The European Commission has recently published the results of the Horizon 2020 European Green Deal Call, a call for proposals aimed at funding research and innovation projects to address the climate crisis, which closed last January.

In line with the objectives of the call, the selected projects provide concrete, innovative solutions to address the main challenges posed by the European Green Deal.

By the closing date, 1,550 projects had been submitted, requesting funding of approximately 16 billion euros, against a budget of approximately 1 billion. Of the 10 areas covered by the call, those receiving the highest number of proposals were Area 10 “Empowering citizens for the transition towards a climate-neutral, sustainable Europe” (373), Area 6 “Farm to fork” (260) and Area 2 “Clean, affordable and secure energy” (256).

Regarding the 73 winning partnerships, 38% of participants are private entities, 24% are research organisations, 20% are universities, 7% are public entities and 11% are other types of organisations. The three most represented countries are Spain, Italy and Germany.

The areas with the highest number of winning projects are Area 2 “Clean, affordable and secure energy” (13 funded projects), Area 10 “Empowering citizens for the transition towards a climate-neutral, sustainable Europe” (10 funded projects), Area 1 “Increasing climate ambition: cross sectoral challenges” and Area 9 “Strengthening our knowledge in support of the EGD” (both with 9 funded projects, out of 101 and 106 proposals submitted, respectively).

Further information on the selected projects and their distribution across the various areas of the call is attached.

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