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Truly Sustainable Printed Electronics-based IoT Combining Optical and Radio Wireless Technologies (SUPERIOT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Smart Networks and Services
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: SNS (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: Finland,Portugal,Netherlands,Spain,Poland,Belgium,United Kingdom,Germany
Call: Communication Infrastructure Technologies and Devices (HORIZON-JU-SNS-2022, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4848952.0
EU funding (EUR): 4757739.5
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

SUPERIOT aims at developing a truly sustainable and highly flexible IoT system based on the use of optical and radio communications, and the exploitation of printed electronics technology for the implementation of sustainable IoT nodes. The dual-mode optical-radio approach provides unique characteristics to the IoT system. The system can be reconfigured to use optical, radio, or both connectivity approaches. The hybrid optical-radio system allows very efficient use of resources while combining the advantages of both wireless communication methods. Energy autonomous nodes can harvest energy from both sources, resulting in an efficient and reliable energy system. Positioning accuracy can be also improved by combining optical and radio signals. Moreover, the dual-mode approach results in a highly flexible and adaptable communication system, that can operate efficiently under changing conditions and in different scenarios. The implementation of the IoT nodes will aim at maximizing printed electronics usage, resulting in a cost-efficient, environmentally friendly solution. Nodes will have essential IoT functionalities such as sensing, actuating, and computational capabilities. As important as the development of a sustainable and flexible IoT node will be the development of its networking capabilities. The project will also identify, develop, and demonstrate applications for the proposed concept. Four demonstrators will be developed at the final stage of the project, including a) Reconfigurable optical-radio IoT node implemented with printed and conventional electronics technologies (Application: smart tags), b) Reconfigurable optical-radio IoT network (Application: logistics in medical ICT scenarios), c) Limited capability IoT node implemented with printed electronics technology only, and d) Large-area IoT node/repeater. The SUPERIOT concept is based on developing an IoT system that is both sustainable by design and sustainable by implementation.

Keywords: sustainable iot,printed electronics,optical communications,radio communications
Enhancing research capacity at the Geological Survey of Estonia to accelerate the country's transition to green energy (EGT-TWINN) (EGT-TWINN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Estonia,Finland,Denmark,United Kingdom
Call: Twinning (HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1202172.5
EU funding (EUR): 1202172.5
Participants: 5
Project status: SIGNED

The proposed HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03 Twinning project aims to enhance research and technical capacity at the Geological Survey of Estonia (EGT) to accelerate Estonia transition’s from fossil fuel energy to green energy. The capacity building will be mainly focussed on developing state-of-the-art geological, geochemical and geophysical survey skills, data management workflows, and subsurface modelling capability for exploration and geological resource assessment of European critical raw materials and geothermal energy as a future potential green energy source for Estonia. The EGT geological capacity enhancement will be implemented via range of joint activities such as scientific conferences and exchanges as well as through delivery of specialised training programmes provided by three leading geological surveys in Europe – the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK), the British Geological Survey (UKRI/BGS) and the Geological Survey of Denmark (GEUS). The project will contribute to the development of multidisciplinary research and innovation in geological studies in Estonia and enables EGT to enhance the scientific excellence of its personnel and to collaborate with experts from leading international research institutions. One of the project priorities is to support early-career researchers at EGT who will gain state-of-the-art experience in the geology fields crucial to Estonia.

Keywords: geothermal energy,mineral exploration,geoinformatics,urban geochemistry,critical raw materials,capacity building
Excelling deep tech through place-based innovation and connected ecosystems for women-led start-ups (EPIC-X)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: European innovation ecosystems
Theme: Interconnected Innovation Ecosystems
Destination: Interconnected Innovation Ecosystems
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Portugal,Finland,Ireland,Belgium,Slovenia,Hungary,Slovakia,Romania,Czechia,Lithuania,Poland,Italy
Call: Startup Europe (HORIZON-EIE-2024-CONNECT-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999931.75
EU funding (EUR): 1999931.75
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

