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This is the last work programme for Horizon 2020 and it puts in place a bridge to enable a smooth transition to the Horizon Europe programme.

The European Commission launched a public consultation on the strategic orientations of the future European Research and Innovation programme Horizon Europe for the period 2021-2027.

Wath the recording of the sessions and download the presentations from this year's Societal Challenge 2 Info Day.

On 3 July 2019, BioHorizon will organize its 5th H2020-SC2 and KET-Biotech international brokerage event in Brussels. The registration for the event is now open.

The EaP PLUS Team provides grants to support the participation of researchers from Eastern Partnership countries in Brokerage Events or Preparatory Meetings for the development of H2020 project proposals.

The Call 2019 is currently open and the deadline for submission of proposals is 4 September 2019, 17:00 CET.

Today the European Commission switch from the Participant Portal to the Funding & Tenders Portal!

The new video presents the overall concept of the next framework programme, Horizon Europe.

Examples of synergies between the framework programmes for research and innovation (Horizon 2020) and the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF).

The updated Work Programme 2018-2020 provides details of the calls for proposals for 2019 and indicates the deadlines and specificities applicants need to follow on their applications.

The EC presented on the 11 October an action plan to develop a sustainable and circular bioeconomy that serves Europe’s society, environment and economy. This is an update of the 2012 Bioeconomy Strategy.

The 4th BioHorizon International Brokerage Event took place on 26 June 2018 in Brussels.

The 4th SC2 and KET-B International Brokerage Event was organized by BioHorizon on the 26th June 2018 in Brussels, back-to-back with the Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 InfoDay for 2019 calls. The event offered opportunities for interested participants to meet potential partners for their consortia.

Check out this new guide aiming to help you better understand contracts in the IP field.

BBI JU's call 2018 is the fifth in a total of seven for the period between 2017 and 2020 and is built around 4 strategic orientations: Feedstock, Process, Products, and Market uptake.

Registration is now open to the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking InfoDay, taking place on 17 April 2018 in Brussels.

EIT Food, EIT RawMaterials and EIT Health have jointly launched a ‘Business Ideas Competition’ to improve cross-sectoral innovation performance in EIT RIS eligible countries.

The Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) has published its first Calls for Proposals.

JPI HDHL launched a new call to create dedicated, top-class transnational research consortia in the emerging field of nutrition and epigenetics.

On 10 January 2018, the European Commission launched a series of public consultations clustered by key policy areas, in preparation for the EU's next long-term budget post-2020 (MFF). Citizens, organisations and businesses can give their views online until 8 March 2018.

Commission invites stakeholders to provide views on the draft implementing Regulation laying down rules on the provision of food information to consumers.

EIT Food is looking for 11 organisations that would assume the roles of EIT Food Hubs in 11 countries targeted by EIT Food’s Regional Innovation Scheme: Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey.

BBI JU's AWP 2018 was published on the BBI JU website on the 22 December 2017. This document establishes the 2018 AWP and budget, outlines the scope and details of the R&I activities prioritised for the 2018 call for proposals, as well as the governance and activities of the BBI JU foreseen for 2018.

Net4Society has published a new version of the document “Opportunities for Researchers from the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH) in Horizon 2020”. This document contains an analysis and the full texts of the SSH relevant topics within the H2020 2018-2020 Work Programme, including the Societal Challenge 2 (SC2) topics.

A scientific opinion ''Food from the Oceans" has now been published and submitted to the European Commission by the European Commission's High Level Group of independent scientific advisors.

The 3rd International Brokerage Event was organized by BioHorizon on the 15th November in Brussels, as part of the Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 InfoWeek. This event followed the SC2 Info Day for the 2018-2020 calls, and offered opportunities for interested participants to meet potential partners for their consortia.

With this manifesto the Bioeconomy Stakeholders Panel sets out to map the opportunities and challenges of developing the bioeconomy and provide inspiration to stakeholders, regions and Member States, at various stages of development of their bioeconomy strategies, as well as to the EU as a whole.

The Infoday on the Societal Challenge 2 calls for 2018 took place on 14 November 2017 in Brussels. This event was part of the Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 InfoWeek. Funding opportunities available under the Societal Challenge 2 Work Programme for 2018–2020 were presented.

