Horizon Europe: specific topics for international projects in 2025 published

The European Commission has officially preliminarily published the texts of topics for international projects to be funded by the Horizon Europe programme in 2025. Calls are planned to open in mid-May 2025.

These projects are carried out by international consortia with significant participation of users of results of the projects, the usual consortia size is ca. 8–25 entities (depending on scope of the topic) from EU countries or countries associated to Horizon Europe. Each project proposal must focus on one of the specific topics prescribed by the programme for the given year.
About this type of projects on faculty website

If you plan to participate in a proposal submitted to a Horizon Europe call, please, contact well in advance the Project Management Department (Martina Holíková, martina.holikova@natur.cuni.cz).
See also Horizon Europe – practical information on faculty website.

• Information about the pre-published topics by the European Commission.
• Planned information days by the European Commission.
• Portal of Czech National Contact Points for Horizon Europe – basic information, updates, events, etc.

The topics will be open, i.a., in the ‘Clusters’ of the second pillar of the programme:

EU Missions
Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities; Restore our Ocean and Waters; A Soil Deal for Europe; Cancer; Adaptation to Climate Change.
Faculty news about information days on topics planned in this part

Cluster 1: Health (CL1)
CL1 contains topics potentially relevant for researchers in various fields – e.g., biologists, chemists or geographers – whose results can be applied in health or healthcare.
Faculty news about topics planned in this cluster

Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive society (CL2)
CL2 contains topics potentially relevant for researchers in the fields of social sciences and humanities – or with an overlap into these fields.
Faculty news about topics planned in this cluster

Cluster 3: Civil security for society (CL3)
CL3 contains topics potentially relevant for researchers in geography and also other fields – if the results of their research be applied in security – e.g., (natural) disaster resilience, external border security, forensics, crime related societal issues.
Faculty news about topics planned in this cluster

Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space (CL4)
CL4 contains topics potentially relevant for researchers in who’s research results can be used in the fields of e.g., advanced materials, production of safe chemicals and critical raw materials, utilisation of Artificial Intelligence in science, utilisation of data from Earth Observation (Copernicus) and others.
Faculty news about topics planned in this cluster

Cluster 5: Climate, Energy and Mobility (CL5)
CL5 contains topics potentially relevant for researchers in who’s research results can be used in the fields of e.g., climate change Earth system modelling, energy (batteries development, biofuels, geothermal energy, underground energy storage, impact on biodiversity, energy communities), CO2 capture, transport (including some societal aspects).
Faculty news about topics planned in this cluster

Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment (CL6)
Topics in CL6 may be relevant for researchers in biology, but also in geography, social geography and demography, if their research can be useful in the fields of agriculture, forestry, and aquaculture, sustainable production and consumption of products of these sectors, related biodiversity, or climate change resilience.
Faculty news about topics planned in this cluster

News published by Ludmila Součková on 30. 4. 2025.

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