EPIC-X aims to accelerate and unlock excellence by connecting regional innovation ecosystems across the EU, building on strategic areas of regional strength and specialisation, and addressing the innovation divide and underrepresentation of talents within the European Union. The project enlists a diverse and strong multi-actor interregional ecosystem network that resonates in a Pan-European alliance of interconnected ecosystems. Comprising 16 ecosystem builders hailing from the16 moderate and innovator countries, the basis of this network is set to widely expand to all regions and engage quadruple helix players in collaborative efforts of co-creation, co-implementation, and co-assessment of pioneering acceleration+ programme, which encompasses a FSTP scheme to support deep tech women-led start-ups. Embedded within this comprehensive programme are cross-fertilisation activities and an innovative mobility scheme aimed at the selected start-ups. Ecosystem builders and members of the network will have dedicated opportunities for collaboration and knowledge exchange through tailored actions. With a wealth of experience, the consortium, comprising 13 entities, will spearhead efforts to develop and disseminate materials that underpin a comprehensive communication, dissemination, and exploitation strategy aimed at amplifying the impact of the EPIC-X. This includes the production of a white paper containing policy recommendations and an article/paper to highlight key insights. Built around the three pillars of deep tech, women-led start-ups, and smart specialisation strategies, the project activities and synergies fostered by a multi-layer glocal approach will create a favourable environment for local-placed innovation and sustainable and inclusive growth.

Keywords: women led start ups deep tech smart specialisation strategies gender multi actor interregional ecosystem network participatory approach acceleration cooperation
Developing an alternative to grouted connections for jacket foundations to cut the time, cost and CO2 eqv emissions linked to installation (NGC)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Development of an alternative to grouted connections for offshore wind jacket foundations to cut the time, cost and CO2 eqv emissions linked to installation. The installation of offshore wind turbine jackets with grouted jacket-pile connections is known to be risky and time-consuming; the challenges around placement, early-age cycling, consistency, and demonstrating strength and durability are recognised industry-wide. To address these challenges, Napkin Innovation is developing a Non-Grouted Connector (NGC) as a quicker, cheaper and greener alternative to grouted connections.

Keywords: offshore wind,clean energy,grout alernative,offshore installation
ZETA - New Generation Antimicrobial Solution (ZETA Antimicrobial)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2300000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2300000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Infectious diseases pose a significant global health risk, leading to over 13 million deaths annually. Among the critical challenges associated with infectious diseases is the persistently high rate of preventable Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) – affecting up to 8,000 hospitalized patients in Europe every day. HAI rates pose an economic burden with an average cost of $47k per patient treatment, totalling an added cost of $4.8 Bn for hospitals annually. The situation is expected to get worse with the growing Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) issue. Frida Group was founded with an ambition to develop and bring to the market novel antimicrobial solutions based on breakthrough research and a strong IP portfolio. Frida Group is currently developing ZETA, a highly effective, non-toxic antimicrobial solution that reliably eliminates bacteria and fungi. The proposed antibacterial technology is based on 40 years of R&D and presents a novel revolutionising approach to disinfection, effectively addressing the limitations of existing disinfection technologies. The main objective of this EIC-A project is to optimize a ZETA formulation for healthcare purposes. Given that catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) account for 75% of all registered HAIs, we will specifically focus on the inclusion of ZETA into polyurethane in the catheter manufacturing process. The project outcomes will offer essential insights for extending the use of ZETA in other applications within healthcare as well as other industries, such as food and construction. By introducing ZETA, a catalytic self-sanitizing material technology, Frida aspires to contribute to a significant reduction in fatalities caused by bacteria and viruses. Therefore, the project contributes to SDGs 3, 8 and 12, as well as to the implementation of the European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and other EU initiatives related to limiting the spread of communicable diseases.

