Horizon Europe 2025 work programme Cluster 5: Climate, Energy and Mobility

Unless otherwise provided for in the specific call/topic conditions, only legal entities forming a consortium are eligible to participate in actions provided that the consortium includes, as beneficiaries, three legal entities independent from each other and each established in a different country as follows:

• at least one independent legal entity established in a Member State;
• and at least two other independent legal entities, each established in different Member States or Associated Countries (this includes the UK).

Our European team can help you find eligible partners to form a consortium.

There may be further eligibility conditions for specific topics. Please check the Work Programme and talk to our team to ensure your eligibility before applying.

The European Commission’s Info Day will present the research and innovation topics proposed under the Work Programme 2025 of Horizon Europe Cluster 5: Climate, Energy and Mobility. The event will provide prospective applicants with an opportunity to learn more about the funding options under the new work programme (budget: €1.2 billion), which focuses on the twin green and digital transitions required to achieve climate neutrality in Europe by 2050.

The Info Day will take place on 6 May 2025 (9am-4pm CET, 8am-3pm GMT) and will be available to watch online. Click here to find out more and watch the live broadcast.

Potential applicants may also wish to sign up for the EU Missions Info Days on 22-23 May (with topics including Adaptation to Climate Change, 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart cities by 2030, Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030, and A Soil Deal for Europe) and the related Brokerage Events on 26-27 May.

Topics available:

Adaptation to Climate Change: Effectiveness and Limits – 2-stage call, first stage deadline 2 Sep 2025, second stage deadline 31 Mar 2026. Total budget €18m, c.€6m per project.

All other topics in this destination are single-stage calls with a closing date of 24 Sep 2025:

• Climate simulations data and knowledge for optimal support of IPCC Assessments and International Policy – c.€30m for a single project.
• Advancing Earth System Models to increase understanding of Earth system change – total budget €15m, c.€7.5m per project.
• Modelling of mitigation pathways for F-gases – total budget €7.5m, c.€2.5-3m per project.
• The attribution to climate change, and improved forecasting of extreme and slow-onset climate- and weather-related events and their impacts – total budget €12m, c.€6m per project.
• Fostering equity and justice in climate policies – Societal Readiness Pilot – total budget €15m, c.€4-5m per project.
• Implementing the climate action pillar of the EU-African Union Partnership on Climate Change and Sustainable Energy – €3-4m for a single project.

Topics available:

Cost-effective next-generation batteries for long-duration stationary storage (Batt4EU Partnership) – 2-stage call, first stage deadline 2 Sep 2025, second stage deadline 31 Mar 2026. Total budget €15m, c.€5m per project.

Driving Urban Transitions to a sustainable future (DUT) Co-Funded Partnership – deadline 24 Sep 2025. c.€56m for a single project.

Single-stage calls with a closing date of 2 Sep 2025:

• Sustainable processing and refining of raw materials to produce battery grade Li-ion battery materials (Batt4EU Partnership) – total budget €20m, c.€10m per project.
• Fostering the European battery ecosystem by providing accurate and up-to-date information and stimulating excellence in the European battery R&I community (Batt4EU Partnership) – c.€3m for a single project.
• Coordinated call with India on waste to renewable hydrogen – total budget €10m, c.€5m per project.
• Clean Energy Transition Co-Funded Partnership – €69m for a single project.
• Support to the SET (Strategic Energy Technology) Plan community – total budget €7.5m, c.€0.5m per project.
• NZIA (Net-Zero Industry Act) regulatory sandbox exchange forum support – c.€0.5m for a single project.

Single-stage calls opening in Sep 2025 with a closing date of 20 Jan 2026:

• Development of sustainable and design-to-cost batteries with (energy-)efficient manufacturing processes and based on advanced and safer materials (Batt4EU Partnership) – total budget €24m, c.€8m per project.
• Integrating advanced materials, cell design and manufacturing development for highperformance batteries aimed at mobility (Batt4EU Partnership) – total budget €30m, c.€10m per project.
• Accelerated multi-physical and virtual testing for battery aging, reliability, and safety evaluation (Batt4EU Partnership) – total budget €15m, c.€7.5m per project.
• Monitoring and Evaluation of the Societal Readiness Pilot – €1.5m for a single project.

Topics available:

Critical elements for energy security of grid and storage technologies: 2-stage call, first stage deadline 2 Sep 2025, second stage deadline 31 Mar 2026. Total budget €9m, c.€3m per project.

