Deadline Date: October 13, 2026
The European Commission is seeking grant applications to advance research and innovation on social transformations and resilience in response to major societal, environmental, and technological changes.
The focus areas include social transformations and resilience research, social protection systems, essential services, future of work, education and skills development, fair transition to climate neutrality, social cohesion, inequality reduction, digitalisation impacts, climate and biodiversity change adaptation, and evidence-based policymaking in social sciences and humanities. The total funding for the programme is €60,000,000.
The main objective of this initiative is to create a long-term, multi-annual research and innovation programme addressing social transformations and resilience across Europe. It aims to strengthen fairness, inclusiveness, and social cohesion while responding to major global challenges such as climate change, digitalisation, demographic shifts, and unexpected shocks.
The partnership is expected to develop a seven-year research and innovation programme that mobilizes national and regional research funding. It will implement joint transnational calls for proposals and support research contributing to European Union priorities such as the European Pillar of Social Rights, the European Green Deal, the European Research Area, and the European Education Area.
The programme also supports the achievement of several United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including poverty reduction, quality education, gender equality, decent work, reduced inequalities, sustainable cities, climate action, and peace and justice.
Key operational objectives include collecting and analysing data on social transformations, promoting comparative research, strengthening collaboration between researchers and policymakers, supporting experimentation and innovation, developing new analytical tools, and building capacity among research and policy communities.
The partnership will engage national research funding agencies, government ministries, academic institutions, social partners, civil society organisations, NGOs, and private sector actors to ensure broad collaboration and impact. It builds on existing initiatives such as CHANSE, HERA, NORFACE, T-AP, and JPI MYBL.
For more information, visit European Commission.
