Small grants to enable eligible UK R&D organisations to form strong consortia, develop project ideas, and ultimately submit high-quality applications to Horizon Europe.
The call is focused solely on Pillar 2 of Horizon Europe: ‘Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness’.
Within Pillar 2, applications for this pump priming funding can be used to in one of two ways:
- To address Calls and Topics from the 2024 Work Programmes onwards (i.e. Calls and Topics with 2024 in the call code) that are listed on the Horizon Europe funding portal as either ‘open for submission’ or ‘forthcoming’.
- To review the European Commission’s Strategic Orientations documents, which give an indication of the content that future calls will focus on.
From either source, applicants may target any type of action and focus on any cluster in Pillar 2:
- Health
- Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society
- Civil Security for Society
- Digital Industry and Space
- Climate, Energy and Mobility
- Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Further details on each cluster can be found in the Strategic Orientations documents mentioned above.
ELIGIBILITY
Proposals are welcome in all disciplines – engineering, natural sciences, medical and health sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
Proposals are encouraged and welcomed that involve working closely with any type of organisation eligible for Horizon Europe funding (based in the UK and/or the EU/Associated Countries), including SMEs, third parties, end users and similar bodies/organisations such as hospitals, libraries, regulators, commercial partners, creative industry partners, museums, local authorities and associations, NGOs, charities and companies as appropriate to the selected Call and Topic.
VALUE AND DURATION
Each award is worth up to £10,000.
All award activity must be concluded prior to the deadline of the Horizon Europe call being applied to.
KEY DATES
Rolling deadlines (subject to remaining funding):
- Wednesday 4 December 2024
- Wednesday 15 January 2025
- Wednesday 12 February 2025
- Wednesday 5 March 2025
Register here for the following information webinars:
- Tuesday 19 November 2024 (2-3pm) – see slides below
- Wednesday 8 January 2025 (2-3pm)
- Wednesday 5 February 2025 (2-3pm)
Full details, including past awards, can be found on the opportunity webpage. Top lines and FAQs can also be found in the document below.