Horizon Europe is structured into three main pillars, Pillar I Excellent Science covers fundamental research funded by the European Research Council and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action, while Pillar III Innovative Europe is dedicated to improving Europe’s innovation ecosystem and to commercialising innovation. Under Pillar II, EU funding is provided to tackle global challenges and to boost Europe’s industrial competitiveness. That’s where the clusters come in. The structure of Horizon Europe lists a total of six clusters that are broken down into individual expected impacts around overarching themes. The six clusters are

  • Cluster 1: Health
  • Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Society
  • Cluster 3: Civil Security for Society
  • Cluster 4: Digital, Industry & Space
  • Cluster 5: Climate, Energy & Mobility
  • Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture & Environment

The Heritage Research Hub has scrutinized and gather the calls that are indirectly linked to the cultural heritage filed as follow. For the calls from the Cluster 2, please read our last post in the funding section.

CLUSTER 1: HEALTH

Call: Environment and health (2021) (HORIZON-HLTH-2021-ENVHLTH-02)

Topic: Indoor air quality and health

Topic ID: HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE- 01

Deadline: 21 September 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Relations to the cultural heritage field: Identification and characterisation of sources and dispersion of chemical and biological indoor air pollution 17 , e.g. indoor air microbiome and allergens, viral pathogens, household chemicals, biocides in building materials, particulate matter, radon as well as emerging pollutants;

 

CLUSTER 3: CIVIL SECURITY FOR SOCIETY

Call: Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2021 (HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01)

Topic: Improved preparedness on attacks to public spaces

Topic ID: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-07

Deadline: 23 November 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Relations to the cultural heritage field: Public spaces such as squares, sport venues, shopping districts, places of worship or touristic attractions have been the target of numerous terrorist and other violent attacks causing significant loss of lives and causing societal insecurity as well as economic losses. The means to carry out such attacks from one or several attackers range from sophisticated and well-planned scenarios including several attackers using explosives and firearms, up to so called low-cost attacks making use of everyday goods such as cars, axes and kitchen knives. Such attacks have proven to be very difficult to prevent and quick-reaction and preparedness to respond are the crucial elements in reducing their impact.

 

Topic: Fight against trafficking in cultural goods

Topic ID: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-08

Deadline: 23 November 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Relations to the cultural heritage field: Trafficking in cultural goods has become one of the most profitable criminal activities for organised crime groups and the booming art and antiquity market is creating new business models for organised crime. At the same time, the art and antiquity market is also one of the least regulated markets in Europe, characterised by a lack of traceability and speculative pricing of the objects, rendering it an ideal place also for money laundering, tax evasion, etc.

 

Call: Fighting Crime and Terrorism 2021 (HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01)

Topic: Fight against organised environmental crime

Topic ID: HORIZON-CL3-2021-FCT-01-09

Deadline: 23 November 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Relations to the cultural heritage field: N/A

 

Call: Border Management 2021 (HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01)

Topic: Enhanced security and management of borders, maritime environment, activities and transport, by increased surveillance capability, including high altitude, long endurance aerial support

Topic ID: HORIZON-CL3-2021-BM-01-01

Deadline: 23 November 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Relations to the cultural heritage field: Border and coast guards, as well as other security practitioners, require capabilities to monitor wider areas beyond the EU external borders in order to prevent, detect and react to crime, including that crossing external borders, illegal border crossings and/or smuggling at the border regions of the EU and of the Schengen area. This applies to all border contexts – land, sea and air – but it may be specifically useful in the maritime domain, and these capabilities could also have a strong impact on other maritime security-related tasks beyond border control and for key dimensions identified by the EU Maritime Security Action Plan, including the civil-military research agenda. These capabilities should include monitoring for challenges and threats to maritime activities, including transport, maritime infrastructures and environments; contributing to measures to support vessels in distress and search and rescue missions; and scanning of coastal and border areas.

