Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), which will continue to provide support under the Horizon Europe launched this year, aims to strengthen the human potential in the field of research and technology in terms of quality and quantity, support the career development of researchers and international and intersectoral researcher circulation, thus make Europe and Turkey a center of attraction for researchers.

In order to provide detailed information about the calls that will take place with the new program, "Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions 2021 Calls Webinar" will be held on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, between 10:30 - 15:30 (TR Time) - 09:30 - 14:30 (CET).

All the researchers from academia, industry, public and all other fields can participate in the online event, in which MSCA unit of the European Commission and the President of TUBITAK Prof. Dr. Hasan MANDAL will also participate.

After the opening speeches by TÜBİTAK and the European Commission in the program, detailed information will be provided by the European Commission unit manager about the call for Postdoctoral Fellowships (formerly IF-Individual Scholarships), which offers attractive opportunities for individual postod research and is expected to be opened on 22 June, and tips on writing a successful project will be shared from both the perspective of an expert and a successful fellow. Afterwards, the European Commission will inform about other calls, especially Doctoral Networks (former ITN), which is expected to be opened also on June 22, and TÜBİTAK Horizon Europe Supports will be explained. During the program, researchers will be able to submit their questions via the Webinar system and the questions will be answered in the Q&A session at the end of the program.

You can access the event program which will be held in English here.

You can register via https://anket.tubitak.gov.tr/index.php/28938 until 27 June 2021.  Registration will not be accepted after this date.

Information about the registration confirmation and Zoom link will be sent to the participants who registered for the event via e-mail on May 28, 2021.

Event Date: June 29, 2021

Event Time: 10:30 – 15:30 (TR Time)

Deadline for Registration: 27 June 2021

Event Language: English

İletişim: ncpmobility@tubitak.gov.tr

EURAMET e.V. announces the launch of the 2021 Call for Needs for the following topic areas, within the potential European Partnership on Metrology. Please note that the European Commission has published its candidates for European Partnerships under Horizon Europe, including the proposal submitted by EURAMET. To read the proposal and find out more about our goals for a European Partnership on Metrology, visit the European Commission's webpage. 

2021 Call for Needs for the following topic areas:

• Research Potential related to the Green Deal
• Metrology support for the Green Deal
• Metrology support for Regulation and Standards

The Call is in general a two-stage process for joint research projects. As the partnership is still pending and subject to decision, EURAMET announces only the Call for Needs:

• Call for Needs (Stage 1) of the Call is for potential research topics and is open to any interested party, and opens 13 January 2021: Deadline 22 February 2021, 23:59 CET.
• The outcome of the Call for Needs could serve as a basis for a potential partnership call later in 2021 for joint research projects and is subject to eligibility criteria which may open in the third quarter of 2021.

Details are available on the dedicated website https://msu.euramet.org 

Contact: Programme Manager, empir.msu@euramet.org 

Bridge2HE, the network of National Contact Points, in cooperation with the Enterprise Europe Network is organising a brokerage event with pre-arranged Face2Face meetings completing the first Information Day organised by the European Commission on Cluster 4 - Digital, Industry & Space of the Horizon Europe program.

This brokerage event is a unique networking opportunity for actors in the Industry field!

Main topics: The brokerage event is open to all Industry related areas of Horizon Europe, in particular:

Destination 1: Climate Neutral, Circular and Digitised Production

• Green, flexible and advanced manufacturing
• Advanced digital technologies for manufacturing
• A new way to build, accelerating disruptive change in construction
• Hubs for circularity, a stepping stone towards climate neutrality and circularity in industry
• Enabling circularity of resources in the process industries, including waste and CO2/CO
• Integration of Renewables and Electrification in process industry

Destination 2: Increased Autonomy in Key Strategic Value Chains for Resilient Industry 

• Novel paradigms to establish resilient and circular value chains
• Green and Sustainable Materials
• Materials for the benefit of society and the environment and materials for climate-neutral Industry
• Materials and data cross-cutting actions
• Improving the resilience and preparedness of EU businesses, especially SMEs and Startups

Destination 4 (parts of): Digital and emerging technologies for competitiveness and fit for the green deal

• European leadership in Emerging Enabling Technologies

• Innovation in AI, Data and Robotics
• Tomorrow’s deployable Robots: efficient, robust, safe, adaptive and trusted

Destination 6 (parts of): A human-centred and ethical development of digital and industrial technologies

• eXtended Reality (XR) 
• Leadership in AI based on trust
• Systemic approaches to make the most of the technologies within society and industry

The event is free of charge but registration is mandatory to attend the brokerage event.

Please click for detailed information and registration.

Horizon Europe 2021 Twinning Call for "Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area" will be published by the European Commission on 20 July 2021. The Work Programme has been published in the Participant Portal. In this context, "Focus Group Training - Twinning Workshop" is organized by TÜBİTAK on 29-30 June 2021, with the participation of European Commission and REA (Research Executive Agency) officials and success stories from Europe.

