Co-funded European Partnership for Social Transformations and Resilience
Cluster 2 Partnerships · HORIZON-COFUND · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds a single, large-scale co-funded partnership that pools national and EU research funding to run a 7-year (plus wind-down) programme on social transformations and resilience. It will launch joint transnational calls giving grants to researchers and organisations working on social protection, the future of work, education/skills, and a fair transition to climate neutrality. The goal is evidence-based tools and policies that strengthen social cohesion, fairness and resilience across Europe.
social innovation · civil society democracy · education skills · climate adaptation · regional development
Who wins this
A consortium of national and regional research funding agencies and ministries across EU/Associated Countries that wants to jointly design and run a long-term transnational funding programme on social sciences and resilience topics.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €60M
- Funding model
- Budget-based — reimbursement of actual eligible costs
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- HORIZON Programme Cofund Actions
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Eligible applicants
- public body, research funding agency, ministry
- Funding rate
- up to 30% of eligible costs
- Support to third parties
- Financial support to third parties (grants only) is a core activity; max EUR 3 million per third party for the action's duration, may be higher if justified.
- Also required
- Only one project will be funded; partnership open to EU Member States, Associated Countries, and third countries wishing to join, with an EU contribution that will not increase.
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, IL, TR, UA, RS, MK, ME, AL, BA, XK, GE, AM, MD, TN, NZ
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout As described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. The page limit of the Part B template of the COFUND type of action is 65 pages. In addition, the proposal must contain additional annexes (see templates in the Submission System). 2. Eligible Countries As described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions As described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion As described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds The granting authority can fund a maximum of one project. Representatives of the EU institutions will be part of the evaluation committee. In addition, as described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes As described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement As described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants The starting date of grants awarded under this topic may be as of the submission date of the application. Applicants must justify the need for a retroactive starting date in their application. Costs incurred from the starting date of the action may be considered eligible. Beneficiaries may provide financial support to third parties (FSTP). The support to third parties can only be provided in the form of grants. As a co-funded European Partnership, providing financial support to third parties is a core activity of this action in order to achieve its objectives. Consequently, the EUR 60 000 threshold laid down in Article 207 of Financial Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 does not apply. The maximum amount of FSTP that may be awarded to any single third party is set at EUR 3 million for the entire duration of the action. This ceiling is justified by the fact that FSTP is a primary activity of this action, by its expected duration of 7–10 years (exceeding a standard project lifespan), and by the extensive experience gained under predecessor partnerships. However, if the objectives of the action would otherwise be impossible or overly difficult (and duly justified in the proposal) the maximum amount may be higher. The funding rate is up to 30% of the eligible costs. The granting authority may, up to 4 years after the end of the action, object to a transfer of ownership or to the exclusive licensing of results, as set out in the specific provision of Annex 5. In addition, as described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions As described in the specific topic of the Work Programme.
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