Keywords: antimicrobial,antimicrobial resistance,disinfection,catheter,urinary tract infection,healthcare associated infections
Cybergenetic Light-Driven Cell Robots for Advanced Bioproduction (CYLCA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: EIC Accelerator 2025 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-01, 2025)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The biopharmaceutical industry is under increasing pressure to produce complex therapies—such as bispecific antibodies and viral vectors. Yet upstream manufacturing remains constrained by static, inefficient processes and chemical control systems. The legacy tools to optimise productivity of bioreactor processes lack reversibility, temporal precision, and scalability, leading to low yields, high impurity levels, and economically unsustainable production processes that limit patient access to life-saving treatments. Ningaloo Biosystems develops Cybergenetic Bioproduction—a modular optogenetic control platform that enables real-time, contact-free, and reversible regulation of gene expression and other processes in mammalian production cells using light. Our core technology integrates proprietary photoswitches, engineered production cell lines, bioreactor-compatible light delivery systems, and programmable software to dynamically steer cellular output—unlocking faster process development, higher yields, and improved purity. We have demonstrated robust induction and precise control over the composition of complex biologics in CHO and HEK293 production cell systems. In this EIC Accelerator project, we will validate the system in GMP-relevant formats, co-develop enhanced clinical manufacturing with CDMO partners, and prepare for commercial deployment. Our platform is a new standard of precision biomanufacturing—it reduces time-to-clinic, production waste, and cost per dose—and makes next-generation therapies more accessible and sustainable. It will advance Europe’s leadership in deeptech, health innovation and the development of more resilient, resource-efficient biomanufacturing infrastructure.

Keywords: precision biomanufacturing bioprocess automation advanced therapies next generation biologics dynamic cell regulation scalable bioprocessing
Retail Media IQ for Europe (RMIQ)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Poland
Call: EIC Accelerator 2025 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-01, 2025)
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Retail Media IQ (RMIQ) is an AI-powered technology platform designed to address one of the most pressing challenges in the digital economy - the fragmentation and inefficiency of Retail Media Networks (RMNs). Our mission is to unify and automate the retail media ecosystem through advanced artificial intelligence, enabling European brands, agencies, and retailers to make data-driven advertising decisions with greater efficiency, transparency, and sustainability. RMIQ applies machine learning, data integration, and automation technologies to consolidate media operations across multiple retail networks into a single, intelligent interface. By doing so, the platform enables real-time optimization of advertising performance and budget allocation, reducing waste and improving the overall return on ad spend (ROAS). From a strategic perspective, RMIQ contributes directly to the European Commission’s priorities in digital innovation and the data economy by fostering interoperability, transparency, and ethical AI in digital advertising. The platform promotes fair competition, supports SME participation in retail media, and reduces barriers to entry in a market currently dominated by large global platforms. Through this innovation, RMIQ aims to: 1. Enhance data-driven competitiveness for European advertisers and retailers. 2. Promote responsible AI adoption and data protection in compliance with the EU AI Act and GDPR. 3. Strengthen digital sovereignty by building scalable technology infrastructure in Europe. 4. Support the green and digital transition by improving efficiency and reducing redundant ad spend and data processing costs. RMIQ represents a critical step toward a more connected, transparent, and sustainable digital advertising ecosystem in Europe - empowering the retail sector to harness the full potential of AI for economic growth and innovation.
Tunable topological chirality in ferroelectric nanomaterials (FerroChiral)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Slovenia
Call: Fostering balanced brain circulation – ERA Fellowships (HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-02, 2022)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2024-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 171399.36
EU funding (EUR): 171399.36
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Chirality is one of the most intriguing fundamental phenomena in nature. Materials composed of chiral molecules find broad applications in areas ranging from nonlinear optics and spintronics to biology and pharmaceuticals. However, chirality is usually an invariable inherent property of a given material that cannot be easily changed at will. Very recently we discovered that chiral structure emerges as a basic configuration of polarization field in ferroelectric nanoparticles and nanodots in a form of stable fundamental topological excitations of polarization, Hopfions, and skyrmions, and, importantly, can be controlled and switched by cleverly devised field-temperature protocols. The key idea of the project is to reveal how this discovered emerging topological chirality will be identified, measured, explored, and put in practice, using the unique facilities and excellence of Jozef Stefan Institute in Slovenia. Accordingly, the research objectives of the FerroChiral MSCA are defined as follows: - To optimize fabrication parameters enabling the engineering of ferroelectric nanostructures with desirable chiral properties. - To develop research approaches for revealing and exploring the topological structures of the ferroelectric nanostructures. - To devise efficient enantioselective procedures and elaborate effective methods for chirality revealing and operation. The new skills in nanomaterial fabrication and operation, and in building the academia-industry links will be developed for further career pursuit. Also, the project will cluster the FerroChiral action with the complimentary European networks in view of prospective developing long-lasting collaborations.

