication date: 29 November 2023
Author: European Research Executive Agency
Source: EREA
Photo credit: European Union