On 14 May 2025, the European Commission published its Horizon Europe Work Programme 2025, gathering the call topics for this year.

FTP has analyzed the documents and selected 88 call topics relevant to the forest-based sector. The funding available for these calls amounts to around 1,5 B€.

Here are some examples of the selection for each subsector:

Forest & Forestry

• HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-01-two-stage: Living labs co-creating innovative solutions for forests and freshwater ecosystems restoration
• HORIZON-CL6-2025-03-GOVERNANCE-11: Enhancing sustainability and resilience of agriculture, forestry and rural development through digital twins

Woodworking

• HORIZON-CL5-2026-02-D4-05: Optimal combination of low embodied carbon construction products, technical building systems and circularity principles for climate neutral buildings (Built4People Partnership)
• HORIZON-NEB-2025-01-REGEN-04: Innovative approaches for sustainable, inclusive and beautiful social and affordable housing

Pulp & Paper

• HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-32: Green and resilient flexible production processes (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)
• HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-34: Smart integration of net zero technologies into Energy Intensive industries (Processes4Planet and Made in Europe partnership) (IA)
• HORIZON-JU-CBE-2025-IAFlag-03 Circular-by-design fibre-based packaging with improved properties

Go to the FTP Database to discover the entire curation.