Funding opportunities beyond Horizon Europe’s cluster 6
In the field of research and innovation, Horizon Europe has positioned itself as one of the most important programs for obtaining funding in the areas of agri-food, bioeconomy, natural resources, and environment. However, this year has seen a notable absence of calls from February in cluster 6, which has left many researchers and entities seeking alternatives to fund their proposals and innovations. Despite this pause in calls for cluster 6, Horizon Europe continues to offer funding opportunities through other mechanisms and calls that have been active in recent months. In fact, cascading funding, calls initiated by partnerships, or by the [...]
Horizon Europe’s Cluster 6: A Comprehensive Approach for Success (1st Call 2024)
In the ever-evolving landscape of Horizon Europe's Cluster 6, where the bioeconomy and agrifood sector converge, strategic insights based on the available data are instrumental for securing funding in a competitive environment. By inspecting the latest call figures from 2023 and 2024, applicants can learn crucial lessons to enhance their competitiveness and improve their prospects of success. In our earlier blog post, we delved into the success rate and average budget of the first 2024 call for proposals within Cluster 6, whose last deadline for submission was on 28th February. In this post, we provide constructive recommendations for prospective [...]
Horizon Europe Cluster 6 calls: Insights and Recommendations for applicants
In our previous blog post, we delved into the success rate and average budget of the first 2024 call for proposals within Cluster 6, whose last deadline for submission was on 28th February. In this new blog post, we explore the insights that can be extracted from the assessment and provide constructive recommendations for prospective applicants for the upcoming calls under the European funding framework. Insights into funded Projects Comparisons with previous years offer valuable insights into funding trends and resource allocation strategies. For 2023, € 798 million were available for Cluster 6 while in the calls for 2024, [...]
Blue Biotechnology and its potential in Macaronesia
The blue bioeconomy is based on the use of aquatic organisms to produce products, goods and services while blue biotechnology is the tool based on the application of science and technology to obtain them. On the other hand, blue biotechnology uses as raw materials algae, sponges, jellyfish, invertebrates, microorganisms, and other living beings that can be transformed or from which compounds can be extracted, to produce food, feed, nutraceuticals, pharmaceutical products, cosmetics, energy, packaging, clothing and much more. The blue economy strategy plays a dual role in the European Green Deal: it is key in reducing pressure on the [...]