If you have questions or are planning to be involved in a Green deal call proposal, please contact Maria Enge, maria.enge@gu.se, Grants and Innovation Office, our support during the application process includes administrative issues, drafting of budget and giving feedback on texts.
The European Green Deal is a set of policy initiatives by the European Commission set to be the action plan for making Europe climate neutral in 2050. The cross-cutting “Green Deal call 2020” is the last and biggest call under Horizon 2020. It responds to the need to tackle the climate crisis and to protect environment and biodiversity. In addition, the call contributes to the EU’s Recovery Plan for Europe at the moment of the Covid-19 crisis.
The 1 billion € Horizon 2020 Green Deal Call contains 20 topics and cover 10 Research and Innovation Actions (RIA), 14 Innovative Actions (IA) and 2 Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) within the 8 thematic areas and 2 horizontal areas below
- Increasing climate ambition
- Clean, affordable and secure energy
- Industry for a clean and circular economy
- Energy and resource efficient buildings
- Sustainable and smart mobility
- Farm to fork
- Biodiversity and ecosystems
- Zero-pollution, toxic-free environments
- Strengthening knowledge
- Empowering citizens
Projects are expected to:
- deliver tangible and visible results relatively quickly
- concrete solutions (pilot applications, demonstration projects and innovative products)
The main aims are:
- technological development
- innovation for better governance of the green and digital transition
- social and value chain innovation
- social innovation to engage civil society and empower citizens
In relation to the current pandemic:
- green and digital recovery
- increasing societal resilience
Deadline for all topics is January 26, 2021
Find partners through
- brokerage events, some can be found on Vinnova’s web page about the calls, https://www.vinnova.se/m/horisont-2020/aktuellt/grona-given/
- Partner Search Tool e.g. through the National Contact Point network , NCPs CaRE, http://partnersearch.ncps-care.eu/
For more info see links:
- the official European Green deal call fact sheet including thematic areas and corresponding topics, https://gunet.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/sy-grp-sa-kommunikationsavdelningen/ET-2KgRVthlAhSFAuWQWzXMB6HbkZ4UbwljAVr1-I62vvw?e=rVObM1
- the NCPs CaRE call overview indicating special conditions and international collaboration of the current topics, https://gunet.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/sy-grp-sa-kommunikationsavdelningen/EQvEF3FXcRBKk_JR_PSSYOwBuXnixTdhlByKX_onOOPwwA?e=ArULiS
- the Vinnova presentation about the call, https://gunet.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/sy-grp-sa-kommunikationsavdelningen/Ed4nDm0-gkhIuJ9CFmSuY9wB0VG2WrcRVC2RPFsHDuQlZg?e=9XPbG9
