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This call will cover the following three non-exclusive research themes:

• Innovation and harmonisation of methods and tools for collection and management of biodiversity monitoring data
• Addressing knowledge gaps on biodiversity status, dynamics, and trends to reverse biodiversity loss
• Making use of available biodiversity monitoring data

All environments (i.e. terrestrial, inland freshwater including wetlands, and marine) will be eligible.

Biodiversa+, the co-funded biodiversity partnership under Horizon Europe, has announced its second joint call for proposals on “Improved transnational monitoring of biodiversity and ecosystem change for science and society”. The call is scheduled to open on 8 September 2022 with a deadline for pre-proposals in early November 2022 and for full proposals in April 2023. 33 countries are participating. The total budget is expected to be around EUR 40 million.

Register to the online information session for potential applicants to the 2^nd joint call of Biodiversa+ to be held on 20 September, 15:00-16:30.

Find more details in the full news item and at Biodiversa

Sources: Biodiversa, KoWi

Contact: Karin Metzlaff

The 12th European-wide seminar of the series supported by the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO) and aimed at the Plant Science community and its stakeholders.

TTT: The seminar will be held online each third Thursday of the month at three (CET).

 

On 21^st April 2022 at 15:00 (CET) we will present three talks exploring the “Plants’ role in Nutritional Security”

  Dr Angelo Santino, Institute of Sciences of Food Production, CNR, Lecce, Italy – “Novel technologies to improve the nutritional value of tomato”

Prof Monika Schreiner, Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), Grossbeeren, Germany – “Alternative food sources for a nutritious and sustainable diet”

Assoc Prof Katia Petroni, University of Milan, Italy – “Health-promoting effects of anthocyanin-enriched diets against chronic diseases”

  

The seminars will be hosted on Zoom and last approximately 1.5 hours. Numbers will be limited to 300 attendees and therefore please register early if you would like to join. There will be ample opportunities to ask questions and join the debate. So please join us to support this new and exciting initiative for European Plant Science by following this link just prior to the start of the seminar.

 

EPSO members register in advance for this meeting:

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIld-CvrzwpGNXCwPyNyFamnIgkZvbT1AO-

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

 

In the coming months we will be on the lookout for talented plant scientists among the EPSO membership to present their findings and perspectives to the EPSO seminar series. If we approach you to talk, we hope you will be happy to support the initiative. This is a fantastic opportunity for both eminent world leaders and talented up-and-coming early career researchers to present their research to an international audience and to network with potential collaborators. If you wish to suggest a theme for one of the autumn seminars and / or nominate yourself or one of your colleagues to give a seminar, we most welcome your suggestions. Please contact Tim George ([email protected]) to provide your name and potential talk title.

 

We look forward to seeing you all for the 12^th EPSO seminar on the 21^st April 2022

 

Tim George, Alan Schulman and Marie-Theres Hauser

EPSO Plant Science Seminar Series Organising Committee

  

Click here to read: Full EPSO news item

 

Contacts:

• Tim George, Hutton / UK & EPSO Board
• Alan Schulman, LUKE / FI & EPSO President
• Marie-Theres Hauser BOKU / AT & EPSO Board

The 2^nd round of Mission Boards will have the role of advising on the implementation of the EU Missions under Horizon Europe 2021-2027. The five Mission Boards will have up to 15 independent top experts for each Mission. The European Commission (EC) published the call for experts on 5.1.2022. The deadline for applications is 02 February 2022, 17h00, CET. Interested individuals are invited to submit their application in the online survey-management system (EUSurvey).

EU Missions support Commission priorities, such as the European Green Deal, Europe fit for the Digital Age, Beating Cancer and the New European Bauhaus

The main tasks of the new Mission Boards will be to promote the EU Missions by raising awareness of the citizens and advice on the actions of the Mission’s implementation plan. The Mission Boards resulting from this call for application will build on the work of the first round of Mission Boards (ending their mandate in December 2021).

The Mission Boards advise on the full implementation of the five EU Missions working on:

• Adaptation to Climate Change;
• Cancer;
• Restore our Ocean and Waters;
• Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities;
• Soil Deal for Europe

EPSO encourages its members to apply particularly as expert for the Soil Deal Europe Mission Board.

