The event will provide prospective applicants with an opportunity to learn more about the research and innovation topics and funding opportunities to be proposed in the new Horizon Europe Cluster 5 work programme (budget: €1.2 billion).
Horizon Europe is the EU’s flagship programme for supporting research and innovation projects, with ‘Cluster 5’ covering the themes of Climate, Energy and Mobility.
[See ‘background’ below for more on the Horizon Europe programme structure].
Brokerage event
Following the Info Day, an onsite brokerage event will take place in the same premises at 16:00 to 19:00. Organised by GREENET, the network of Cluster 5 National Contact Points (NCP), the brokerage event will facilitate networking opportunities for prospective project partners.
Participants looking for partners will have the possibility to present their organisation and project ideas at a plenary pitching session and in dedicated bilateral meetings organised by topic.
Cluster 5 work programme 2025
The publication of the Cluster 5 work programme 2025 is expected in April. The work programme text will be made available through a pre-publication a couple of weeks before the official publication date.
As the work programme will be made public ahead of the event, the event aims to be more interactive than in previous years. Onsite participants will have an opportunity to address questions in person to the speakers, or via an interactive Slido Q&A that will be available also for online attendees. The Slido Q&A platform will be accessible as soon as the work programme is published, allowing for submission of questions in advance of the event.
For more information, the full programme and registration link, visit the event website
Background
Horizon Europe is structured into three main pillars, for instance Pillar I Excellent Science and Pillar III Innovative Europe. While Pillar I covers fundamental research funded by the European Research Council and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions, Pillar III is dedicated to improving Europe’s innovation ecosystem and to commercialising innovation. Under Pillar II EU funding is provided to tackle global challenges and to boost Europe’s industrial competitiveness. That’s where the clusters come in.
The structure of Horizon Europe lists a total of six clusters that are broken down into individual expected impacts around overarching themes. The six clusters are
- Cluster 1: Health
- Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity & Inclusive Society
- Cluster 3: Civil Security for Society
- Cluster 4: Digital, Industry & Space
- Cluster 5: Climate, Energy & Mobility
- Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture & Environment
The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) manages the funding under Cluster 5, which is worth €10.8 billion.
