Overview

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.

A group of healthcare buyers from Spain, the UK and Italy invites potentially interested bidders to submit offers for this new pre-commercial procurement. Aim is to create an AI-enabled digital platform capable of helping healthcare organisations assess their sustainability performance, identify improvement opportunities, plan and implement actions, monitor progress, and support evidence-based decision-making. Deadline for submission of offers is 9 October 2026.

The German federal agency for cybersecurity, Cyberagentur, invites potentially interested innovators to submit offers for this pre-commercial procurement that focuses on developing novel techniques to reduce the threat that own wireless radio communication is intercepted by the enemy on the battlefield. The aim is to develop a transmission and reception technology that enables mobile field teams to provide highly available, broadband and secure communication and long-range reconnaissance with high directionality. Deadline for submitting offers is 28 October 2026

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”.

The development, production and use of new materials is one of the most economically, socially and environmentally important fields of science and innovation. It is also a field of science where AI is having significant effects on progress.

"From knowledge to impact: Shaping Europe’s next innovation wave” Join us on 13 November in Brussels or online!