Single-stage calls with a deadline of 2 Sep 2025:

• Novel approaches to geothermal resources development – total budget €20m, c.€10m per project.
• Development of hydropower technologies and water management schemes allowing for win-win situation of flexible hydropower and biodiversity improvement – Societal Readiness Pilot – total budget €12m, c.€4m per project.
• Innovative manufacturing of wind energy technologies – total budget €28m, c.€7m per project.
• Optimised/Alternative Silicon Growth Technologies (from either liquid or gaseous phase) for PV Applications (EUPI-PV Partnership) – total budget €18m, c.€9m per project.
• Novel inverter technologies and flexibility in PV systems (EUPI-PV Partnership) – total budget €18m, c.€6m per project.
• Building a Long-Term Africa Union (AU) and European Union (EU) Research and Innovation joint collaboration on Sustainable Renewable Energies – c.€4m for a single project.
• Support to the BRIDGE initiative [BRIDGE is a collaborative initiative involving various stakeholders dedicated to addressing four key areas: Smart Grid, Energy Storage, Islands, and Digitalisation Projects] – c.€1m for a single project.
• Control and operation tools for a RES[renewable energy sources]–based energy system – total budget €20m, c.€10m per project.
• Cross-regional network and market model for optimisation of long duration storage – total budget €14m, c.€7m per project.
• Effects of CO2-stream impurities on CO2 transport and storage – total budget €10m, c.€5m per project.
• European investment atlas of potential CO2 storage sites – c.€5m for a single project.
• Using captured CO2 as a resource to replace fossil hydrocarbons in industrial production – total budget €14m, c.€7m per project.

Single-stage calls opening in Sep 2025 with a closing date of 17 Feb 2026:

• Large-scale production of liquid advanced biofuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin – total budget €33m, c.€11m per project.
• Competitiveness, energy security and integration aspects of advanced biofuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin value chains – total budget €8m, c.€4m per project.
• Demonstration of thermal energy storage solutions for solar thermal plants and systems – total budget €15m, c.€7.5m per project.
• Improved reliability and optimised operations and maintenance for wind energy systems – total budget €15m, c.€5m per project.
• Understand and minimise the environmental impacts of offshore wind energy – total budget €15m, c.€5m per project.
• Towards commercialisation of Perovskite PV and development of dedicated manufacturing equipment (EUPI-PV Partnership) – total budget €24m, c.€8m per project.
• Extending the lifetime of crystalline silicon PV modules (EUPI-PV Partnership) – total budget €8m, c.€4m per project.
• De-risking wave energy technology development through transnational pre-commercial procurement of wave energy research and development – c.€20m for a single project.
• Development of innovative solutions strengthening the security of renewable energy value chains – total budget €6m, c.€2m per project.
• Next generation distribution substation for increasing the system resilience – total budget €18m, c.€9m per project.
• Innovative solutions for a generative AI-powered digital spine of the EU energy system – total budget €16m, c.€8m per project.
• Innovative tools and services to manage and empower energy communities – total budget €20m, c.€10m per project.
• Underground Thermal Energy Storage in dense urban areas – total budget €18m, c.€9m per project.
• New CO2 capture technologies – total budget €18m, c.€6m per project.

Topics available:

All topics in this Destination open in September 2025 and have a closing date of 17 Feb 2026:

• On-site innovative robotic and automated solutions and techniques for more sustainable and less disruptive building renovation and construction – total budget €15m, c.€5m per project.
• Smarter buildings as part of the energy system for increased efficiency and flexibility – Societal Readiness Pilot – total budget €12m, c.€4m per project.
• Innovative pathways for low carbon and climate resilient building stock and built environment (Built4People Partnership) – total budget €15m, c.€5m per project.
• Innovative approaches for the deployment of Positive Energy Districts – total budget €15m, c.€5m per project.
• Optimal combination of low embodied carbon construction products, technical building systems and circularity principles for climate neutral buildings (Built4People Partnership) – total budget €12m, c.€4m per project.
• Phase out fossil fuel in energy intensive industries through the efficient integration of renewable energy sources – total budget €15m, c.€7.5m per project.

Topics available:

Next generation aircraft autonomy technologies for cockpit / pilot assistance applications (two-stage call, stage 1 deadline 4 Sep 2025, stage 2 deadline 14 Apr 2026): total funding €7m, c.€3.5m per project.

