Calls for proposals for Horizon Europe 2025 are open. EPSO encourages its members to apply, especially to calls under the European Research Council (ERC) and Marie Skłodowska 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).
The EPSO briefing on Horizon Europe Work Programme 2025 has been published on the Members’ only Website*. It contains all information for plant scientists in one document. It provides additional researched information and useful tips. Complete call texts from the EC (Annex III) will be added soon.
*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 2025
- ERC-2025-AdG: opened 22.05.2025, closing 28.08.2025
- ERC-2025-PoC: opened 13.11.2024, closing 13.03.2025. and 18.09.2025
- MSCA – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action 2025
- MSCA- COFUND -2025: opened 23.01.2025, closing 24.06.2025
- MSCA-PF-2025: opened 9.04.2025, closing 8.09.2025
- MSCA-MSCA4UA-2025: opened 6.05.2025, closing 16.09.2025
- MSCA-SE-2025: opened 7.03.2024, closing 8.10.2025
- MSCA-CITIZENS-2025: opening on 17.6.2025, closing on 22.10.2025
- INFRA – Research Infrastructures 2025
Global Challenges & European Industrial Competitiveness – Thematic clusters
- Cluster 1: Health
- Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture & Environment 2025
- Opened 6.05.2025; closing single stage 16.09.2025; 2-stage: S1 4.09.2025, S2 1or 18.02.2026
Missions
Innovative Europe
- EIC– European Innovation Council Work Programme 2025
- EIE – European Innovation Ecosystems
- EIT – European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area 2025
The association agreements with the following member countries from EPSO membership have now started to produce legal effects: New Zealand, United Kingdom and Ukraine.
Further Work Programmes are available on the Funding & Tenders portal
Wishing you success with your proposals
Karin Metzlaff, Maija Malnaca and Odd Arne Rognli
Contact: Karin Metzlaff