A catalogue of Italian organisations interested in participating in the next calls for proposals published under the Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 2 Work Programme for 2018-2020 is published. The catalogue contains brief presentations of the expertise and the cooperation offer/request of these organisations.

Final versions of the SC2 and KET-B work programmes 2018-2020 now officially published.

News on the eligibility of UK participants under Horizon 2020 referring to the existing terms and conditions of the EU research and innovation framework programme agreements.

All there is to know about new funding opportunities for 2018-2020, the Bioeconomy policy, digitisation and Blue Growth!

Net4Society, the network of NCPs for the Societal Challenge 6 in Horizon 2020, published a factsheet focused on the integration of Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH) in the Societal Challenge 2.

A recent speech by UK Science Minister, Jo Johnson reaffirmed the parameters of the UK Government’s underwrite of Horizon 2020 funding, in which the Government has committed to underwrite the funding for all successful bids for competitive EU funding made by UK participants that are submitted before the UK leaves the EU.

Prize draw for all Bio-NCPs who participated in this year’s benchmarking exercise.

The European Union Open Data Portal is single point of access to open data produced by EU institutions and bodies.

The 2017-2018 Joint Call with an indicative global budget of €25 million will be launched soon.

Joint call for pre-proposals to study the environmental impacts and risks associated with seabed mining.

Find potential partners for project proposals using the Participant Portal.

New BBI JU contact, new partner search tool and update on Brexit.

Researchers from across Europe are invited to submit images which provide an inspired, imaginative and informative insight into the world of Bioeconomy research. The competition is organized by the CommBeBiz project which aims to support bioeconomy researchers across Europe on their quest to transfer their research knowledge to commercial, social and policy arenas.

The INNO-4-AGRIFOOD project just launched an offer of completely novel, innovative and free-of-charge innovation support services, tools and e-learning courses that will unlock the innovation and collaboration potential of agri-food SMEs and enhance the service portfolio of innovation consultants and SME support networks.

On the occasion of the "Innovative Enterprise Week – Access to Finance for Research, Innovation and SMEs" conference hosted by the Maltese Presidency of the Council of the EU, EC and the EIB signed an amendment to the InnovFin Advisory Technical Assistance agreement, setting up the conditions for improved access to finance for the Circular and Bioeconomy sectors.

The 2017 Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) call for proposals is now open, addressing 4 strategic orientations: Feedstock, Process, Products, and Market Uptake.

SC2 Infoday, brokerage, dissemination with a focus on digitisation and a bioeconomy policy event - all in one week!

The BioHorizon team is happy to announce the launch of this years’ benchmarking exercise. All Bio-NCPs are invited to take part in the exercise, which is set to commence on the 3rd of April.

Registration is open for the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking Info Day and Brokerage Event taking place on 28 April 2017 in Brussels. The aim of the event is to bring together potential participants interested in the BBI JU 2017 Calls for proposals.

PLATFORM's Policy Brief No 3 has been published by the PLATFORM project.

The Commission has modified the Horizon 2020 Model Grant Agreements to introduce a new definition of additional remuneration.

DG AGRI has launched a consultation as part of a broad consultation process and an impact assessment of the CAP. The consultation is open until the 2nd May 2017.

Net4society, the international network of National Contact Points for the Societal Challenge 6 ‘Europe in a changing world: inclusive, innovative and reflective societies’ elaborated a document on integration of social sciences and humanities (SSH) aspects into H2020-SC2 topics.

Highly skilled, open-minded and independent experts with an innovative vision for the bio-based industries in Europe, who could join the current Scientific Committee, are welcome.

As of 1 January 2017, the Association Agreement with Switzerland applies to all parts of Horizon 2020 (full association). In consequence, entities from Switzerland can thus receive financial contributions from the European Commission in all calls of Horizon 2020.

ERA CoBioTech is an ERA-NET cofund action under H2020 focused on biotechnology for sustainable bioeconomy. The co-funded call for transnational research projects in the field of biotechnologies has been opened with a closing date for pre-proposals on 2.3.2017.

The BBI annual work plan is now published with 16 indicative topics for proposals, divided into 4 strategic orientations.

A public stakeholder consultation has been launched by the European Commission on “Interim evaluation of the Joint Undertakings operating under Horizon 2020”. The consultation includes questions on seven JUs, including the Bio-based Industries (BBI).

Take the survey and help us to map SC2 NCPs' needs regarding social media!