Further information:

• European Commission
• Call for expert: application
• Commission expert group: Mission Board for Soil Deal for Europe Mission (E03816)
• EU Missions implementation plans

Source: EC, 05.01.2022

Calls for proposals for Horizon Europe 2022 are open. EPSO encourages its members to apply, especially to calls under the European Research Council (ERC) and Marie Slodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) of Pillar I (Excellent Science), and Cluster 6 ‘Food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment’ of Pillar II (Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness).

EPSO published its updated EPSO briefing on Horizon Europe Work Programmes 2021-2022 on the Members’ only Website* 29.9.2021.  It contains all information for plant scientists already available in one document. It provides you as well additional researched information and final call texts published by the European Commission since 15 June 2021.

 

 *Access to the Members’ only Website is restricted to EPSO active Members (not sleeping members, not external Personal Members) – please contact Sofia to get access.

 

Work Programmes covered in the briefing and still open for submission are:

 

Excellent Science

• ERC – European Research Council Work Programme 2021 & European Research Council Work Programme 2022
  • ERC-2022-StG: opened 23.09.2021, closing 13.1.2022
  • ERC-2022-CoG: opened on 19.10.2021, closing 17.3.2022
  • ERC-2022-SyG: opened 15.7.2021, closing on 10.11.2021
  • ERC-2022-PoC2: opening on 16.11.2021, closing 15.2., 19.5. and 29.9.2022
  • ERC-2022-PER: opened on 05.10.2021, closing 11.1.2022

 

• MSCA – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action 2021-2022
  • MSCA-SE-2021: opened on 7.10.2021, closing 9.3.2022
  • MSCA-SE-2022: opening on 6.10.2022, closing 8.3.2023
  • MSCA-COFUND-2021: opened on 12.10.2021, closing 10.2.2022
  • MSCA-COFUND-2022: opening on 11.10.2022, closing 9.2.2023
  • MSCA-PF-2022: opened on 13.4.2021, closing on 14.9.2022
  • MSCA-DN-2021: opened 22.6.2021, closing on 16.11.2021
  • MSCA-DN-2022: opening on 3.5.2022, closing on 15.11.2022

 

• INFRA – Research Infrastructures 2021-2022

 

Global Challenges & European Industrial Competitiveness – Thematic clusters

• Cluster 1: Health
• Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space
• Cluster 5: Climate, Energy and Mobility
• Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment 2021-2022
• Cluster 6 Opening date 28.10.2021;
• Cluster 6 Deadline single stage 15.2.2022; 2-stage: S1 15.2.2022, S2 1or 6.9.2022

Missions

• Missions

Innovative Europe

• EIC– European Innovation Council Work Programme 2021
• EIE – European Innovation Ecosystems
• EIT – European Institute of Innovation and Technology

 

Widening Participation and Strengthening the European research Area

 Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area 2021-2022

 

Further Work Programmes are available on the Funding & Tenders portal

 

Wishing you success with your proposals

Karin Metzlaff, Alexandra Barnoux and Alan Schulman

 

Contact: Karin Metzlaff

The European Commission is organizing info days on the Horizon Europe 2022 calls Cluster 6, the one most relevant to plant scientists, under which 77 topics will be open from 28.10.2021 on.

The programme will focus on:

• Raising awareness about the key aspects of HE proposal preparation and the evaluation process.
• Giving an insight about the HE Mission ‘Soil health and food’.
• Highlighting the HE horizontal novelties and the key success factors to proposal preparation.
• Offering networking and matchmaking opportunities to prospective applicants to support the building of proposals’ consortia in a dedicated brokerage day.

More detailed programme and registration: ow.ly/Y6GB50Gpczv

See as well the EPSO Briefing on Horizon Europe, updated 29.9.2021 

Source: EC

On 21 April 2021 the European Commission will organise an open information session on Horizon Europe “A successful proposal for Horizon Europe: Scientific-technical excellence is key, but don’t forget the other aspects”.

This webinar provides details on the preparation of a proposal for Horizon Europe, like open science, gender dimension or dissemination, exploitation and communication aspects. The agenda is available here.
It will be available on YouTube and replay will be sent to registered participants.

Source: European Commission