Horizon Europe Seminar Work Programmes 2025 “Cooperation Opportunities for Researchers in Japan”

Following the publication of the Horizon Europe Work Programmes 2025, the event will introduce the new calls to be open in various themes and research fields.

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The European Commission has adopted the Horizon Europe Work Programme for 2025 to strengthen Europe's research and innovation capacities. With an investment of over €7.3 billion, the programme intends to support cutting-edge science, accelerate the EU's green and digital transitions, and enhance Europe's competitiveness. 

The programme includes measures to help attract and retain top researchers in Europe and offer targeted support to those affected by war and displacement. As part of these efforts, the Commission is updating the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) 2023-25 Work Programme part to offer more support for Ukrainian scientists, and to launch a new MSCA ‘Choose Europe for Science' pilot. This pilot will offer more support and opportunities for early-career researchers, including competitive allowances and longer contracts. The pilot is part of a €500 million package for 2025–2027 and the wider ‘Choose Europe' initiative presented by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen last week, aiming at making Europe a magnet for researchers.

The Work Programme allocates 35% of the budget to climate action and 8.8% to biodiversity. This includes €1.14 billion for climate, energy and transport projects, and €833 million for food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment. 36% of Horizon Europe funding supports the digital transition, with €1.6 billion earmarked for Artificial Intelligence development.

The Work Programmes can be downloaded here:

Horizon Europe Work Programmes - European Commission

●16:00 - 16:30 Door Open and Coffee Break
●16:30 - 16:40 Opening Remark/ Gijs Berends, Head of Science, Innovation, Digital, and Other EU Policies Section, The Delegation of European Union to Japan
●16:40 - 16:55 Horizon Europe Frame Work Programme/ Tom Kuczynski, Science and Technology Advisor, Science, Innovation, Digital, and Other EU Policies Section, The Delegation of the European Union to Japan
●16:55 - 17:30 Horizon Europe Pillar 2 2025 calls and Japanese Participation/ Fumiko Oda –NCP Japan
●17:30 - 17:45 Horizon Europe Pillar 1 and EURAXESS Service/ Judit Erika Magyar, Country Representative, EURAXESS Japan
●17:45 - 17:55 Q/A
●17:55 - 18:00 Closing Remark/ Gijs Berends, Head of Science, Innovation, Digital, and Other EU Policies Section, The Delegation of European Union to Japan

●18:00 - 19:30 Networking Reception at the Europa House