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Expected Outcome:Activities under this topic will help progress towards the objectives and targets of the Mission Soil and should contribute to meeting the relevant targets of the EU Soil Strategy for 2030 and the Zero Pollution Action Plan, as well as to the Sustainable Development Goals[1].Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes:improved citizen awareness on the connection between soil pollution and human health and how to manage, adapt to, and mitigate risks;increased public access to FAIR[2] data and knowledge on soil pollution and the emergence of human diseases and other health outcomes;policymakers enforce the implementation of long-term, sustainable solutions that enhance soil health, restore the environment, and protect public health. Scope:Across the European Union, an estimated 2.8 million land sites are potentially contaminated. Expos...

Expected Outcome:Activities under this topic respond directly to the goal of the Mission Soil to set up 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition to healthy soils by 2030 and support the objectives and targets of the Mission Soil[1]. Activities should also contribute to the Common Agricultural Policy, and to meeting the European Green Deal ambitions and targets and more specifically those of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, the EU soil strategy for 2030 and the proposal for a Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive, as well as the EU Water Framework Directive, the European Water Resilience Strategy, the Nitrates Directive, the Zero Pollution Action Plan, the Communication on Boosting Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing in the EU, as well as to the Sustainable Development Goals[2].Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes:enhanced...

Expected Outcome:Proposals are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes:Strengthen the competitiveness, sustainability (including biodiversity) and resilience of an innovative clean tech solution by clearly demonstrating the capability to, significantly: increase its circular material use rate, based on a sound and realistic baseline; reduce the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) delivered to end-users - including, where relevant, production, distribution, and storage costs, based on a sound and realistic baseline and considering different geographic scenarios; and contribute to Europe’s industrial leadership and competitiveness, in line with the objectives of Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA)[1] for the EU manufacturing capacity of net-zero technologies[2],[3]. Bring this innovative clean tech solution to full technological maturity and close to market-readiness with a view...

Expected Outcome:Proposals are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes:Accelerate the use of innovative technologies to decarbonise industrial processes and bring to the market more cost-effective clean products to strengthen the competitiveness, sustainability (including biodiversity), and resilience of EU industries;Create new innovative first-of-a-kind operational demonstrators and/or optimise newly installed industrial decarbonisation solutions in Europe; andDemonstrate the market readiness of the envisaged future clean products and their innovative processes via a credible business plan and an exploitation strategy for industrialisation, including market-tested use cases. Scope:The Clean Industrial Deal aims to secure the EU as an attractive location for manufacturing, including for energy-intensive industries, and to promote clean tech and new circular busines...

Expected Outcome:Proposals are expected to contribute to one or more of the following:AI-driven solutions for real-time cyber threat detection;Advanced adaptive AI systems that evolve with dynamic cybersecurity challenges;Contribute to drastically reduce reaction time for the recovery of systems. Scope:Artificial Intelligence is increasingly utilised in cybersecurity for threat detection, incident response, and adaptive defence mechanisms. However, AI-driven systems themselves are susceptible to adversarial manipulation and bias. This topic aims to advance AI-based cybersecurity applications while ensuring that AI-driven solutions remain resilient, transparent, and compliant with regulatory frameworks such as the AI Act. In this context, the topic explores the role of all types of AI, including generative AI, in cybersecurity applications, including automated threat detection, adaptive c...

Expected Outcome:Proposals are expected to contribute one or more of the following:Practical robust implementations of PQC schemes that can withstand implementation attacks including side-channel attacks, fault attacks and combined attacks, and design of automated tools for evaluating the security of PQC implementations. Comprehensive guidelines for implementing countermeasures against a wide range of attacks;Advances in understanding the quantum hardness of mathematical problem classes; new quantum algorithms and improvements in quantum programming and implementation; security validation methods; design of post-quantum schemes with improved security against quantum and AI-based attacks;Post-quantum schemes and protocols to support privacy-friendly applications and services, ncluding the secure and private use of electronic identities. Design of new digital signatures, key encapsulation...

Expected Outcome:Proposals are expected to contribute to one or more of the following:Enhanced resilience against distributed cyber threats and adversarial attacks targeting interconnected systems, while preserving data privacy in highly dynamic and heterogeneous environments;Security solutions tailored to distributed computing systems including for example IoT and edge computing environments, integrating privacy-preserving mechanisms;Improved interoperability of security measures and cross-layer security, including the compatibility of privacy-enhancing technologies across different layers of the computing continuum and data spaces, and across providers in the multi-provider edge cloud continuum. Scope:This topic aims to advance security across the entire computing continuum, spanning IoT devices, edge computing, cloud infrastructures, AI computing environments, and data spaces. Proposa...

