Deadline Date: September 23, 2026
The European Commission has announced its applications to strengthen cooperation between Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) research and innovation across Europe through monitoring, facilitation, policy dialogue and strategic collaboration initiatives.
The opportunity supports the creation of an SSH-STEM Action at European level focused on monitoring, facilitation, and promotion activities. The action is expected to establish a new strategy during the first year of implementation to monitor and strengthen SSH-STEM cooperation, including the use of advanced methodologies and open-data approaches for analysing interdisciplinary collaboration within Horizon Europe projects.
The programme also encourages applicants to create practical guidelines and training activities to improve the quality and depth of SSH-STEM cooperation within research projects. Particular attention should be given to strengthening collaboration within SSH disciplines themselves and ensuring balanced participation from both qualitative and quantitative SSH fields, including the humanities.
Projects are expected to contribute to EU competitiveness and resilience priorities while collaborating with relevant Cluster 2 co-funded European Partnerships and successful SSH integration initiatives funded under EU programmes. Applicants are encouraged to adopt inclusive, gender-sensitive, and intersectional approaches that reflect diverse societal perspectives and needs.
The funding available under this Horizon Europe Coordination and Support Action (HORIZON-CSA) is €3,500,000. Any legal entity, regardless of its place of establishment, including entities from non-associated third countries and international organisations, may participate provided the conditions of the Horizon Europe Regulation and the specific topic requirements are met.
Eligible participants may include affiliated entities, associated partners, entities without legal personality under certain conditions, EU bodies, the Joint Research Centre (JRC), associations, and interest groupings such as European Research Infrastructure Consortia (ERICs). Beneficiaries and affiliated entities are required to register in the Participant Register and obtain a Participant Identification Code (PIC) before signing the grant agreement.
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