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Missions

EU missions are commitments to solve some of the greatest challenges facing our world like fighting cancer, adapting to climate change, protecting our oceans, living in greener cities and ensuring soil health and food. They are an integral part of the Horizon Europe framework programme beginning in 2021.

Your NCP contacts for this programme

Kathleen Goris

kathleen.goris@vlaio.be

+32 2 432 42 82

Patrick De Molder

patrick.demolder@vlaio.be

+32 497 59 33 90

Sarah Stroobants

sarah.stroobants@fwo.be

+32 2 550 15 64

About this programme

EU Missions are commitments to bring concrete solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing our world. They are an integral part of the Horizon Europe framework programme. Currently there are 5 official mission areas defined:

Cancer - NCP contact: Sarah Stroobants
Adaptation to Climate Change - NCP contact: Sarah Stroobants
Restore our Ocean and Waters - NCP contact: Kathleen Goris
Climate-neutral and Smart Cities - NCP contact: Sarah Stroobants
A Soil Deal for Europe - NCP contact: Patrick De Molder

EU Missions are a novelty of the Horizon Europe programme.They have ambitious goals and intend to deliver tangible results by 2030. They aim to deliver impact by putting research and innovation into a new role, combined with new forms of governance and collaboration.

EU Missions are a coordinated effort by the Commission to pool the necessary resources in terms of funding programmes, policies and regulations, as well as other activities. They also aim to mobilise public and private actors, such as EU Member States, regional and local authorities, research institutes, entrepreneurs and investors to create real and lasting impact. Missions will engage with citizens to boost societal uptake of new solutions and approaches.

Each mission will operate as a portfolio of actions – such as research projects, policy measures or even legislative initiatives - to achieve a measurable goal that could not be achieved through individual actions.

The missions will contribute to the goals of the European Green Deal, Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan as well as the Sustainable Development Goals.

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2022-09-28 Climate, Energy, Mobility Missions

European Partnership Driving Urban Transitions (DUT): First Call now open!

The first call for projects under the European Partnership ‘Driving Urban Transitions to a sustainable future’ has now been published. The aim of the Call is to support transnational research and/or innovation projects addressing urban challenges to help cities in their transition towards a more sustainable economy and functioning. The... read more

2022-09-21 Missions

HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOCIALCAT-01 – Call deadline extended

Due to questions raised by the applicants on the call conditions and clarifications provided shortly before the call deadline. The deadline of HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOCIALCAT-01 is extended until 6th October 2022, 17:00 Brussels Time. Source: Funding and Tenders Portal read more

2022-09-06 Agro-Food, Environment Missions

European Partnership Water4All: First Call now open!

The first call for R&D projects under the European Partnership 'Water4All – Water Security for the Planet' has now been published. The call focuses on “Management of water resources: resilience, adaptation and mitigation to hydroclimatic extreme events and management tools”. 34 funding agencies from 29 countries are involved... read more

2022-07-25 Health Missions

Call for UNCAN.eu Expert Working Groups

This call is open to scientific leaders in Europe keen to contribute to setting a strategic agenda of research priorities in cancer. This agenda will inform the launch of specific research funding programmes by the Mission on Cancer and will identify use cases to feed the European Federated Cancer Research Data Hub. To achieve this, exper... read more