Keywords: ferroelectric materials,chirality,polarization,optical tweezers
Building Gender Equality through gender budgeting for Institutional Transformation (BUDGET IT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Theme: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Destination: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Türkiye,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Italy,Serbia,Spain
Call: Support to the implementation of inclusive gender equality plans (HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 999235.0
EU funding (EUR): 999235.0
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

Building Gender+ Equality Through Gender+ Budgeting For Institutional Transformation (Budget-It) is a three-year project designed to use gender+ budgeting to transform institutions to advance inclusive gender+ equality and enhance the reputation, inclusiveness, and research excellence of the widening countries of Bosnia, Serbia and Turkey assisted by leading university counterparts in Italy and Spain. Budget-It will use of gender+ budgeting as a tool to move past the current stagnation surrounding gender+ equality. GEPs are often implemented without the required commitment of resources and the allocation of resources often remaining unexamined with institutional budgets reinforcing gender+ inequalities including inequities among women. The integration of gender+ budgeting into GEPs will ensure resources are distributed in an equitable and intersectional way. Partners will identify at least three intersections so that GEPs are both tailored and inclusive. By the end of the project, partner institutions will have produced an integrated, inclusive gender+ equality plan and gender+ budget (GEP-GB). The consortium, five universities and four municipalities, will ensure the transfer of theory to practice and for knowledge to move beyond the walls of academia to create greater institutional and societal transformation. Municipalities, through the provision of services, impact the lives of many thousands and as such provides the opportunity to create a wider space in the public sphere for gender+ equality. All three of the project’s widening country partners struggle with rising tides of anti-gender+ and ethno-religious nationalism. The slow mainstreaming of these anti-gender+ and nationalist discourses pose a threat to gains made towards equality and Budget-It represents an opportunity to reinforce and support institutionalisation and implementation of intersectional gender+ equality measures including a gender+ budget to ensure equity in the use of resources.

Keywords: gender equality plans,gender budget,intersectionality
Trees to mitigate effects of shocks on food security (TREESHOCK)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 202125.12
EU funding (EUR): 202125.12
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Climate change exacerbates the frequency and magnitude of disasters (e.g., floods, droughts, cyclones). These shocks are threatening food security, with especially severe effects on the poorest and most vulnerable households. This is worrisome as two billion people already suffer from malnutrition, leading to a range of negative health outcomes. Exploring pathways to support resilience and adaptation to such disasters is critical to mitigate negative impacts on the food security of affected households. Trees inside and outside of forests offer a promising, yet overlooked avenue to increase household resilience and buffer negative impacts of climate-related disasters and other types of shocks. Recent research has established that forests could buffer the impacts of climate-related disasters on household food security. Yet, these studies suffer from lack of pre- and post-disaster data, preventing causal explanations. There is no broad-scale study that uses pre-and post-disaster household data to quantify the extent to which trees inside and outside of forests mitigate the effects of climate-related disasters on food security, across different ecosystems and geographies. Studies have also not yet been able to account for compound effects where climate-related disasters occur simultaneously with other types of shocks, such as conflicts and institutional upheavals. Finally, existing research has been unable to tease apart mechanisms that explain how proximity of forests buffers climate-related disasters. TREESHOCK has the ambitious objective to bring together fields that currently mostly operate in isolation, including climate change adaptation, humanitarian aid, and biodiversity conservation. The project will provide generalizable evidence to inform where climate adaptation and landscape restoration programs are most needed in countries facing the triple challenge of natural disasters, forest loss, and high rates of malnutrition.

Keywords: shocks weather nutrition food security