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The European Commission will soon arrange digital information sessions on upcoming calls for 2022 within Cluster 4 (Digital, Industry and Space). The following six destinations will be included:  

1. Climate neutral, circular and digitised production
2. Increased autonomy in key strategic value chains for resilient industry
3. World leading data and computing technologies
4. Digital and emerging technologies for competitiveness and fit for the Green Deal
5. Open strategic autonomy in developing, deploying and using global space-based infrastructures, services, applications and data
6. A human-centred and ethical development of digital and industrial technologies

–  29 November: Destinations 1 & 2
–  30 November: Destinations 2 & 5
–  1 December: Destinations 3, 4 & 6

Information and links to all events can be found here: Cluster 4 – Digital, Industry & Space | European Commission (europa.eu)

If you are planning to apply for EU funding, don´t hesitate to contact us at Research Services! We offer guidance and support during the application process. We are also happy to come out to your department and have open sessions for guidance and questions.

Kerstin Gidlöf, PhD

Research Funding Advisor
kerstin.gidlof@fs.lu.se 
www.fs.lu.se

The Scottish Government has set aside £ 3 million for a range of funding mechanisms, all of which will stimulate collaboration between Scottish researchers and researchers from the rest of Europe. This is funding for research collaboration, networking, fellowships, etc. that can be done with or without a link to Horizon Europe activity.

The instruments will be implemented by RSE (Scottish Academy of Sciences), and SFC (Scotland’s leading research funder).

This is good info for researchers who already have good links with Scotland. If anyone wants a link to Scotland contact Rickard Eksten for info.

Royal Society of Edinburgh – detailed info about five calls

Scottish Funding Council – detailed info about one call

Scottish Government – regarding policy context

Best regards
Anna-Karin Wihlborg
anna-karin.wihlborg@fs.lu.se, +46-46-222 62 21

Finally, the Work programmes for Horizon Europe clusters are finalized and official!

The Work programmes contain the planned calls for two-year periods, in this case 2021 to 2022. Each thematic section is self-contained, and describes the overall objectives, the respective calls for proposals, the topics within each call and budget allocation.

Please, open and search for your keywords!

Pillar II, clusters

1. Health 

2. Culture creativity and inclusive Society

3. Civil security for Society

4. Digital, Industry and Space

5. Climate, Energy and Mobility

6. Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

 Additional WPs:

 Pillar III:

European innovation council (EIC)

 Pillar I:

European research council (ERC)

Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA)

Research Infrastructures (RI)

 Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area (WP_ERA)

Missions

Open calls can be found in Funding & tender portal. For questions, contact us at Research services.

Horizon Europe info Days and Partner search meeting

You may also take the opportunity to attend the Horizon Europe Info Days, 28/6 – 9/7. The programme includes exclusive discussions and hands-on sessions dedicated to a different cluster or part of the new programme.

Linked to this Partner search meetings for Horizon Europe will be arranged. Take the opportunity to participate!

If you curious on EU funding or are planning to apply, you may contact us at Research services!

We can help you from start to finish in the application process: we guide you to find a call to match your project idea, give feedback when you write your application and can help with budget, among other things. Contact us for individual discussion of specific calls or invite us for overview presentations of Horizon Europe or for presentation of specific parts of Horizon Europe. We also arrange interview training, workshops and other activities. Feel free to contact us to find out!

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Best regards
Anna-Karin Wihlborg
anna-karin.wihlborg@fs.lu.se, +46-46-222 62 21

Today, the EU Commission presented their EU:s Beating Cancer Plan.

Here is a link to the plan and below you find a short summary. https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files/non_communicable_diseases/docs/eu_cancer-plan_en.pdf

Cancer is one of the Commission’s top health priorities. This is an EU-wide strategy for the prevention, treatment and care of cancer. This is a broad approach to tackling cancer, which includes everything the EU wants to do, including beyond research and funding.

Based on new technologies, research and innovation, the cancer plan will lay out a new approach to how cancer is treated and fought in Europe. The cancer plan is built around four main areas and a total of EUR 4 billion has been earmarked from the EU’s various funding instruments for actions in the field of cancer – including the new EU4Health health program, the Horizon Europe research program and the Digital Europe program.

The four main areas are:

• Prevention through actions that address key risk factors, such as tobacco or harmful air pollutants.
• Early detection of cancer by improving access to qualitative care as well as an increase in preventive screening measures for breast cancer, cervical cancer and colorectal cancer in the member countries. To achieve this goal, a new proposal for a plan for cancer screening will be presented.
• Diagnostic and treatment through actions that ensure a more integrated and comprehensive cancer care that also addresses unequal access to quality care and medicines.
• Improved quality of life for cancer patients, which includes rehabilitation and support in the event of a relapse. To achieve this goal, a new initiative “Better Life for Cancer Patient Initiative” will be presented with a focus on follow-up care.

Furthermore, a Knowledge Center on Cancer will be launched to support the coordination of cancer-related scientific and technological initiatives at EU level. A European Cancer Imaging initiative will also be built to support the development of new computer-aided tools to improve personalized care interventions and innovative solutions. 

Translation of a text from Region Skånes Brysselkontor

The first calls for proposals funded through the European Green Deal programme are now open. They have a deadline for applications of 26 January 2021, and you can find a list of these calls, along with links to more information and the submission system here:

Open European Green Deal calls

If you consider to apply to one of these calls, you are welcome to take an initial contact with us at Research Services for help in preparing your application.

On the Vinnova website, you can find gathered and updated information, in Swedish, related to the Green Deal call.

With best wishes

The research funding advisors in the EU group at Forskningsservice:
Anna-Karin Wihlborg, Anneli Wiklander, John Phillips, Teresia Rindefjäll
Financial support: Karin Langborger, Kjell Josefsson