Expected Outcome:Proposals are expected to contribute to one or more of the following:New primitives beyond Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) for future hybrid classical-quantum and quantum networks either as quantum equivalents of classical primitives or as new primitives for new practical applications, also in the relativistic setting when relevant, or as new primitives and protocols with modular, realistic integration of solutions from different cryptographic approaches, with focus on beyond-QKD applications and with gradual release on trust in hardware;Analysis of the applicability and strength of the results compared to their best classical-only counterpart, critical analysis of the formal assumptions and of performance, security proofs;Investigation of fundamental aspects of quantum information processing tasks, their eventual limits; and/or the connection between quantum computing an...

Expected Outcome:Projects results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:Increased number of innovative and regenerative[1] planning and spatial design solutions that apply the New European Bauhaus (NEB) principles of sustainability, aesthetics[2], and inclusivity[1] to reduce soil sealing and land take, improve soil health, support food systems transformation, and strengthen climate resilience and biodiversity are available.Increased adoption, upscaling and market uptake of these solutions across diverse territorial contexts (urban, peri-urban, and rural) to enhance soil health, and benefit local communities.Effective funding models and enabling policy frameworks to support territorial transformation. Scope:Reducing soil sealing and land take is a critical challenge for climate and water resilience, ecosystem health, biodiversity, food systems transformatio...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:Based on the results of the project, at least one industrial sector with a significant heating demand in the EU and Associated Countries develops pathways and business models to measurably increase the industrial excess/waste heat recovery and conversion to power.Measurable improvement of industrial excess/waste heat recovery and conversion to power, possibly combined with energy storage, in terms of energy efficiency, flexibility of electricity production, climate and environment protection, reliability and safety, physical and cyber security, and profitability. Scope:Better use of process excess/waste heat represents a significant source of energy savings for industries. The conversion of excess heat back to electricity, would improve energy efficiency, mitigate the increase of electri...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:Improved resource efficiency compared to current practices;Improved accuracy (designed vs. as-built) of on-site renovation and construction works, compared to current best practices;Significant reduction in time spent by building professionals on site;Reduced GHG emissions at the construction site. Scope:The rate of deep renovation of buildings can be accelerated by modernising the construction sector and embracing the latest developments in robotics and automated systems. There is need for further development of techniques using innovative on-site robotic and other automated systems that make renovation and construction works more sustainable, less disruptive, faster as well as more accurate, cost effective and resource efficient, while delivering, at least, the same building elements’...

Expected Outcome:Projects are expected to contribute to all of the following outcomes:Demonstrated system-level long-duration energy storage (LDES) solutions, explicitly aimed at enhancing grid stability, resilience, and flexibility in Europe. Substantial reduction of Europe's dependence on critical raw materials through the use of abundant, low-cost, and sustainable materials.Contribute to strategic insights for a coherent EU-wide stationary storage deployment strategy, enhancing European energy autonomy and sustainability.Sufficient and reproducible operational data and insights to serve as reliable input towards detailed technoeconomic analyses. Scope:Proposals should focus on system-level demonstrations of innovative long-duration (> 8 hours) battery storage concepts that can effectively support utility-scale energy systems or industrial consumers in achieving energy security and ope...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:Improved open access to performance data, sharing of best-practices and useful knowledge and information for owners and operators of IT infrastructure, as well as the IT and building sectors;New designs of IT rooms in buildings or small edge data centres valorise waste heat through thermal management techniques, processes and tools. Scope:The growing energy needs of the ICT sector must be met while aligning with climate neutrality and sustainability goals. Small IT rooms or small data centres are an essential part of the twin green and digital transition. It is important to address the energy and resources consumption over the full ICT value chain. Solutions already exist, such as re-using waste heat from data centres, or moving towards circular models (longer lifetimes, reparability, re...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:Demonstration of measurable reductions in material flows, life cycle energy use and GHG emissions in building renovations that integrate circularity strategies to contribute to achieving net-zero whole life carbon buildings;More robust approach to current modelling frameworks to comprehensively reflect the complexity of circularity strategies in life cycle assessments at building scale. Scope:European buildings are increasingly adopting circularity strategies in renovations to reduce life cycle environmental impacts and improve resource efficiency in response to the requirements based on current frameworks, such as Level(s) and WLC models used by Member States based and EN 15978 standard. The complexity of these circularity strategies, such as material reuse and recycling, and addressing...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:Increase the collaboration of philanthropic organisations with higher education institutions, TTOs, innovative companies and Venture Capital (VCs) in supporting innovative projects and companies to develop and grow;Support the transition of academic research and innovations from higher education institutions to market-ready solutions. Scope:There are currently more than 33000 philanthropic organisations in Europe with EUR 50 billion of annual philanthropic expenditure and EUR 567 billion pool of philanthropic assets[1]. Philanthropic organisations and higher education institutions have been working together for many years in supporting the development of breakthrough research and technologies. At the same time, the EU still faces challenges in bringing technologies to the market. Therefore, this action...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:Advancing public sector modernization by capitalising on the transformational power of innovative technologies to improve the quality and efficiency of public services;Reinforce EU strategic autonomy and increase resilience in the supply chains by opening up opportunities for innovative companies, including notably SMEs and startups, to access the public procurement market and scale up their business;Improving opportunities for market uptake and economies of scale for the supply side through increased demand for innovative solutions and where relevant contribution to standardisation, regulation or certification;It is expected that if PCP results in the successful innovative solutions than at least one of those will be ready for deployment or even being already deployed in the project.Supporting the upta...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:Increasing the market footprint of European startups in strategic digital technologies and deep tech[1] innovation, including but not limited to Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Computing, Cybersecurity, Next Generation Internet, Blockchain, Internet of Things, Metaverse, Energy, Greentech, AgriTech, and Fintech;Better connection of startups and scaleups, including European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and European Innovation Council (EIC)-supported startups and Seal of Excellence holders, to relevant local and/or European ecosystems, communities, and potential new markets;A scaling up of capabilities in matching technology solutions developed by highly innovative European Union (EU)-funded digital and deep tech startups with investment and growth opportunities in collaboration with oth...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:increased circularity and reduced emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants in the economic sectors, services and product value chains at local and/or regional scale. This also includes an efficient valorisation of local resources, with positive effects on air and water quality as well as on biodiversity;widespread deployment and easier replication, scalability and visibility of circular systemic solutions for a multiplication of their economic, social and environmental benefits;enhanced collaboration and knowledge transfer between public authorities (cities and regions), companies, research and citizens in addressing environmental challenges, such as climate-change, resource depletion and biodiversity loss. Scope:This topic supports the implementation of the European Commission’s...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:urban manufacturers significantly increase their resource efficiency through increased circular material use or reduced overall material use per output;urban manufacturers contribute significantly to EU climate, zero pollution, circularity and biodiversity goals by engaging in clean, sustainable and circular business practices;improved knowledge sharing and proliferation of digital tools and methods that facilitate the adoption of circular business practices and enable large-scale diffusion. Scope:The Clean Industrial Deal confirms Europe’s dedication to its decarbonisation goals by offering clear business incentives. It will help create lead markets to boost supply and demand in clean tech and energy-intensive industries (such as chemicals, cement, steel and metals), enabling the decarb...