This event is organized by the “Turkey in Horizon 2020 Phase II” Technical Assistance Project which is co-financed by the EU and the Republic of Turkey and implemented by the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Industry and Technology within the scope of Competitive Sectors Programme.

The event is a 2-day intensive online workshop mainly addressed to organizations that are planning to participate in the call and prepare proposals for Horizon Europe Widening Participation: Twinning Call. The training will cover all topics related to proposal writing, strategies for identifying strong partners, and topics related to the evaluation of proposals.

Twinning aims to enhance networking activities between the research institutions of the Widening Countries like Turkey and top-class leading counterparts at EU level through knowledge transfer and exchange of best practice. Twinning actions intend to help raise the research profile of the institution form the Widening country as well as the research profile of its staff including a special focus on strengthening the research management and administrative skills of the coordination institution from the Widening country.

The sessions are structured in such a way to help participants grasp the fundamental concepts behind the Twinning Call and learn how to best prepare their own projects. The content is enriched with presentations of successful projects, exchange of experiences from proposal preparation, and useful templates.

The event will take place online on 29-30 June 2021, in the morning and afternoon hours.

Registration: Only registered participants will be allowed to participate in the event. After your registration, you will receive a Zoom registration link three days before the event.

Agenda

Registration link

For your enquiries please contact us. 

Aslı VURAL
ERC and WIDERA National Contact Point

Dr. Derya DÖNERTAŞ
ERC and WIDERA National Contact Point

TÜBİTAK

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey 
EU Framework Programmes National Coordination Office

T: +90 312 298 1763 - 1761
E: ncpwidening@tubitak.gov.tr 

On the 5th of July, a brokerage event co-organized by the European Commission, the BRIDGE2HE Action and the Enterprise Europe Network under the Horizon Europe Programme (2021) Cluster 1: Health will be held. The aim of the event is to bring together all relevant stakeholders who wish to apply for funding within the Horizon Europe Cluster 1 calls that support the development of consortium and project ideas. Participants will have the opportunity to develop and implement their project ideas, create collaborations and establish consortia through this event. It will also help you build your consortium for the upcoming 2021 calls of the 2021-2022 Health Work Programme, which will be open until September 2021.

Any applicant eligible to Horizon Europe calls can attend the event: companies, universities, research and technology organizations, public sector, NGOs, hospitals, patients associations, etc.

This brokerage event will provide potential applicants with an opportunity to gather and discuss ideas for joint projects and consortia. Even though it is stated that registrations will be accepted until the 30th of June on the website, it has been announced that registrations will continue until July 4th.

Registration is mandatory and you can register from the link. Preparing your profiles in detail will make it easier for your profile to be activated.

For more information, you can reach the event website from the link.

Note: The event is free, but registration and profile activation are required for participation.

Horizon Europe, Cluster 5: Climate, Energy, Mobility 2021-2022 Work Program is officially published by the European Commission on 15 June 2021.

You can reach the Cluster 5 Work Program from the link.

Cluster 5 Climate, Energy, Mobility calls are opened under six main destinations, which are:

1. Climate Science

2. Cross-Cutting Solutions

3. Energy Supply

4. Energy Demand

5. Clean And Competitive Solutions for all Transport Modes

6. Transport and Smart Mobility Systems

As the Cluster 5 National Contact Points of the TÜBİTAK which is responsible for carrying out the coordination activities of the Horizon Europe Program for Turkey, we are searching for foreign companies that can form partnerships with our companies, universities, municipalities and institutes. For this reason, we participate in matchmaking events, hold meetings with foreign companies and offer them Turkish partners. In order to share the areas you want to work with with possible companies that have the potential to establish partnerships regarding the Horizon Europe calls you are interested in; you can fill in the Expression of Interest form in the link, which includes your brief company introduction, company skills and the contributions you want to offer to the projects  for each call you are interested in (in separate files) and send it to ncpcem@tubitak.gov.tr.

Information Days Event will be held on 5 and 6 July 2021 on the calls on Climate, Energy and Mobility under Cluster 5 within the scope of Horizon Europe Program (2021). For the event agenda and registration, please click here.

On July 7, 2021, the Horizon Europe Brokerage Event for Cluster 5 event, details of which can be found in the link, will take place.

Note: The event participation is free of charge, but registration and profile activation are required for participation. The last day for registration is July 5, 2021. During registration, adding a profile picture, filling in the interested call titles and Marketplace title is important. (you should specify the subject which you want to forma a cooperation and your project idea (if any) ,  in line with your company’s skills, for the approval of your registration.

You can use the link to access the published work programs, guidance documents, draft documents and documents under the other pillars of the Horizon Europe Programme.

For your questions, you can reach us via ncpcem@tubitak.gov.tr