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The annual calls for proposals with specified topics are grouped together within the framework of strategic planning and according to their expected impact in the seven areas (“destinations”) of Cluster 6.
Full details of the current calls for proposals can be found on the European Commission's “Funding & tender opportunities” portal.
Destination: Biodiversity and ecosystem services
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-01: Understanding and tackling the decline of insects – RIA - Budget: 13.00 Mio for two projects
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-02: Developing methods to assess the presence, functions and sensitivity of groundwater ecosystems – RIA - Budget: 10.00 Mio for two projects
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-03: Pushing the frontier of knowledge and conservation action for deep sea ecosystems – RIA - Budget: 18.00 Mio for two projects
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-04: Ensuring continuous effectiveness of protected areas in conserving habitats and species while Facing intensifying drivers of biodiversity loss – RIA - Budget: 13.00 Mio for two projects
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-05: Advancing integrated scenarios and prediction models for informing transition to a nature positive society – RIA - Budget: 10.00 Mio for two projects
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-BIODIV-06: Boosting agrobiodiversity for food security and sustainable competitiveness – RIA - Budget: 12.00 Mio for two projects
Destination – Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-01: Improving circularity of multilayer flexible plastic food contact packaging – IA - Budget: 11.00 Mio for two projects
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-02: Advancing recycling technologies for mixed post-consumer textiles waste from blended products – IA - Budget: 11.00 Mio for two projects
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-03: Advanced recovery of critical raw materials from Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) – RIA - Budget: 10.00 Mio for two projects
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-04: Demonstrating and deploying innovative collection, sorting-for-reuse and repair systems for textiles at city/region level (Circular Cities and Regions Initiative topic) – IA - Budget: 10.00 Mio for two projects
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-05: Understanding biomass flows in Europe – RIA - Budget: 6.00 Mio for two projects
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-06: Bioeconomy policy support hub for Member States, regions and sectors – CSA - Budget: 3.00 Mio for one project
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-07: Advancing the European bio-based innovation enabled by biotechnology and biomanufacturing concepts – RIA - Budget: 12.00 Mio for three projects
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-08: Supporting pre-normative research for standardization of the bio-base products – RIA - Budget: 8.00 Mio for two projects
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-09: Balancing food security, bioeconomy, climate and biodiversity objectives to unlock sustainable value chains – RIA - Budget: 12.00 Mio for two projects
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-010: Bio-based innovation in society: supporting the sustainable way of living – RIA - Budget: 8.00 Mio for two projects
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-CIRCBIO-11: Harnessing the unique properties of marine organisms to deliver sustainable blue bio-based products – RIA - Budget: 10.00 Mio for two projects
Destination – Clean environment and zero pollution
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-01: Toward a comprehensive assessment of the disturbance of marine ecosystems by anthropogenic underwater noise – RIA - Budget: 10.00 Mio for one project
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-02: Bioremediation of Ukraine’s ecosystems contaminated by conflicts – IA - Budget: 11.00 Mio for two projects
- HORIZON-CL6-2026-01-ZEROPOLLUTION-03: Developing managed aquifer recharge techniques (MAR) in a rural context – RIA - Budget: 12.00 Mio for two projects