 

Call: Disaster-Resilient Society 2021 (HORIZON-CL3-2021-DRS-01)

Topic: Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction for extreme climate events: from early warning systems to long term adaptation and resilience building

Topic ID: HORIZON-CL3-2021-DRS-01-02

Deadline: 23 November 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Relations to the cultural heritage field: In contemporary society, the capacity of communities and governments to manage expected and/or unexpected extreme climate events depends heavily on effective governance throughout the entire Disaster Risk Management cycle. This covers operational mechanisms ranging from short-term actions (e.g. early warning and forecast-based actions) to long-term adaptation strategies and resilience building, including nature-based solutions. A coherent integration between Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Adaptation policies and Sustainable Development Goals as fostered by the European Green Deal and major UN initiatives should result in a comprehensive resilience framework, while improving synergies and coherence among the institutions and international agencies involved.

 

Topic: Available historical data and projections

Topic ID: HORIZON-CL3-2021-DRS-01-03

Deadline: 23 November 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Relations to the cultural heritage field: The assessment of disaster risks requires different types of actions ranging from soft measures to technologies. Simulation-based risk and impact assessments represent an effective approach to make science understandable to decision makers and streamline national to local mitigation/adaptation actions. This is especially the case if they are integrated with evaluation tools for cost-benefit/effectiveness and multi-criteria analyses, data-farming experiments, serious games, and are tailored to meet end-user’s needs, to assess the effectiveness of alternative options in different phases of the Disaster Risk Management cycle.

 

CLUSTER 4. DIGITAL, INDUSTRY & SPACE

Call: A DIGITISED, RESOURCE-EFFICIENT AND RESILIENT INDUSTRY 2021 (HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01)

Topic: Re-opening industrial sites preparatory action – Promoting a sustainable strategy for Europe’s industrial future (CSA)

Topic ID: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-28

Deadline: 23 September 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Relations to the cultural heritage field: European innovation policy must place a greater emphasis on promoting innovation in less-developed regions to trigger economic recovery in regions the local economies and societies suffered from the recent closing down of industrial plants and sites, which had once offered lots of jobs in these regions and has thus ensured a level of prosperity for the local population.

 

CLUSTER 5. CLIMATE, ENERGY & MOBILITY

Call: Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply (HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02)

Topic: Market Uptake Measures of renewable energy systems

Topic ID: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-03

Deadline: 05 January 2022 17:00:00 Brussels time

Relations to the cultural heritage field: The proposal is expected to develop solutions addressing at least 2 of the expected outcomes either for the entire renewable energy market or focusing on a specific energy sector, such as electricity, heating, cooling or renewable fuels. Proposals can also address issues within a specific geographical region such as urban and peri-urban areas. Issues related to acceptance of RES technologies due to cultural heritage landscape particularities can be addressed. Self-consumption issues can be addressed too. International aspects, such as collaboration with third countries and promoting solution in new markets, can be addressed as well.

 

Topic: Industrialisation of deep renovation workflows for energy-efficient buildings

Topic ID: HORIZON-CL5-2021-D4-01-02

Deadline: 19 October 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Relations to the cultural heritage field: Several recent projects & calls have focused on prefabrication for deep renovation, but more work is needed to innovate seamless workflows from design through to offsite manufacture, installation, and compliance checking on site, also ensuring due consideration of life cycle performance. There is also a need for more demonstrations across the EU.

 

CLUSTER 6: FOOD, BIO-ECONOMY, NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE & ENVIRONMENT

Call: Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities (HORIZON-CL6-2021-COMMUNITIES-01)

Topic: Socio-economic empowerment of the users of the sea

Topic ID: HORIZON-CL6-2021-COMMUNITIES-01-04

Deadline: 06 October 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Relations to the cultural heritage field: The multi- and trans-disciplinary proposals should undertake a thorough analysis of gaps in ocean literacy, marine environment connectedness like monetary and non-monetary values of the marine environment, socio-economic vulnerability and resilience (including gender-related) and preparedness for the social transition of coastal communities and stakeholders in order to advance understanding of the preconditions and success factors for social transition and nature-based social innovation.

