Weekly Alerts on Funding Calls 18/12/2023

Specific Challenge:Expected Outcomes:Enable the creation of a European community of academic and research champions in institutional transformation towards inclusive gender equality;Strengthening of the inclusiveness and connectivity objectives under the new European Research Area. The “EU Award for Gender Equality Champions” is a recognition prize scheme meant as a booster and complement to the requirement for higher education establishments, research organisations and public bodies applying to Horizon Europe to have in place a Gender Equality Plan (GEP), and a tool for advancing inclusive gender equality plans and policies in the framework of the new ERA policy agenda, in synergy with the European Education Area (EEA) and the European Higher Education Area (EHEA, Bologna process), and in line with the new Communication on a European Strategy for Universities adopted on 18 January 2022.The Prize will be awarded to up to four academic or research organisations, and contestants can appl...

Scope:Expected Outcomes:Enable the creation of a European community of academic and research champions in institutional transformation towards inclusive gender equality;Strengthening of the inclusiveness and connectivity objectives under the new European Research Area. The “EU Award for Gender Equality Champions” is a recognition prize scheme meant as a booster and complement to the requirement for higher education establishments, research organisations and public bodies applying to Horizon Europe to have in place a Gender Equality Plan (GEP), and a tool for advancing inclusive gender equality plans and policies in the framework of the new ERA policy agenda, in synergy with the European Education Area (EEA) and the European Higher Education Area (EHEA, Bologna process), and in line with the new Communication on a European Strategy for Universities adopted on 18 January 2022.The Prize will be awarded to up to four academic or research organisations, and contestants can apply to one amon...

ExpectedOutcome:Expected Outcomes:Enable the creation of a European community of academic and research champions in institutional transformation towards inclusive gender equality;Strengthening of the inclusiveness and connectivity objectives under the new European Research Area. The “EU Award for Gender Equality Champions” is a recognition prize scheme meant as a booster and complement to the requirement for higher education establishments, research organisations and public bodies applying to Horizon Europe to have in place a Gender Equality Plan (GEP), and a tool for advancing inclusive gender equality plans and policies in the framework of the new ERA policy agenda, in synergy with the European Education Area (EEA) and the European Higher Education Area (EHEA, Bologna process), and in line with the new Communication on a European Strategy for Universities adopted on 18 January 2022.The Prize will be awarded to up to four academic or research organisations, and contestants can apply t...

Scope:The call for proposals aims to support the work of law enforcement authorities, international organisations, civil society and other public and private bodies in dismantling criminal networks and their business models. In addition, the call aims to focus on two specific crimes that require particular attention due to their prevalence and damage to citizens and society as a whole: drug trafficking and trafficking in human beings.The call contains 4 horizontal priority areas (for all organised crimes) and 2 crime-specific priority areas:improving the intelligence picture on criminal networksfacilitating cross border investigationsfacilitating financial investigationssupporting crime prevention measuresstrengthening capabilities to fight drug traffickingstrengthening the fight against trafficking in human beings This initiative is part of the ISF Thematic Facility Work programme 2023-25 which contributes to the efforts of organisations and EU Member States to tackle and dismantle th...

Scope:This call for proposals will aim at equipping and empowering SMEs to transition towards more sustainable and resilient practices as prioritised in the Tourism Transition Pathway (under the Industrial Strategy Update (COM(2021)350 final).The action will contribute to the transition of the European tourism ecosystem by providing direct and indirect support, be it financial or consultative, including with the intermediary of consortia of organisations of the relevant tourism industry stakeholders, to SMEs, including start-ups and entrepreneurs, who wish to develop innovative concepts and projects contributing to the transition of EU tourism. This may also include further development and transfer of best practices and solutions identified through previous calls.The activity will aim to provide:Direct support to innovative projects presented by third parties, e.g. SMEs,Technical support, advice and capacity building to the highest possible number of SMEs based on their needs, attempti...