Horizon2020 – Final Calls

The EU research and innovation programme, Horizon2020, is entering its final year with a total budget of € 13.2 billion.  Researchers from the University of Basel have successfully obtained funding for more than 90 projects since the beginning of Horizon2020, in a wide range of disciplines.    

In the next 12 – 15 months, the final calls for proposals under Horizon2020 will be published providing many opportunities to participate. For researchers in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities, a few examples of the foreseen upcoming topics for collaborative research projects in the area Europe in a changing world - Inclusive, innovative and reflective societies with a submission deadline on 12^th march 2020 are:

• Narratives on migration and its impact: past and present
• Enhancing access and uptake of education to reverse inequalities
• Developing deliberative and participatory democracies through experimentation
• Curation of digital assets and advanced digitisation

The detailed topic descriptions are not published yet. For further information on these topics, please, contact us: grants@unibas.ch.

Additional important final Calls to mention:

ERC - European Research Council:
Advanced Grants (deadline 29 August 2019)
Starting Grants (deadline October 2019)
Synergy Grants (deadline November 2019)
Consolidator Grants (deadline February 2020)
Advanced Grants (deadline August 2020)

FET- Future and Emerging Technologies:
FET-Open Challenging Current Thinking RIA (deadlines 18 September 2019 & 13 May 2020)
FET Innovation Launchpad CSA (deadlines 8 October 2019 & 14 October 2020)
FET Proactive: emerging paradigms and communities RIA (deadline 3 September 2019)
EIC Transition to Innovation Activities RIA (deadline 3 September 2019)

MSCA - Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions:
ITN - International Training Networks (deadline 9* January 2020)
IF - Individual Fellowships call 2019 (deadline 11 September 2019)
IF - Individual Fellowships call 2020 (deadline 9* September 2020)

* = indicative dates

As well as many Calls for topic specific collaborative projects in the following areas:

• Information and Communication Technology
• Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Biotechnology & Production
• Health, Demographic Change & Wellbeing
• Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture, Marine and Maritime Research & the Bioeconomy
• Secure, Clean & Efficient Energy
• Smart, Green & Integrated Transport
• Climate Action, Resource Efficiency & Raw Materials
• Inclusive, Innovative & Reflective Societies
• Secure Societies