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HORIZON EUROPE – EIC Pathfinder Challenges – 2024

Horizon Europe - Horizon Europe aims to strengthen the EU's science and technology base and the European Research Area (ERA), to boost Europe's innovation capacity, competitiveness and employment, and to deliver on citizens' priorities, supporting our socio-economic model and values.

2024-10-16
120 million euro
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Call reference HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01
Programme Horizon Europe
Institution European Commission
Sectors Aeronautics & Space Agriculture & Fisheries Buildings & Public Works Business & Industry Energy Environment & Climate Research & Innovation Technology & Digital
Beneficiaries All beneficiaries

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Priorities and funded actions

Some Horizon Europe budgets are structured in response to policy ambitions (“destinations”) and deployed through calls for proposals targeting more specific thematic/sector (“Topics”). Thus, your application must be linked to a topic of a call for proposals.

Various categories of projects are eligible:

  • RIA, Research and Innovation Actions: Basic and applied research / Technology development and adoption / Testing and validation of a prototype in the laboratory ;
  • IA, Innovation Actions: Prototypes, tests, demonstrations, pilot projects, market placement. These actions may include limited R&D activities ;
  • CSA, Coordination and Support Actions: Networking, studies & conferences, communication, studies for new research infrastructures ;
  • MSCA, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions / ERC individual grants: Training networks for researchers, Individual grants for experienced researchers, Staff exchange – mobility for researchers and non-scientific staff.

In addition, calls specify the categories of eligible beneficiaries:

  • Collaborative projects, composed of a coordinator and several partners organisations (consortium) ;
  • Single-beneficiary projects, involving a single organization ;
  • Individual scholarships, open to natural persons in their own name with their home institution.

TOPICS:

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  • HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-01: Solar-to-X devices for the decentralized prosumption of renewable fuels, chemicals and materials as climate change mitigation pathway
  • HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-02: Towards cement and concrete as a carbon sink
  • HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-03: Nature inspired alternatives for food packaging and films for agriculture
  • HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-04: Nanoelectronics for energy-efficient smart edge devices
  • HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01-05: Strengthening the sustainability and resilience of EU space infrastructure

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 120 million euro
  • Amount of the grant: between 4 and 5 million euro
  • Funding rate: up to 100% of the total eligible costs