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Promote Swedish participation in Horisont Europa: planning projects in Sustainable industry 2021

With this call for proposals, we want to finance planning projects for Swedish actors so that they can turn their project ideas into competitive applications for the Horisont Europas work program. This offer is one of several new initiatives in Vinnova's priority area Sustainable industry. This means that the project results are expected to contribute to one or more of Sustainable industry long-term impact goals: Climate-neutral and circular production, Resource-efficient and resilient value chains, Global competitiveness and A socially sustainable industry.

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The offer in brief

What can you apply for?

Planning projects should result in the submission of a completed Horisont Europa proposal. The funding will be used to develop the project idea, establish a strong consortium, and plan the resources required for the project to be a success.

Who can apply?

Actors (legal entities) with the ability to translate thier ideas into competitive applications to the Horisont Europas work program. The consortium must consist of at least three Swedish project partners, of which at least one company.

How much can you apply for?

Each planning project can apply for up to SEK 500,000 (for a coordinating role) or SEK 300,000 (for a participating role). Vinnova´s funding may not exceed 80 percent of the project´s total eligible costs.

What is the offer about?

Swedish industry has the potential to lead the transition to sustainability, both within and outside the country's borders. The transition requires efforts that combine resources and competencies from different disciplines, technology areas and areas of knowledge. Vinnova wants to strengthen Swedish players' opportunities to participate in Horisont Europas calls in the area of Sustainable industry.

With this call for proposals, we want to finance planning projects for Swedish actors so that they can turn their project ideas into competitive applications for the Horisont Europas work program.

Horisont Europa, the EU's new framework program for research and innovation, which started in January 2021, aims to combat climate change, contribute to meeting the goals of sustainable development, and increase the EU's competitiveness. Participation in Horisont Europa can provide conditions for Swedish organizations to strengthen their positions in the global innovation front, and thereby achieve a critical mass to drive the industry's transformation through collaboration with other European actors

The announcements and "topics" within Horisont Europa that will be relevant will be published in connection with the announcement opening. The topics covered in Vinnova's area Sustainable industry are judged to be mainly parts of clusters “Digital, Industry and Space”, but also clusters “Climate, Energy and Mobility” and “Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment”, within pillar 2 “Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness”.

Several applications

At the first application opportunity that closes on June 23, it will be possible to apply for planning projects for announcements within Horisont Europa that close in 2021. The latter occasions are intended for announcements that close in 2022. Please note that dates are preliminary.

Read more about Horisont Europa

Important dates

In this call we assess incoming applications on a number of occasions.That's why we've divided this call into several application periods. This means that if you submit your application before the last day of one of these application periods, you can have it assessed close to that date. But you can submit your application at any time until the very last application date. In the timeline you can see the next application period.

  • How to apply

    To apply for funding, you need to log in and complete an application form in our eServices portal. The application form contains questions about your project, the participants taking part in the project and your budget. 

    This happens when the call is closed

    Once your proposal registered, we will email a confirmation to the person in charge of the user account and to the project manager and the signatory. This may take a few hours after the call is closed.

    When the call is closed, you can not change or fill in any new information. Then you can only complete your proposal if we ask for it.

    Who can read your proposal?

    Applications submitted to us become public documents. However, we do not disclose information about the business, inventions or research results if it can be assumed that someone is suffering financial damage if the information is shown.

    This means that we must release the documents if someone requests them. However, we keep confidential the information that we believe could cause financial damage if it is disclosed.

    How we handle public documents and confidentiality

    Any questions?

    If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

    Fund­ed pro­jects

    Reference number 2021-01980