Info day 2014 Horizon 2020 calls for proposals – Societal Challenge 2
What’s in Horizon 2020 for you? What are the new calls and how to apply for funding?
Register to the Info Day 2014 in Brussels, on 17 January, to get first-hand information on the new EU funding instrument and to get full information on the new calls for proposals of Societal Challenge 2 (Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research bio-based industries and the Bioeconomy). The Blue Growth Call will be presented in details in a parallel afternoon session from 14:00 in the room JENKINS.
Rationale for the Blue Growth Focus Area Call
Rapid technological progress in working offshore in ever-deeper waters, the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and the need to look at how the 71 % of the planet that is seas and oceans can deliver human necessities such as food and energy in a sustainable way have opened up an opportunity for blue growth with the aim to harness the huge potential of Europe's oceans, seas and coasts for jobs and growth. This focus area addresses this overall challenge through five cross-cutting priority domains supporting the Blue Growth Agenda: valorising the diversity of marine life; sustainable harvesting the deep-sea resources; new offshore challenge; ocean observation technologies; and the socioeconomic dimension. The aim of the focus area is to improve the understanding of the complex interrelations between various maritime activities, technologies, including space enabled applications, and the marine environment to help boost the marine and maritime economy by accelerating its potential through R&I. It will enhance sectoral and cross-sectoral cooperation by building on major international, regional and national initiatives.
To maximize the impacts of activities undertaken under this Focus Area, WP 2014-2015 will focus on key priorities for the EU, so as to mobilize the necessary critical mass to tackle these large cross-cutting challenges with adequate scale and scope.
More information on Societal Challenge 2 (including Blue Growth Call) : http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-section/food-security-sustainable-agriculture-and-forestry-marine-maritime-and-inland-water
Participation in the Info Day is free of charge but registration is compulsory.
Applications will be considered on a “first come, first served” basis.
Register until 13 January 2014 via the button “Coming events/ Registration”
on the Bioeconomy website (detailed programme coming soon)
Group registrations are not possible and neither is it possible to register several persons with the same e-mail address.
The morning session of the info day will be web streamed via the Bioeconomy website.
Horizon 2020 is the new EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, succeeding FP7.
Running from 2014 to 2020 with a budget of just over €70 billion, Horizon 2020 is part of the drive to create new growth and jobs in Europe. Horizon 2020 reflects the policy priorities of the Europe 2020 strategy and addresses major concerns shared by citizens in Europe and elsewhere.
