Thursday, 6 June 2024

Horizon Europe Ireland - June update

National Support Network team on the road! Photo on the left: Sergio Fernandez-Ceballos (pictured on right) at the Industrial Technologies 2024 conference in Namur from 3-5 June; Photo on the right: Ann Dooley and Fidelma Romano from the EEN team at "Accelerating the Digital Transition" held at IMR last month.

Horizon Europe National Support Network team activity
The National Support Network team is pleased to introduce you to Micol Martinelli who has taken over as both the National Director for Horizon Europe in Ireland and as National Contact Point (NCP) for EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology) on an acting basis.

Micol is based at Enterprise Ireland on the R&I Internationalisation team and is the Programme Manager of Career-FIT and Career-FIT PLUS. She will host the next Network team meeting with Research Offices which takes place on 9 July - we look forward to working closely with her!

EIC Accelerator interviews in Brussels
More than a dozen Irish applicants have successfully made it through to European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator interviews which are scheduled face-to-face in Brussels later this month. Over the last week, mock interviews to prep applicants have been taking place at Enterprise Ireland - we wish all candidates the best of luck! Meanwhile, the EIC Community team has just released the updated EIC Business Acceleration Services (BAS) offer - you can find out more about that here.

New success story spotlights Limerick company
"Being part of one successful consortium in a highly competitive call is a huge achievement, so being part of two winning consortiums in the same period is incredible for the organisation," says Colm Gaskin from Limerick company 20FIFTY Partners. You can read about the company's Horizon Europe experience further below in the latest article from our success story series.

National Support Network team updates
In this month's newsletter, Mark Sweeney looks at opportunities under the Circular Biobased Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) which has €213m available under the 2024 Call for Proposals. Irene Castellano Pellicena outlines the open opportunities under the Health cluster and issues influencing its future while Willie Ryan reports on Soil Mission activity taking place in Ireland during June.

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National Support Network team updates

Mark Sweeney, National Contact Point (NCP) for Horizon Europe Cluster 5 - Climate, Cluster 6 - Environment and NCP for Climate Adaptation Mission, Enterprise Ireland

 Ireland performed extremely well in the 2023 CBE JU Call with several successful Irish participants. The €8.7m Rural BioReFarmeries project coordinated by MTU's James Gaffey is one example - read about this and more open opportunities under the 2024 Call for Proposals in Mark's article.

Read more here
Irene Castellano Pellicena, National Contact Point (NCP) for Cluster 1 – Health and NCP for Cancer Mission, Health Research Board

In the first half of the Horizon Europe programme, Ireland secured €71.28m in funding under the Health Cluster including the Cancer Mission and the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) Partnership.

In this article, Irene highlights open and upcoming calls in the Health area and looks at issues influencing the future of the cluster.

Read more here
Willie Ryan, National Contact Point (NCP) for Horizon Europe Cluster 6 - Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment and NCP for the Soil Deal Mission, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

A Soil Mission National Engagement Event is planned for Ireland as part of the NATI00NS project, a European initiative aimed at promoting soil health and sustainable land management practices through targeted funding opportunities. The event aims to promote the Soil Health LLs Call Topics for 2024 to Irish stakeholders. Discover more here.

Read more here 
Headquartered in Limerick, 20FIFTY Partners has over 20 years’ research experience in water stewardship, circular economy and broader sustainability. The company recently secured €1.2 million in Horizon Europe funding to continue its research on water circularity across two projects.

The funding will allow the company to take its research outputs to the next level - read more here.
Full story here

European semiconductor research labs including the Tyndall National Institute in Cork are set to benefit from €2.5bn funding under the EU Chips Act to develop and test the next generation of advanced chips

More details from Silicon Republic here.

The European Partnership for Animal Health & Welfare is the second of the new European research partnerships being rolled out under Horizon Europe following the launch of the Agroecology Partnership in April.

Learn more here.

France and Ireland have a robust collaboration in marine research, with over fifty ongoing projects under the Horizon Europe programme and additional projects supported by EU funding for inter-regional cooperation

Discover more here.
Upcoming events:
  • Tue 11 Jun - European Innovation Ecosystems online info session - register here.
  • Tue 18 - Fri 21 Jun - EPoSS Annual Forum 2024. Details here.
  • Wed 19 Jun - Personnel Unit Cost – New cost method in Horizon Europe. Livestream link here.
  • Mon 24 - Fri 28 Jun - Summer School on Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Management. Info here.
  • Wed 26 Jun - Certificates on the financial statements (CFS) in Horizon Europe. More info here.
  • Wed 3 July - French and Irish space ecosystem: Introduction & cooperation opportunities 2023. Info here.
  • Wed 10 Jul - Eurostars Call 7 – Webinar for applicants. Register here.
  • Tue 15 Oct - Xecs Matchmaking Event 2024, Discover more here.
  • Thu 21 Nov - The annual research conference 2024. More info here.
Find more events
Missed it?
  • Lump Sum Funding in Horizon Europe: How does it work? May 2024 webinar Watch back here.
  • MSCA Ireland Doctoral Networks Promotional Event - watch it here.
  • European Innovation Council, Info Day - playback here.
  • Horizon Europe’s Research Infrastructures online info day - watch here.
  • Horizon Results Booster - steering research towards a strong societal impact - playback here.
  • Horizon Implementation Day: Grant Management in Horizon Europe - playback here.
  • Horizon Implementation Day: Grant Agreement preparation in Horizon Europe - view webinar here.
  • Horizon Implementation Day: Finding opportunities & submitting a proposal - watch here


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