FACCE-JPI and FACCE SURPLUS pre-announce the upcoming call for joint research projects. The indicative total available budget amounts to 7M€. The call is expected to open on 5 January, 2017 with a closing date for pre-proposals on 7 March, 2017.

The workshop took place in September in Krakov, Poland. The event aimed at building innovative food systems, looking both from the perspective of the farmer as well as the city. The final report is now available.

Open-Bio has launched a database that provides relevant information about bio-based end products to assist public buyers in making purchasing decisions.

Following an inaugural Bioeconomy Photo Competition in 2015/2016, researchers from across Europe are invited to participate in another call launched by the CommBeBiz project to provide an inspired, imaginative and informative insight into the world of the Bioeconomy research. This competition will help European scientists to communicate more effectively with their target stakeholders.

Public stakeholder consultation in the context of the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020 was launched on 25th October 2016. The interim evaluation will help to improve the functioning of Horizon 2020, and will also be an important element in the preparations of a next EU research and innovation programme.

Interested in how your NCP colleagues organize their work? Participate in BioHorizon's Staff Exchange programme for Bio-NCPs!

About €416 million available for new funding actions in 2017 across four open calls addressing all bioeconomy sectors.

The BioHorizon team invites you to participate in an interactive training that will be held in Bratislava, Slovakia, on 18th and 19th October 2016. The training will be combined with the Bioeconomy conference organized under the Slovak presidency on 17th October 2016.

SME Instrument budget has been increased to € 437.5 million in the updated Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2016-2017.

Improve your skills! The BioHorizon Practical Guide for Horizon 2020 Bio-NCPs was prepared by the BioHorizon team to provide a comprehensive collection of information and practical guidelines on how to perform the daily work of a Bio‑NCP.

EC amended the Horizon 2020 model grant agreements, providing changes in favour of beneficiaries.

How to build successful consortia for Horizon 2020? SC2 InfoWeek and brokerage event - summary and materials.

The call for experts for three new EIP-AGRI Focus groups in the areas dairy farming, agroforestry and viticulture is open until 11 July 2016.

Have your say! The open public consultation is your chance to influence and shape the future Horizon 2020 SC2 Work Programme for 2018-2020. All citizens and organisations are welcome to contribute to this consultation!

The JPI on “Water challenges for a changing world” aims to tackle the ambitious grand challenge of “Achieving sustainable water systems for a sustainable economy in Europe and abroad”. Relevant speakers and a large public of stakeholders discussed the possibilities and benefits from international cooperation at the Water JPI conference.

European IPR Helpdesk in close cooperation with the Fit for Health 2.0 project and the Enterprise Europe Network organizes a special webinar series specifically dealing with "IP Challenges in Life Science" end of May.

The Maritime Institute in Gdańsk in cooperation with the NCP networks BioHorizon and ETNA2020 have the pleasure to invite all stakeholders in the area of maritime economy and research to a joint information and brokerage event!

The European Commission is setting up an informal expert group to advice the Commission on matters pertaining to the education, training, skills and career development within the blue economy.

Free of charge partnering event targets a wide spectrum of companies, universities and researchers from Europe and beyond interested in sharing new project ideas and seeking collaboration partners. The thematic focus is on the Horizon 2020 work programme addressing ‘Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy’ (SC2) and Key Enabling Technologies in the area of Biotechnology (KET-B).

€189 million of new funding for new bio-based economy research and support actions, demonstrators and flagships bio-refineries.

Learn more about the Societal Challenge 2 calls and topics for 2017, update yourselves on relevant past research outcomes and meet partners in the brokerage event during the SC2 InfoWeek from 27 – 29 June 2016 in Brussels.

The BioHorizon network just published the first version of the BioHorizon Practical Guide for Horizon 2020 Bio-NCPs, which provides information and practical advice on the daily work of a Bio-NCP.

Have your say on the future of this joint research and innovation programme addressing challenges of sustainable food production and water resources management in the Mediterranean region until 24 May 2016.

200 million RMB (28 million euro) funding opportunity for Chinese R&D institutions participating in Horizon 2020 projects.

Win 100,000 Turkish Liras in this international science award for public health and nutrition.

Participate in the Brussels info-week on 24-27 November 2015 and learn more about the new Horizon 2020 work programme 2016/2017 for Societal Challenge 2: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy.