The challenges of cluster 2 are interconnected to each other and have been chosen because they respond to the most pressing social, political, economic and cultural concerns and expectations of the European citizens.
Cluster 2 will address the EU priorities and will enable decision makers to meet challenges, adopt new paradigms, and policies for change in a context of fast paced transformations, transitions and international interconnectedness.
The Cluster 2 Work Programme will mainly focus on three key challenges or destinations:
Furthermore, cluster 2 will also use the multidisciplinary expertise of social sciences and humanities in order to better understand the fundamental contemporary transformations of society, economy, politics and culture.
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During the past months, the Commission has published updated versions of several key documents for application to the call topics of the main Horizon Europe Work Programme (WP) 2025: Standard application form for applicants - last updated on 16 December 2024 Horizon Europe Programme Guide - last updated on 15 May 2025 General Annexes to... read more
Health Culture and society Security Digital, Industry & Space
The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has compiled a set of brochures, showcasing what NTNU's researchers can bring to the table on the topic of the six clusters within pillar II of the Horizon Europe programme. A seperate brochure covers the expertise NTNU can bring in the context of the 5 EU Missions. Through a mapping ex... read more
Health Culture and society Security Digital, Industry & Space
The open and forthcoming calls under Horizon Europe have been published on the Funding & Tenders Portal (Funding - Call for proposals) However, there are technical issues with the filter functions in Pillar 2: filtering per cluster does not display all 2025 call topics within this cluster and advertise call topics of other work programmes. The... read more
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The Miricle project, ‘Mine Risk Clearance for Europe’, obtained funding under the European Defence Industrial Development programme call ‘Underwater control contributing to resilience at sea’. The main objective of the project was to achieve a European and sovereign capacity in future mine warfare and create a path for the next generation ‘made in Europe’ countermeasure solutions. In order to realise this objective, Miricle addressed various stages: studies, design, prototyping and testing. These stages inter alia included the successful testing of an XL Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, a protototyped mine disposal system and multiple innovative systems to detect buried mines. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), was one of the five Belgian partners in the consortium. Within the project, VLIZ was able to forward its research on the acoustic imaging of the seabed to spatially map and visualize buried structures and objects - in this case buried mines - in the highest possible detail. VLIZ also led the work on ‘Port and Offshore Testing’, building on the expertise of the institute in the field of marine operations and technology.