EU policy news

This section summarises recent EU policy news and opportunities that are relevant to geoscientists. It includes recently passed legislation, EU funding opportunities and EU Commission consultations.

The tags on the right-hand side of this page can be used to easily locate open EU funding calls sourced from the EU’s participant portal and the EU Commission consultations that are most likely to be of interest to EGU members. EU consultations allow individuals and organisations to provide expertise or submit their opinion on a particular issue.

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Research ministers agree on broad themes for Horizon Europe missions

• General policy news
• 28 February 2019

Missions, initially outlined by Mariana Mazzucato in the Mission-Oriented Research & Innovation in the European Union report (https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/mazzucato_report_2018.pdf), are likely to be allocated 10% of the Horizon Europe budget under Pillar 2 of the Horizon Europe Programme, Global Challenges and Industrial Competitiveness. On 19 February ministers agreed on five topics for “mission areas” including: climate change, cancer, oceans, carbon neutrality, and food. But the exact titles of each is still to be worked out, as are the details of the missions themselves, which could become several missions per area.

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Innovation Fund – EU invests over €10bn in innovative clean technologies

• EU funding
• General policy news
• 28 February 2019

On 26 February 2019, the European Commission announced an investment programme of over €10 billion for low-carbon technologies to boost global competitiveness and mitigate emissions. The focus will be on highly innovative low-carbon technologies and projects which will eventually reach the market. Workshops will take place to discuss this further later in 2019 and the first calls for proposals will be launched in 2020.

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Evaluation and Fitness Check Roadmap on evaluation of the European fishery statistics

• EU consultations
• 22 January 2019

EU Roadmaps describe the problem to be tackled and objectives to be met. They explain why EU action is needed, outline policy options and describe the main features of the consultation strategy. This Evaluation and Fitness Check Roadmap aims to assess whether the current legislation for fishery statistics still fits its purpose or whether it needs updating. It will analyse how current fishery statistics are used and identify opportunities to decrease the burden on data collection systems.

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EIC Horizon Prize for ‘European Low-Cost Space Launch’ (open until 01 June 2021)

• EU funding
• 20 June 2018

The European Low-Cost Space Launch is a larger-scale grant (10 million). The proposal should outline an innovative and commercially viable solution that enhances Europe’s access. Furthermore, it should provide strategic and competitive advantages for European companies, SMEs, universities, and research organisations.

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