Single-stage calls with closing date 4 Sep 2025:

• Efficient wireless stationary bidirectional charging solutions for road Light Duty Vehicles (2ZERO Partnership) – Societal Readiness Pilot – total funding €20m, c.€10m per project.
• Cybersecure and resilient road e-mobility ecosystem (2ZERO Partnership) – c.€10m for a single project.
• Safe postcrash management of road Light Duty Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) (2ZERO Partnership) – c.€5m for a single project.
• Extended lifetime of road Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) (2ZERO Partnership) – c.€7m for a single project.
• Road Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) optimised user-centric solutions for energy efficiency design and consistent range throughout weather conditions (2ZERO Partnership) – total funding €12m, c.€6m per project.
• Strategies, tools and concepts for optimised road Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) long-haul logistics use cases (2ZERO Partnership) – c.€5m for a single project.
• Accelerating the circular transformation of the EU automotive industry – c.€2m for a single project.
• Next generation testing capabilities in strategic EU wind tunnels – c.€15m for a single project.
• Innovative solutions for energy conversion and safety of low and zero-carbon fuels in waterborne transport (ZEWT Partnership) – total funding €22.5m, c.€11.25m per project.
• Demonstration of battery energy storage systems in existing and new vessels via novel energy storage and ship design concepts (ZEWT Partnership) – total funding €15m, c.€7.5m per project.
• Real-time, adaptative and innovative energy management solutions to optimise fuel consumption and lower emissions pollutants in waterborne transport (ZEWT Partnership) – c.€4m for a single project.
• Novel holistic intelligent tools for variable retrofit and decarbonised scenarios (ZEWT Partnership) – c.€4m for a single project.
• Flexible and mobile solutions for Onshore Power Supply (ZEWT Partnership) – c.€5m for a single project.
• Optimal integrated onboard renewable energy solutions, by considering Wind-Assisted Propulsion Systems (ZEWT Partnership) – c.€7.5m for a single project.
• Support of the new EU renewable and low carbon fuel ecosystem for waterborne transport – c.€2m for a single project.
• Support to the organisation and dissemination of the Transport Research Arena (TRA) conference – c.€1.6m for a single project.
• Knowledge sharing and dissemination to support road transport R&I in EU and around the world increasing global EU competitiveness – c.€2m for a single project.

Single-stage call opening Sep 2025 with closing date 20 Jan 2026:

• Real time monitoring of regulated and non-regulated emissions from all types of vessels and other port activities in order to enforce emission limits in waterfront cities – total funding €16m, c.€8m per project

Topics available:

Single-stage calls with closing date 4 Sep 2025:

• Advancing remote operations to enable the sustainable and smart mobility of people and goods based on operational and societal needs (CCAM Partnership) – Societal Readiness Pilot – total funding €12m, c.€6m per project
• Preparing for large-scale CCAM demonstrations (CCAM Partnership) – Societal Readiness Pilot – c.€4.5m for a single project
• Innovative air mobility and services for sustainable and smart urban, peri-urban transport – Societal Readiness pilot – total funding €10m, c.€5m per project
• Safe Human-Technology Interaction (HTI) in the vehicle systems of the coming decade – Societal Readiness Pilot – total funding €8m, c.€4m per project

Single-stage calls opening Sep 2025 with closing date 20 Jan 2026:

• Next-generation environment perception for real world CCAM operations: Error-free and secure technologies to improve energy-efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and circularity (CCAM Partnership) – total funding €8m, c.€4m per project
• Integration of human driving behaviour in the validation of CCAM systems (CCAM Partnership) – c.€5m for a single project
• Approaches, verification and training for Edge-AI building blocks for CCAM Systems (CCAM Partnership) – c.€4m for a single project
• Federated CCAM data exchange platform (CCAM Partnership) – c.€4m for a single project
• Innovative construction and maintenance, with the use of new materials and techniques, for resilient and sustainable transport infrastructure – total funding €22m, c.€11m per project
• Accelerating freight transport and logistics digital innovation – total funding €15m, c.€7-8m per project
• Reliable data and practices to measure and calculate transport emissions in multimodal transport chains – c.€3.5m for a single project
• Integrating inland waterway transport in smart shipping and multimodal logistics chains – total funding €16m, c.€8m per project
• Safety of Cyclists, Pedestrians and Users of Micromobility Devices – total funding €10m, c.€5m per project
• Predicting and avoiding road crashes based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data – total funding €10m, c.€5m per project
• Icing in the context of sustainable aviation – €4m for a single project