October 31, 2023

Exploring EU R&I funding opportunities: FTP and Xylofutur Partnering Event

On October 16th, FTP, in collaboration with its French member Xylofutur, organized a whole day Partnering Event in Bordeaux, back-to-back with the WoodRise Congress. The aim was to bring potential partners together to discuss common interests for future EU projects and to help FTP’s stakeholders to build competitive consortia, able to take home some of […]

October 10, 2023

UK rejoins Horizon Europe, Swiss await association: A Tale of EU Research Politics

The recent developments in European research politics have seen the UK’s return to the Horizon Europe research program while Switzerland remains on the sidelines. Both countries have faced exclusion from EU research initiatives due to political disagreements, but their paths towards reintegration differ significantly.This development holds positive implications for FTPs stakeholders in the UK and […]

July 12, 2023

Horizon Europe Brokerage & Info Days – Cluster 5

The European Commission’s Info Day will present the research and innovation topics proposed for 2024 under the Work Programme 2023-2024 of Horizon Europe Cluster 5, addressing Climate, Energy and Mobility. The event will give the opportunity to prospective applicants to learn more about the funding options of the programme for 2024 which focuses on twin […]

Horizon Europe Infos Days – Cluster 4

This event aims to inform potential applicants about the funding opportunities of the 2024 calls of Horizon Europe Cluster 4 ‘Digital, Industry and Space’ Work Programme 2023-2024. During the 2-day event, speakers from the European Commission will present the call topics, the evaluation and the award process. Potential applicants will have an opportunity to ask […]

Horizon Europe Brokerage & Infos Days – Cluster 6

Are you interested in research and innovation funding opportunities in the area of Food, Bioeconomy, Natural resources, Agriculture and Environment? Then don’t miss the Horizon Europe (HE) Cluster 6 information days about the Work Programme 2024 on 26-28 September 2023. The Horizon Europe Cluster 6 2024 calls for proposals, will open on 17 October 2023 […]

June 29, 2023

Working in wood construction? New calls are open for you!

Since the last update end of April 2023, 6 new Horizon Europe calls have opened for the forest-based sector, from the Cluster 5, and mainly focused on construction (Build4People Partnership). The deadline of these calls is set on5 September 2023. Woodworking Industries Demonstrate built-environment decarbonisation pathways through bottom-up technological, social and policy innovation for adaptive […]

April 28, 2023

Current open call for proposals – have a look and don’t forget to apply!

If you are looking for funding opportunities, 19 Horizon Europe calls relevant to FTP stakeholders are currently open. Among them, you will find CBE JU calls (Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking) and Horizon Europe Missions. The deadline to apply is set on 20 September 2023. Here are some of the calls for which you can […]

March 3, 2023

CBE JU published its call topics for 2023

The Circular Bioeconomy Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) published its Annual Work Programme 2023 end of December 2022. In this document, they published 18 call topics for a budget of 215,5 million €. FTP selected 13 call topics relevant for the forest-based sector covering a budget of 164 million €. 9 out of them are […]

January 24, 2023

Largest public consultation on the European Research & Innovation programmes 2014-2027

The European Commission launched the largest public consultation ever held on the past, present and future of the EU’s Horizon research and innovation programmes 2014-2027. In line with the Commission’s effort towards Better Regulation, stakeholders will be able to share their views on the performance of Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, as well as shaping the strategic orientations […]

December 22, 2022

77 Horizon Europe call topics relevant for the forest-based sector – FTP Call Topics Manual 2023-2024

To support FTP stakeholders, FTP analyzed the published Horizon Europe Work Programmes 2023 -2024 and identified the Call topics relevant for the forest-based sector. As a result, around 70 Call topics with a budget of € 1 billion were identified as relevant or indirectly relevant to the forest-based sector. These relevant Calls topics were mainly […]