Horizon 2020 Launches with First Set of Calls for Proposals

The first calls for the European Commission’s new research and innovation funding program for 2014-2020, Horizon 2020, were published in December 2013 on a new version of the Research Participant Portal website. Most of the 2014 calls are already open for submission, but some will open later in the year. The published Work Programmes also include indicative calls for 2015. Details of the calls are available under different annexes of the 2014-2015 Work Programme, which covers the three pillars: “Excellence”; “Industrial Leadership” and “Societal Challenge”. The European Research Council has a separate Work Programme, also available via the Research Participant Portal. The new Portal is the point of entry for information about Horizon 2020, funding calls, partner search, and funding instruments; and will also serve as the mechanism through which applications will be submitted. 2014 call documents are accessed via the “Funding Opportunities” tab, while Work Programmes for the different schemes can be found via the “Reference Documents” page which is accessed via the “How to Participate” tab.

The Horizon 2020 Calls page on Research Participant Portal is at http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunitie....
The 2014/15 Work Programmes are available at http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/funding/refe....