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Under Horizon Europe, the European Commission funds research and innovation developing solutions to address pollution and to guarantee clean and healthy soils, air, fresh and marine water for all. 

Four different calls for proposals have been launched under Horizon Europe: 2024 calls, 2023 calls, 2022 calls (open for proposals submission) and 2021 calls (closed). Scroll down to see their details and status.

2024 calls

There are single-stage and two-stage calls. For the single-stage call for proposals, applicants submit a final proposal by the call deadline. For the two-stage call for proposals, applicants submit an outline application (maximum 10 pages) by the first deadline which will be evaluated against only two award criteria: ‘Excellence’ and ‘Impact’. Successful applicants are invited to submit a full proposal by the second deadline, which will be evaluated against the full set of award criteria. First-stage proposals of two-stage submissions will be evaluated blindly, and applicants may not disclose their identity in Part B of their proposal.

Horizon Europe 2024 call for proposals
This call closed on 22 February 2024
5 topics
e.g.: Environmental impacts of food systems; Holistic approaches to monitor water quality in urban areas
61 million
Overall indicative budget

HORIZON-CL6-2024-ZEROPOLLUTION (Single stage)

  1. 26 September 2023
    Brokerage event
  2. 27-28 September 2023
    Info Days
  3. 17 October 2023
    Launch of the call for proposals
  4. 22 February 2024
    Deadline for applicants to submit a proposal

    28 proposals submitted.

    Check the Funding & Tenders portal

  5. June 2024
    Applicants are informed if their proposal has been selected (tbc)
  6. October 2024
    Grant agreement signature for successful projects
  7. As of November 2024
    Projects start
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All funding information and procedures on how to apply are on the Funding and Tenders portal.

HORIZON-CL6-2024-ZEROPOLLUTION (Two-stage call)

  1. 26 September 2023
    Brokerage event
  2. 27-28 September 2023
    Info Days
  3. 17 October 2023
    Launch of the call for proposals
  4. 22 February 2024
    Deadline for applicants to submit a proposal

    67 proposals submitted.

    Check the Funding & Tenders portal

  5. May 2024
    Successful applicants are invited to submit a full proposal (tbc)
  6. 17 September 2024
    Deadline for applicants to submit a full proposal (second stage)
  7. December 2024
    Applicants are informed if their proposal has been selected
  8. May 2025
    Grant agreement signature for successful projects
  9. As of June 2025
    Projects start
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All funding information and procedures on how to apply are on the Funding and Tenders portal.

2023 call for proposals

Horizon Europe 2023 call for proposals
Call closed on 28 March 2023
9 topics
e.g.: Emerging pollutants in the marine environment; reducing plastic packaging pollution from the food system
79.5 million
Overall indicative budget

HORIZON-CL6-2023- ZEROPOLLUTION-01 (single stage)

  1. 6 December 2022
    Publication of the Horizon Europe work programme for 2023-2024
  2. 13-14 December 2022
    Info Days
  3. 19 December 2022
    Brokerage event
  4. 22 December 2022
    Launch of the call for proposals
  5. 28 March 2023
    Deadline for applicants to submit a proposal
  6. Mid-August 2023
    Applicants are informed if their proposal has been selected (tbc)
  7. November 2023
    Grant agreement signature for successful projects
  8. As of December 2023
    Projects start

HORIZON-CL6-2023- ZEROPOLLUTION-02 (two stage)

  1. 6 December 2022
    Publication of the Horizon Europe work programme for 2023-2024
  2. 13-14 December
    Info Days
  3. 19 December
    Brokerage event
  4. 22 December 2022
    Launch of the call for proposals
  5. 28 March 2023
    Deadline for applicants to submit a draft proposal (first stage)
  6. June 2023
    Successful applicants are invited to submit a full proposal
  7. 26 September 2023
    Deadline to submit a full proposal
  8. January 2024
    Applicants are informed if their proposal has been selected
  9. May 2024
    Grant agreement signature for successful projects
  10. As of June 2024
    Projects start
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All funding information and procedures on how to apply are on the Funding and Tenders portal.

2022 calls
Call closed on 15 February 2022
4 topics
Limit nitrogen & phosphorus emissions, EU-China: nature-based solutions for agriculture, Preventing groundwater pollution, Protecting drinking water
51 million
Overall indicative budget for the seven calls

HORIZON-CL6-2022-ZEROPOLLUTION-01 call

(Dates below are indicative)

  1. 25-27 October 2021
    Info Day and Brokerage
  2. 28 October 2021
    Launch of the calls for proposals
  3. 15 February 2022
    Deadline for applicants to submit proposals
  4. May 2022
    Applicants are informed if their proposal has been selected (tbc)
  5. October 2022
    Grant agreement signature for successful projects
  6. November 2022
    Projects start
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All funding information and procedures on how to apply are on the Funding and Tenders portal.

2021 calls

1st calls under Horizon Europe
Apply by 6 October 2021
7 destinations
Biodiversity, Farm-2-Fork, Circular economy and bioeconomy, Zero pollution, Climate, Healthy and green communities, and Governance
959 million
Overall indicative budget for the seven calls

HORIZON-CL6-2021 Calls 

(Dates below are indicative)

  1. 22 June 2021
    Launch of the calls for proposals
  2. 7-9 July 2021
    Info Day & Brokerage
  3. 06 October 2021
    Deadline for applicants to submit proposals
  4. December 2021/January 2022
    Notification of applicants if their proposal has been selected (tbc)
  5. May/June 2022
    Grant agreement signature for successful projects (tbc)
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All funding information and procedures on how to apply are on the Funding and Tenders portal.

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