 

Call: Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal (HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01)

Topic Improving understanding of and engagement in bio-based systems with training and skills development

TOPIC ID: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-08

Deadline: 06 October 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Relations to the cultural heritage field: Improved and informed governance including social innovation contributes to reducing resource consumption and results in an increased innovation capacity of all actors, and reducing the risk of leaving anyone behind. This should take into account the need to promote social engagement, supporting the permanent learning and re-training, in the area of bio-based economy.

 

Call: Fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption (HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01)

Topic:Sea to fork transparency and consumer engagement

Topic ID: HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-10

Deadline: 06 October 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Transparency in the seafood chain is fundamental to create trust and improve acceptance by the consumers. A wealth of information is already available on seafood supplies to guide consumers and retailers in their purchasing choice. However, knowing when and where fish are caught in the vastness of the ocean is challenging and requires innovative and cost-efficient approaches. Additionally, farmed fish and shellfish grow in relatively controlled conditions, but producers do not always find the way to demonstrate this benefit. A lot of seafood is consumed processed and this adds downstream steps before reaching consumers’ table through logistics and retail. Often, consumers are faced with fish and shellfish of little-known origin with little information about fishing gear, feed, welfare issues, processing and transport details. This adds to an already existing important lack of trust in seafood, especially farmed seafood. Therefore, the level of awareness and demand among consumers and retailers is still far from sufficient to achieve a fully sustainable seafood sector and to efficiently promote consumption of the products with nutritional benefits and the lowest ecological and carbon footprint.

 

Call: Biodiversity and ecosystem services (HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01)

Topic: Understanding and valuing coastal and marine biodiversity and ecosystems services

Topic ID: HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-03

Deadline: 06 October 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Relations to the cultural heritage field: Contribution to enhancing the overall societal and public understanding of link between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning through education and training (school & ocean literacy, art and citizen science platforms).

 

Call: Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities (HORIZON-CL6-2021-COMMUNITIES-01)

Topic: Grasping rural diversity and strengthening evidence for tailored policies enhancing the contribution of rural communities to ecological, digital and social transitions

Topic ID: HORIZON-CL6-2021-COMMUNITIES-01-01

Deadline: 06 October 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Relations to the cultural heritage field: Proposals should explore innovative and out-of-the box ways to describe and characterise rural areas or various forms or degrees of rurality in multi-dimensional ways, screening a wide range of possible (including new) data sources going beyond conventional indicators such as population density and settlement configuration. They should analyse national and other definitions and approaches and engage with stakeholders to understand their perspectives on rurality. Proposals should define and describe functional linkages between various localities and territories and explore and develop ways to apply functional geography approaches to rural areas (e.g. developing the concept of functional rural area), learning from past work[6] and failures on such approaches. Trade-offs in selected approaches should be analysed in regional and national contexts highlighting geographical differences.

 

Call: Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal (HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01)

Topic: User-oriented solutions building on environmental observation to monitor critical ecosystems and biodiversity loss and vulnerability in the European Union

Topic ID: HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01-14

Deadline: 06 October 2021 17:00:00 Brussels time

Relaitions to the cultural heritage field: The projects under this topic should tackle issues raised within the European Green Deal calls[8] and provide solutions to halt biodiversity loss and protect vulnerable ecosystems, and ensuring ecosystem capacity to continue to provide services to society and the environment. The projects should make mapping tools and information solutions available, which are needed by a wide variety of end users in order to meet targets for conservation and restoration of diverse terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems. Hence, the development of tools to support decision-making and participatory management are crucial in this context. Solutions related to improving ecosystem health and resilience should be integrated into best practice monitoring activities within respective monitoring governance schemes. This should enable stakeholders and policy makers to take the right conservation and restoration measures, in particular with the use of a holistic ecosystem-based management in response to the urgent need for halting biodiversity loss and, consequently, alterations to ecosystem functions and sustain the delivery of precious ecosystem services.