Exploring extreme environments: novel adaptation strategies at molecular level for bio-based innovation

Call Updates

Feb 8, 2023 8:04:41 PM

CALL UPDATE: FLASH EVALUATION RESULTS

EVALUATION results

Published: 16 June 2021

Deadline: 01 September 2022

Available budget:

The results of the evaluation are as follows:

We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.

For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.

May 25, 2022 3:34:02 PM

CALL UPDATE: GENERALISED FEEDBACK AFTER STAGE 1

GENERALISED FEEDBACK for successful applicants after STAGE 1

In order to ensure the best equal treatment, successful stage 1 applicants do not receive the Evaluation Summary Reports (ESRs) for their proposals, but this generalised feedback with information and tips for preparing the full proposal. 

Information & tips Shortcomings/minor shortcomings found in proposals of stage-1 evaluation of HORIZON-CL6-2022-CircBio-02-02-two-stage:

• For some proposals, the innovation to be achieved, i.e.- how the proposal advances beyond the state of the art, is not sufficiently addressed
• Some proposals, do not sufficiently address neither the TRLs at the start and the end of the project nor undoubtedly sustain how they will be achieved
• Some proposals insufficiently explain how their results will provide a an impact in Europe’s resilience to climate change
• In some proposals, it was not clearly demonstrated how the required public engagement and awareness would be achieved
• For some proposals, the management of GMOs, including risks and regulatory limitations and requirements are insufficiently addressed
• Proposals do not always provide detailed figures on the scale and significance of the proposal’s contribution to the expected impacts in the long term, beyond the duration of the project.
• Potential barriers to achieve the expected outcomes and impacts and their mitigation plan are not always addressed explicitly enough. In particular, sometimes the proposals do not sufficiently take into consideration technical and regulatory barriers to the realisation of outcomes and impacts

In your stage 2 proposal, you have a chance to address or clarify these issues.

Please bear in mind that your full proposal will now be evaluated more in-depth and possibly by a new group of outside experts.

Please make sure that your full proposal is consistent with your short outline proposal. It may NOT differ substantially. The project must stay the same.

May 20, 2022 10:45:41 AM

CALL UPDATE: FLASH EVALUATION RESULTS

EVALUATION results

Published: 06 October 2021

Deadline: 15 February 2022

Available budget:

• HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-02-two-stage : €10.000.000,00

In accordance with General Annex F of the Work Programme, the evaluation of the first-stage proposals was made looking only at the criteria ‘Excellence’ and ‘Impact’. The threshold for both criteria was 4. The overall threshold (applying to the sum of the two individual scores) was set for each topic/type of action with separate call-budget-split at a level that allowed the total requested budget of proposals admitted to stage 2 be as close as possible to 3 times the available budget (and not below 2.5 times the budget):

• HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-02-two-stage (Exploring extreme environments: novel adaptation strategies at molecular level for bio-based innovation): 8 points

The results of the evaluation are as follows:

We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.

For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.

https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation_en

Feb 25, 2022 9:43:04 AM

PROPOSAL NUMBERS

Call HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-two-stage_stage1 has closed on the 15th of February 2022.

98 proposals have been submitted.                                                                                                   

The breakdown per topic is:

• HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-02-two-stage: 10

Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in May 2022.

Oct 28, 2021 12:00:03 AM

The submission session is now available for: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-02-two-stage(HORIZON-RIA)

Exploring extreme environments: novel adaptation strategies at molecular level for bio-based innovation

TOPIC ID: HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-02-two-stage

Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON)
Call: Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors (HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-02-two-stage)
Type of action: HORIZON-RIA HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions
Type of MGA: HORIZON Action Grant Budget-Based [HORIZON-AG]
Deadline model: two-stage
Planned opening date: 28 October 2021
Deadline dates:
15 February 2022 17:00:00 Brussels time
01 September 2022 17:00:00 Brussels time

Topic description

ExpectedOutcome:

Projects will contribute to the expected impacts identified for Destination ‘Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors’, and to the European policies it supports, in particular the European Green Deal, the circular economy action plan and the Bioeconomy and biodiversity strategies. Their results will help to improve the European industrial[1] sustainability, competitiveness and resource independence by lowering the environmental footprint (including on biodiversity), enabling climate-neutrality and higher resource efficiency (in particular upcycling and cascading use of biomass) along and across value chains, developing innovative bio-based products. They will engage all stakeholders and improve their knowledge and understanding of science, in particular biotechnology-based value chains.

Projects results should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:

Deeper understanding of the molecular, biochemical and cellular mechanisms of ecological adaptation of terrestrial and aquatic organisms in response to life under extreme or changing environments, while strengthening the remediation options at macro level for the studied populations, including by their interactions, thus contributing to expanding the range of potential climate change mitigation strategies.

• Stronger innovation capacity by applying the discovered principles (including via biotechnology routes) to the development of more resilient innovative feedstocks needed for sustainable bio-based products[2].
• A significantly improved environmental footprint of novel feedstocks based on discovered principles[3], and a wider range of sustainable biomass resources available to European industry, that are important for industrial competitiveness and SMEs participation, thus helping to create skilled jobs and boost the economy.
• Increased public understanding in Europe of biotechnology, the conservation of biodiversity, and EU biodiversity strategy goals. Respect of the principles of access and benefit sharing (UN Biodiversity Convention), via clear, inclusive and transparent communication strategies.

Scope:

The topic covers R&D needed to advance and potentially exploit knowledge on the ways terrestrial and aquatic organisms and their populations adapt, on molecular, physiological, and ecological levels, to the effects of climate change, such as by tolerance to extreme temperatures, drought/water stress, salinity or increased biotic pressures (new pests), as observed at macro-scale (e.g. shifting ecological niches). The scope covers understanding the complex interactions between the affected populations (e.g. molecular signalling), and broader outcomes on an ecological level. International cooperation is strongly encouraged to maximise the impact.

Where relevant, proposals should seek synergies and capitalise on the results of past and ongoing research projects. Proposals should:

Identify and justify the choice of the selected organism or system under investigation, specifying the level and characteristics of the environmental stimuli covered (i.e. extreme or changing environment linked to climatic conditions).
Consider the broader level of climate adaptation in the systems identified, in order to shed light on the possibility and magnitude of applying the discovered principles as part of a mitigation strategy.
Engage with industrial actors including SMEs to identify and implement the best combination of appropriate technical solutions and in particular biotechnology for specific industrial value chains, for sustainable biomass generation, taking into account the barriers and drivers derived from governance and market aspects, while seeking engagement and understanding of all actors.
Develop and communicate the key methods to monitor and measure the qualitative and quantitative impacts of these solutions and practices for different biomass sourcing, optimization, processing and production systems, the potential of replacing available traditional alternatives, if relevant, and trade-offs, including for biodiversity, and potential benefits in terms of the socioeconomic resilience of businesses, job creation and industrial competitiveness.
Develop and test mechanisms with all actors, notably the research community and bio-based industry. Exchange knowledge on and demonstrate solutions for improved bio-based products and processes and for addressing other environmental impacts such as on biodiversity to agricultural operators, farmers, fishers, foresters, SMEs and the broader public, and help them implement them.
For this topic, it is not mandatory to integrate the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) into research and innovation.