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HORIZON EUROPE – Cluster 6 Call 03 – single stage – 2025

Pillar 2 of the Horizon Europe programme aims to boost innovation, competitiveness, and employment in Europe through collaborative projects, international partnerships, and funding opportunities accessible to companies of all sizes and sectors.

2025-09-24
129.400.000 euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference HORIZON-CL6-2025-03
Programme Horizon Europe
Institution European Commission
Sectors Agriculture & Fisheries Cooperation & Development Environment & Climate Other Research & Innovation
Beneficiaries Association & NGO Consular Chamber & Agency EU & International Organisation Large company (> 250 employees) Local Authority & Affiliated Entity Research centre & university Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees) State administration & affiliated entities Training organisation & school

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Priorities and funded actions

Some Horizon Europe budgets are structured in response to policy ambitions (“destinations”) and deployed through calls for proposals targeting more specific thematic/sector (“Topics”). Thus, your application must be linked to a topic of a call for proposals.

Various categories of projects are eligible:

  • RIA, Research and Innovation Actions: Basic and applied research / Technology development and adoption / Testing and validation of a prototype in the laboratory ;
  • IA, Innovation Actions: Prototypes, tests, demonstrations, pilot projects, market placement. These actions may include limited R&D activities ;
  • CSA, Coordination and Support Actions: Networking, studies & conferences, communication, studies for new research infrastructures ;
  • MSCA, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions / ERC individual grants: Training networks for researchers, Individual grants for experienced researchers, Staff exchange – mobility for researchers and non-scientific staff.

In addition, calls specify the categories of eligible beneficiaries:

  • Collaborative projects, composed of a coordinator and several partners organisations (consortium) ;
  • Single-beneficiary projects, involving a single organization ;
  • Individual scholarships, open to natural persons in their own name with their home institution.

TOPICS:

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  • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE01 : Improving analytical capacity and understanding of the bargaining power and interactions of farmers with the operators of the value chains
  • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE02 : Upscaling innovative payments to support farmers in the delivery of agri-environment-climate public goods
  • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE03 : Boosting the attractiveness of agriculture and the connection between the farming community and society
  • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE04 : Operationalisation of bioeconomy sustainability principles
  • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE05 : Exploring options to resolve land and sea use competition
  • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE06 : Strengthening and connecting bioeconomy networks
  • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE07 : Strengthening the European Research Area by enhancing the bioeconomy research and innovation ecosystem in BIOEAST countries
  • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE08 : Effective environmental observing systems and associated governance
  • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE09 : Delivering Earth Intelligence to accelerate the green and digital transition
  • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE10 : Improving and integrating polar observation systems in response to user requirements at local, regional, and international level
  • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE11 : Enhancing sustainability and resilience of agriculture, forestry and rural development through digital twins
  • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE12 : Increasing knowledge flows to practice within Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) via thematic networks
  • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE13 : Strengthening knowledge and skills of advisors and integrating them within Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) via an EU advisory network
  • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE14 : Preparing farmers, their workforce and advisors to the future of agriculture by providing the relevant knowledge, skills and competences at the right time and place

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 129.400.000 euros
  • Budget per topic:
    • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE01 : 6 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE02 : 12 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE03 : 12 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE04 : 8 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE05 : 9 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE06 : 4.400.000 euros
    • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE07 : 4 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE08 : 10 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE09 : 15 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE10 : 16 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE11 : 12 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE12 : 3 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE13 : 10 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE14 : 8 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: between 3 million and 8 million euro
  • Funding rate: between 70% and 100% of the total eligible costs