Calls for proposals under Horizon Europe’s Africa Initiative are now open
date: 05/07/2021
Research and innovation activities play an essential role in cooperation between Africa and Europe. Strengthened collaboration between the two continents under Horizon Europe’s Africa Initiative will provide concrete benefits for people and societies and serve as a catalyst for both Africa and Europe to collectively address common challenges.
The Africa Initiative under the first Horizon Europe Work Programme 2021-2022 aims to establish sustainable Africa-Europe collaboration on research and innovation, based on reciprocal commitment and shared values and interests.
36 topics, 4 pillars of cooperation
The 36 call topics of the Initiative include ambitious actions to target the four priority areas agreed on at the Ministerial meeting between Research and Innovation Ministers from both continents in July 2020. These are public health, green transition, innovation and technology, and capacities for science (human capital development, science for policy, Open Science and gender).
The total budget sums up to around EUR 350 million. In addition to these 36 topics, applicants are reminded that most of the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2021-2022 is open to researchers and innovators from all over the world. Applicants are thus invited to explore the whole work programme to find additional relevant topics to apply for.
The Africa Initiative calls for proposals are accessible on the EU Funding & Tenders portal, the central electronic portal for all EU funding and tenders. By clicking on the topics listed below, you will be directed to the portal and find details on how to apply, eligibility conditions, funding, and practical information related to each call topic.
For additional assistance, the Online Manual is a comprehensive user guide for applicants and beneficiaries of EU grants. The Horizon Europe Programme Guide and Portal FAQ are also useful resources for submitting a successful application.
Public Health
- HORIZON-HLTH-2021-DISEASE-04-03: Innovative approaches to enhance poverty-related diseases research in sub-Saharan Africa
Green Transition – the partnership on Climate Change and Sustainable Energy (CCSE) and transport topics
- HORIZON-CL5-2022-D1-02-02: Development of high-resolution Earth system models for global and regional climate change projections
- HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03-01: AU-EU Water Energy Food Nexus
- HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01-05: Demonstration of innovative plug-and play solutions for system management and renewables storage in off-grid applications
- HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02-02: AU-EU Energy System Modelling
- HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-10: New generation of full electric urban and peri-urban Bus Rapid Transit systems to strengthen climate-friendly mass transport (2ZERO)
- HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-11: Stimulating Road Transport research and innovation dissemination and implementation in Europe and around the World
- HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01-11: Radical improvement of road safety in low and medium income countries in Africa
Green Transition – the partnership on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA) and environment topics
- HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01-18: One Health approach for Food Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA)
- HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-12: Agro-ecological approaches in African agriculture systems
- HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-13: AU-EU Combatting all forms of malnutrition
- HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01-14: African Food cities
- HORIZON-CL6-2021-COMMUNITIES-01-02: Expertise and training centre on rural innovation
- HORIZON-CL6-2021-COMMUNITIES-01-04: Socio-economic empowerment of the users of the sea
- HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-15: Quantify impacts of the trade in raw and processed biomass on ecosystems, for offering new leverage points for biodiversity conservation, along supply chains, to reduce leakage effects
- HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-18: Understanding the impacts of and the opportunities offered by digital transformation, new emerging technologies and social innovation with respect to biodiversity
- HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-20: Support to processes triggered by IPBES and IPCC
- HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-03: Network for nature: multi-stakeholder dialogue platform to promote nature-based solutions
- HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-08: Assessing the nexus of extraction, production, consumption, trade and behaviour patterns and of climate change action on biodiversity in the context of transformative change
- HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-18: Understanding the impacts of and the opportunities offered by digital transformation, new emerging technologies and social innovation on biodiversity
- HORIZON-CL6-2022-BIODIV-01-10: Cooperation with the Convention on Biological Diversity
- HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01-11: What else is out there? Exploring the connection between biodiversity, ecosystems services, pandemics and epidemic risk
Innovation and Technology
- HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-31: Innowwide Bridging Facility
- HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-05: Building EU-Africa partnerships on sustainable raw materials value chains (CSA)
- HORIZON-INFRA-2021-DEV-01-02: Strengthen the bilateral cooperation on research infrastructures with Africa: improving the knowledge base on climate change in Africa
Capacities for Science
- HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-09: Global governance for a world in transition: Norms, institutions, actors
- HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-01: Public policies and indicators for well-being and sustainable development
- HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-91: Ensuring reliability and trust in quality of Research Ethics expertise in the context of new/emerging technologies
- HORIZON-CL2-2021-DEMOCRACY-01-04: Democratic politics in the EU’s neighbourhood
- HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-90: The challenges of research ethics and integrity in response to crisis: the coronavirus pandemic and beyond
- HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-04: Decision-making processes of (aspiring) migrants
- HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-09: Return and readmission of irregular migrants in the EU
- HORIZON-CL2-2022-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-05: Gender and social, economic and cultural empowerment
- HORIZON-CL3-2022-DRS-01-05: Improved impact forecasting and early warning systems supporting the rapid deployment of first responders in vulnerable areas
- HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-09: Support for policy makers – Programme level collaboration between national R&I programmes
- HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01-10: Support for policy makers – Programme level collaboration between national R&I programmes
Upcoming events
The Africa Initiative will be promoted through a broad range of communication actions, including dedicated webinars for interested stakeholders and through the National Contact Points in Africa.
There are several regional seminars in the pipeline for the coming month. The details for each will be published shortly here.
- 8 July – South-Mediterranean
- 9 July – Sub-Saharan Africa (in French)
- 12 July – Sub-Saharan Africa (in Portuguese)
- 15 July – Sub-Saharan Africa (in English)
- 16 July – South Africa