EIG CONCERT Japan and HORIZON EUROPE: Funded Japan-EU Collaboration

The main focus of the webinar is to highlight successful collaborative projects between CONCERT Japan and HORIZON EUROPE - including its predecessors - in the European Union. The projects are introduced by the Japanese and European contributors who will not only provide best practice examples for international research cooperation but also answer questions live.

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The European Interest Group (EIG) CONCERT-Japan is an international joint initiative to support and enhance science, technology and innovation (STI) cooperation between the European region and Japan. The primary function of EIG CONCERT-Japan is to organize joint European-Japanese research calls for proposals and other research-related activities with the aim to enhance STI cooperation and exchange between the two regions. By facilitating international research collaboration and fostering exchange between the European and Japanese researcher communities, the initiative seeks to facilitate modern research and foster innovation that can lead to scientific advances in areas of common importance to Europe and Japan such as energy, environment, and technology, among others. The EIG CONCERT-Japan membership is made up of a number of funding agencies and ministries in Europe and Japan and works as an independent body, which is governed in such a way as to flexibly be able to organize calls for proposals and other activities based on continually monitoring developing trends in the STI world. The program is now continuing independently of EU support under the name of EIG CONCERT-Japan. A dedicated Program Secretariat, funded by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) and hosted at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), is responsible for coordinating and developing the program with its members, including administrating the various calls of the program and organizing other activities.

Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation. Following the Multiannual Financial Framework Midterm Review (MTR) decision, the indicative funding amount for Horizon Europe for the period 2021-2027 is EUR 93.5 billion. It tackles climate change, helps to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and boosts the EU’s competitiveness and growth. The programme facilitates collaboration and strengthens the impact of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing EU policies while tackling global challenges. It supports creating and better dispersing of excellent knowledge and technologies. It creates jobs, fully engages the EU’s talent pool, boosts economic growth, promotes industrial competitiveness and optimises investment impact within a strengthened European Research Area. Legal entities from the EU and associated countries can participate. The programme's predecessor, Horizon 2020 was the EU's research and innovation funding programme from 2014-2020 with a budget of nearly €80 billion.

DATE:  17th June 2025

TIME:  9:00-10:30CEST / 16:00-17:30JST

PLATFORM:  Zoom

LANGUAGE:  English

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