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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: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: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 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: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 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...

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...

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:In support to the implementation of the EU Adaptation Strategy, the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change and the EU Preparedness Union Strategy and contributing to the upcoming European Climate Action Plan, project results are expected to improve adaptative capacities of European internal border regional and local authorities, allowing them to jointly address with their neighbours the pressing climate risks.Projects results should contribute to all of the following outcomes:Climate resilience solutions for cross-border risks have been developed and demonstrated. This includes social, governance or nature-based solutions.Regional and local authorities from each side of country borders are better prepared to withstand jointly the impacts of climate change, including systemic risks and cascading effects.National, regional and local authorities are taking on shared res...

Expected Outcome:AI has the potential to support or facilitate virtually every aspect of regions’ climate adaptation efforts. From risk assessment to climate forecasting, from infrastructure planning to resource management, and more. Contributing to the objectives of the AI Continent Action Plan and the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change, projects are expected to contribute one of the following:AI is used to improve actionable climate adaptation knowledge for European regions and local authorities by integrating climate data into decision-making processes.Specific sectors in the selected regions become more resilient to climate change thanks to the use of AI to improve their processes or technologies, while simultaneously advancing their digital transformation. Scope:RationaleOver the past few years, a rapid and disruptive acceleration of progress in Artificial Intelligence has o...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:Increased area and improved condition of marine and coastal vegetated habitats within EU waters through effective on-site conservation, restoration and management of activities to help deliver on the objectives of the Nature Restoration Regulation;Maintained and enhanced capacity of blue carbon ecosystems to naturally store carbon, supporting EU climate mitigation goals;Enhanced capacity of marine vegetated habitats/blue carbon ecosystems to support biodiversity and fisheries;Established novel financing and incentive mechanisms that support conservation, restoration and management of blue forest ecosystems projects;Raised public awareness and improved community participation in blue forest ecosystems protection, restoration and management activities, ensuring long-term involvement. Scope...

Expected Outcome:Activities under this topic will directly progress towards the goal of the Mission Soil to set up 100 living labs and lighthouses to lead the transition to healthy soils by 2030. Activities will also contribute to the goal of the Cancer Mission, i.e.: ‘to improve the lives of more than 3 million people by 2030, through prevention, cure and for those affected by cancer including their families, to live longer and better’. Activities should also contribute 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, the proposal for a Soil Monitoring and Resilience Directive, the Zero Pollution Action Plan, the Europe's Beating Cancer Plan, the One Health approach, the European Health Data Space, the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, the European Chemicals Industry Action...

Expected Outcome:This action supports the follow-up to the July 2023 Communication on EU Missions assessment[1]. Proposals under this topic should aim to deliver results that are directed and tailored towards, and contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:Public procurers, possibly in cooperation with private ones, in the area of cancer-centred healthcare stimulate the competitive development of market-ready, affordable, innovative solutions.The chosen solutions take into consideration the needs of cancer patients living with and beyond cancer through research that supports end-user engagement using participative research models.Procurers create opportunities for European health, technology and medical devices, industrial actors (including start-ups, spin-offs, spin-outs, scale-ups, SMEs) to bring to the market affordable innovations that are cost-efficient, safe and have demo...

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:Proposals under this topic should aim to deliver results that are directed and tailored towards, and contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:Patients afflicted by lung, bowel, breast or prostate cancer[1], will benefit from the outcomes of evidence-based, tailored, innovative, affordable and accessible diagnosis- and treatment-centred clinical research programmes by comprehensive cancer infrastructures[2].Researchers, physicians, patient representatives, civil society, charities, foundations, insurance companies, SMEs and innovators[3] will seize opportunities to respectively co-create, support, upscale or commercialise outcomes of evidence-based, tailored, affordable and accessible clinical research programmes for the diagnosis and treatment of patients afflicted by lung, bowel, breast or prostate cancer.National and regional healthcare providers, healthcar...

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...

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:Measurable improvements in the competitiveness and increased environmental sustainability of the EU’s fisheries and/or aquaculture sectors by integrating circular economy principles;Minimized and better managed waste products derived from fisheries and/or aquaculture sectors as well as improved reutilization and reduction of by-products;Reduced existing barriers preventing the implementation and development of circular principles in seafood chains, such as the cost of advanced processing technologies, regulatory hurdles, lack of collaboration across the different seafood supply chain actors or limited market demand and acceptance;Measurable socio-economic benefits for local stakeholders and communities involved in the seafood processing chain. Scope:Proposals under this topic are expecte...

Expected Outcome:This topic aims at directly engaging with and supporting riparian and coastal areas, waterfront cities and islands 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 those areas and their communities as partners of the consortium is strongly encouraged.Project results are expected to contribute to all the following outcomes:Member States and Associated Countries are provided with cost-effective and innovative solutions to increasing riparian and coastal areas’ resilience to climate change, especially in waterfront cities and islands, contributing to reach the targets of the EU climate adaptation and water resilience strategies for 2030, but also supporting achievements of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2...

Expected Outcome:Proposals under this topic should aim to deliver results that are directed and tailored towards and contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:Researchers and health professionals gain a deeper understanding of the functional effects of tumour heterogeneity during cancer initiation and progression, supporting the identification of more precise and novel therapeutic targets. Researchers, health professionals and innovators benefit from improved knowledge and tools to support the discovery and development of next generation genomically-informed cancer treatments.Researchers, innovators, and professionals across disciplines and sectors contribute to the UNCAN.eu research data platform by ensuring data interoperability, and enabling sustainable access to newly developed digital tools and models for the analysis and management of multimodal clinical data. Scope:The...