Buyer: Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) | Notice type: cn-standard | Procedure: restricted | Contract: services | Deadline: 2027-09-17

Buyer: Dunántúli Regionális Vízmű Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság | Notice type: cn-standard | Procedure: oth-mult | Contract: supplies | Deadline: 2027-09-17

ATTENTION: This announcement will be revised regularly to incorporate country specific narratives (Attachment 1 of the announcement) with information vital to the content of application. Potential applicants interested in applying to this announcement should click 'Subscribe' to be notified of future revisions.  DoD HIV/AID Prevention Program's (DHAPP) objective, through the PEPFAR program, is to save lives, prevent HIV infections, and accelerate progress toward achieving HIV/AIDS epidemic control and to support the development of interventions and programs in military health systems that address these issues. DHAPP works with militaries of foreign countries to devise plans based on the following process:Meet with key partners in country to determine provisional major program areas and other technical assistance needs.Adapt DHAPP support to a country’s need for prevention, care and/or treatment of its HIV/AIDS situation based on an assessment of the country’s epidemic, and more specifically, in that country’s military.Strengthen the military capacity for ownership and behavioral changes over the long term.Consider program design by leveraging assets with other country partners who have/had successful prevention, care, and/or treatment efforts.Focus on prevention, care and/or treatment impact aligned with national implementation plans.Implement and monitor programs to ensure accountability and sustainability.Countries and their militaries need strong evidenced based HIV programs with measurable courses of action that demonstrate the following specific attributes. Priorities....

Buyer: Dunántúli Regionális Vízmű Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság | Notice type: cn-standard | Procedure: oth-mult | Contract: supplies | Deadline: 2027-09-20

Expected Outcome:This topic aims at directly engaging and supporting harbour/ports and their communities in demonstrating and accelerating the transitions needed for achieving one or several objectives of the Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters”. The participation of relevant public bodies managing port authorities and their communities as partners of the consortium is strongly encouraged.Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:Measurable, quantifiable, verifiable and ambitious progress towards reaching one or several interlinked objectives and targets of the Mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030”, as set out in the Mission Implementation Plan[1] through implementation of effective and well-managed place-based and people-centred actions;Involvement and increased readiness port cities and authorities for testing, deploying and upscali...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:Innovative business models for the development of entrepreneurship and successful local community-driven marine, coastal and freshwater sustainable tourism initiatives;Scalable and economically viable initiatives with the potential to be replicated across multiple sea basins;Enhanced capacity-building and increased engagement of the coastal/river/lake communities and the private sector;Job creation and skills development;Improved marine, coastal and freshwater habitats, biodiversity and enhanced conservation capacity;Increased awareness and behavioural change of tourists and coastal communities towards the conservation of marine and freshwater ecosystems. Scope:The community-driven approach under this topic puts strong emphasis on engaging coastal, riparian and/or lakeside communities as...