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RFCS funds projects to transform the coal and steel industries - advancing Europe's competitiveness and climate neutrality goals. Two calls are open for research proposals making available EU funding to support the EU's Clean Industrial Deal and the Steel and Metals Action and Just Transition of the coal mining sector and regions.

Join us for the European Ocean Days, a dynamic week-long event including the Mission Ocean and Waters Forum!

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The Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission, together with 37 International Senior Scientific Advisers from around the globe, released a joint statement ahead of the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference COP26, calling world leaders to take action for successfully mitigating climate changes and protect our planet.

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A new co-funded European Partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage kicked off today in Marseille. With an overall budget of EUR 215 million - out of which a EUR 65 million contribution from Horizon Europe, it brings together 90 partners from 30 countries.

The LIFE Programme 2025 has just launched, featuring calls highly relevant to the objectives of the Mission "Restore our Ocean and Waters." Check out calls for the Standard Action Projects (SAPs) under the Nature, Environment, and Climate Change sub-programmes, as well as calls for the Strategic Nature Projects (SNaPs) and Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs). Deadline: SAPs: 23 September 2025; SNaPs and SIPs: 05 March 2026.

The TIDAL ArtS Mission Ocean and Waters project is inviting artists, collectives and creatives across Europe to inspire citizen engagement with aquatic environments across the Mission Ocean and Water lighthouse regions. Twenty selected applicants will each receive a EUR 15 000 grant to create works that connect communities to their local waters, and take part in workshops with scientists, civil society organisations, and educators. Deadline: 14 June 2025.

SHORE, a Mission Ocean and Waters project, has launched their third and final call for schools. Eligible primary and secondary schools are invited to propose at least three types of activities that address at least one of following topics: sea-based activities, biodiversity, hazardous substances and marine litter, climate change, or the sustainable use of marine resources. Successful applicants will receive a grant of EUR 10,000 plus project mentorship and guidance. Deadline: 30 June 2025.

German and French language versions of the scientific opinion on "Strategic Crisis Management in the EU" are now available online!

One-page summary of the Scientific Opinion of the Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission has been translated in 22 EU languages and is available for downloads.

Two of the papers prepared for the JRC science for policy ecosystem workshop series have now been published. The first paper, prepared by Stella Ladi, Dimitra Panagiotatou, and Angelos Angelou, focuses on the “The Greek ecosystem of science for policy” while the second one, written by Vítor Corado Simões, provides an analysis of “Science for policy in Portugal”.

Join us at AIS26 in Dublin ! Registration is open.

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