• Posted 08-Feb-2021

EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL CALL RAISES HIGH NUMBER OF PROPOSAL UNDER HORIZON 2020

On 27 January, the Commission received 1550 proposals for the €1 billion Green Deal call, demonstrating an impressive response from the research community in Europe and beyond. Eligible proposals will now be evaluated by panels of independent experts. The first selected projects will start in autumn 2021.

On 27 January, the Commission received 1550 proposals for the €1 billion Green Deal call, demonstrating an impressive response from the research community in Europe and beyond. Eligible proposals will now be evaluated by panels of independent experts. The first selected projects will start in autumn 2021.

Projects will deliver clear and tangible solutions in eight areas corresponding to the Green Deal priorities, and in two horizontal areas: “strengthening knowledge” and “empowering citizens”.

In each Green Deal call area, the following number of proposals were received: 

• Increasing climate ambition: 101
• Clean, affordable and secure energy: 256
• Industry for a clean and circular economy: 108
• Energy and resource efficient buildings: 115
• Sustainable and smart mobility: 44
• Farm to fork: 260
• Biodiversity and ecosystems: 72
• Zero-pollution, toxic-free environments: 115
• Strenghtening knowledge: 106
• Empowering citizens: 373

Source: European Commission | Research and Innovation (https://bit.ly/2YXWhrQ)