Horizon Europe newsletter

This is a busy time of year for the Horizon Europe National Support Network team.

The cycle of proactive programme promotion, programme calls, engagement with the Research Offices, advice and feedback to enterprise and academic applicants, and National Delegate and National Contact Point meetings with the EU Commission and peer member states (to provide input and feedback on Horizon Europe work programmes and strategic issues) is now effectively all year round.

Kevin Burke, National Director

In this month's newsletter we include updates on our recent Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MCSA), European Research Council (ERC) and European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator wins – it is welcome to see the contribution these three programmes continue to make to our overall Horizon Europe objectives and the impact they have on: (1) the retention and attraction of research and commercialisation talent to the Irish HEI system and (2) the availability of much needed growth capital in our National start up, scale up and investment ecosystem.

And it will be interesting to see how the connections and synergies between Pillar I (ERC and MSCA) and Pillar III (EIC) programmes continue to evolve - the connectivity of ERC proof of concept (POC) projects with EIC Transition Actions is a good example of the graduated, horizontal pathways the Commission is creating across Horizon Europe, which we welcome.

We have updates from three of our National Delegates (NDs) and National Contact Points (NCPs) – from Yvonne Halpin on MCSA results, calls and initiatives; Philip Cheasty on Cluster 5 calls, the Clean Hydrogen Partnership and the LIFE programme and from Padraig Doolan, our Cluster 4 Space NCP.

The Horizon Europe programme is now approaching an interesting mid-way inflection point. The Commission is analysing the feedback received from the largest public consultation process it has conducted to date.

This, along with consultation with member states and the European Parliament will directly influence the second Horizon Europe Strategic Plan 2025 - 2027, which will set out the future direction and policy priorities of the programme and prototype programme approaches that become mainstream in Framework Programme 10.

I hope you enjoy our Newsletter, and we welcome feedback and suggestions on topics and features for future newsletters.

Best regards,

Kevin
Kevin Burke
National Director for Horizon Europe at Enterprise Ireland

ERC awardees in Dublin and Cork

Three Ireland-based researchers from UCD, TCD and UCC have been announced as Advanced Grant ERC awardees. These latest results bring the national running total in ERC funding since the beginning of Horizon Europe to more than €72m. ERC National Delegate Maria Nash has the details.

Women TechEU awards
Well done to the four Women TechEU awardees from Ireland who will receive a grant of €75k each to take their business to the next level: Heidi Davis from identifyher, Elle Sander of Lifelet Medical, Clare Meskill of Teletherapy and Maria Jensen of Antler Bio. This second edition of WomenTechEU attracted a record level of interest with 467 applications from 35 Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries.

Contact us
You'll find contact details for Ireland's National Delegates and NCPs in the Horizon Europe National Support Network directory - please get in touch for information and advice on upcoming opportunities.

Philip Cheasty, National Contact Point (NCP) for Horizon Europe Cluster - 5 Energy, Enterprise Ireland

Destinations 3 and 4 target Energy directly in the Cluster 5 Climate, Energy and Mobility work programme. Destination 3 covers renewables and the grid while Destination 4 targets buildings. For these two destinations, the 2023-2024 work programme has 88 topics and more than €1.2 billion of funding available.

Get all the details in Philip's update here.

Upcoming events:

Wed 26 Apr, MSCA Ireland Doctoral Networks Promotional Event. Register here.
Tue 25 - Wed 26 Apr, Ocean & Waters Mission - the Baltic & North Sea lighthouse in action. Further info here.
Tue 25 - Fri 28 Apr, EU Knowledge Valorisation Week 2023. Find more info here.
Wed 26 - Fri 28 Apr, Materials & Digitalisation: the backbone of the Green Transition, Vienna. More here.
Wed 3 - Thu 4 May, European Conference on Connected and Automated Driving. Register here.
Tue 9 May, Innovation Made in Ireland - Ireland @B2B Software Days 2023. Register here.
Wed 10 May, Two factor authentication becoming mandatory in the Funding & Tenders Portal. More info here.
Tue 11 May, Lump Sum Funding in Horizon Europe - further info and registration here.
Wed 24 May Horizon Results Booster – steering research towards a strong societal impact’ - info here.