Solutii inovatoare pentru mitigarea impactului ambiental al transportului pe apa in ecosistemele marine si acvatice

Orizont Europa

Pe scurt

Acest apel Orizont Europa finanteaza proiecte de cercetare si inovare care evalueaza, prevad si reduc impactul transportului naval si fluvial asupra apelor marine si continentale, cu accent pe riscurile noilor combustibili regenerabili cu emisii reduse sau zero. Banii acopera activitati de cercetare, testare si demonstrare la nivel TRL 5 de sisteme si strategii de prevenire, atenuare si interventie in caz de poluare accidentala, precum si elaborarea de ghiduri operationale si programe de formare. Se adreseaza organizatiilor de cercetare, universitatilor, asociatiilor din industrie si mediul academic care lucreaza la protectia ecosistemelor acvatice si la decarbonizarea transportului pe apa.

Grant per proiect

7.000.000 la 7.000.000 EUR

Buget total apel

14.000.000 EUR

Se deschide

15.12.2026

Tip de acțiune

HORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

Eligibilitate România

Organizațiile din România pot aplica

Identificator apel

HORIZON-CL5-2027-03-D5-17

Sursă

Portalul UE pentru finanțări (apeluri tematice)

Expected Outcome:Project results are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes.Improved water resilience and good environmental and good ecological status in European waters and contribute to the achievement of the European Union's environmental targets, including the European Water Resilience Strategy and the European Ocean Pact. A comprehensive understanding of the future environmental impacts of waterborne transport on marine and other aquatic ecosystems, addressing in particular pollution sources from: i) navigation on renewable low and zero-carbon fuels; and ii) accidental spills of renewable low and zero-carbon fuels for marine waters, inland waters and ports (water and air quality).Innovative prevention, abatement and mitigation systems and strategies for reducing and eliminating the harmful impacts of waterborne transport on waters.Enhanced pollution prevention and mitigation in marine waters, inland waterways and port areas, reducing the likelihood and impact of accidents involving renewable low and zero-carbon fuels. Scope:The European Union aims to protect and conserve its marine and freshwater environments by achieving Good Environmental and Good Ecological Status[1]. The European Water Resilience Strategy and the European Ocean Pact further emphasize the need to enhance the resilience of European waters to human-induced pressures. Projects like the Horizon Europe EMERGE have researched the impacts of shipping on marine ecosystems. The introduction of technologies to decarbonize the sector may enable, to a certain extent, to phase-out relevant current sources of water and air pollution. However, renewable low and zero-carbon fuels and procedures pose new risks to marine and other aquatic ecosystems like rivers and lakes yet to be explored and addressed, both from the normal function of waterborne transport[2] and from accidental spills of renewable low and zero-carbon fuels. In addition, other pollution sources can be addressed today[3]. This topic aims to evaluate, forecast, control and mitigate the impact of waterborne transport on marine and other aquatic ecosystems, with a focus on developing and demonstrating innovative abatement and mitigation systems and strategies to mitigate and eliminate, where possible, the harmful impact of waterborne transport in the ocean and inland waters. New technologies and solutions addressing the decarbonization of waterborne transport will be considered, as well as the potential risks and challenges associated with these.Actions should address all of the following aspects: Evaluate and forecast the environmental impacts of waterborne transport operations on marine, rivers and other aquatic ecosystems, in particular regarding the effects of renewable low and zero-carbon fuels (with particular attention to accidental spills) and related technologies. The proposal may include testing and experimental work in relation with spills.Develop and demonstrate effective response scenarios, including the associated abatement technologies and any potential new innovative equipment, for managing uncontrolled releases of renewable low and zero-carbon fuels in marine and inland waters or in port areas, including dedicated specific procedures and operational guidelines.Modelling scenarios on water and air pollution sources from each ship types and services running on renewable low and zero carbon fuels.Develop and demonstrate innovative and cost-effective abatement and mitigation systems and strategies to prevent, eliminate and reduce the harmful impacts of the use of renewable low and zero carbon fuels. Relevant TRL5 demonstration of such systems should be done.Identifying training needs and skills requirements to deploy developed solutions, as well as in relation to the management and use of renewable low carbon fuels in ports and on vessels in marine and inland waters, including relevant emergency response preparedness.Develop and demonstrate solutions that improve the resilience of European waters to climate change, pollution, and other human-induced pressures, and contribute to achieving Good Environmental Status and Good Ecological Status in European waters, as well as the objectives of the European Water Resilience Strategy and the European Ocean Pact.Strengthen stakeholder engagement by involving environmental, industry and academic associations, to foster inclusive, future-focused environmental responsibility through sustainable practices. This topic implements the co-programmed European Partnership on ‘Zero Emission Waterborne Transport’ (ZEWT). As such, projects resulting from this topic will be expected to report on results to the European Partnership ‘Zero Emission Waterborne Transport’ (ZEWT) in support of the monitoring of its KPIs.Technology Readiness Level - Technology readiness level expected from completed projectsActivities are expected to achieve TRL 5 by the end of the project, see General Annex B. Activities may start at any TRL. [1] As per the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the Water Framework Directive[2] e.g. new abatement systems, atmospheric deposition and impact of air pollution in waters, etc[3] Notably antifouling coatings, discharges of hazardous substances from wastewater and spread of invasive species through hulls or ballast water

General conditions1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layoutdescribed in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.2. Eligible Countriesdescribed in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.3. Other Eligible ConditionsIf projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusiondescribed in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholdsare described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes.5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processesare described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreementdescribed in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes.6. Legal and financial set-up of the grantsThe granting authority may, up to 4 years after the end of the action, object to a transfer of ownership or to the exclusive licensing of results, as set out in the specific provision of Annex 5.Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme, the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027), and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025) [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf]].described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.Specific conditions Not applicable. Application and evaluation forms and model grant agreement (MGA): Application form templates, the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission SystemStandard application form (HE RIA, IA)Evaluation form templates, will be used with the necessary adaptations Standard evaluation form (HE RIA, IA) GuidanceHE Programme Guide Model Grant Agreements (MGA)Lump Sum MGA Call-specific instructions Detailed budget table (HE LS) Guidance: "Lump sums - what do I need to know?"Additional documents: HE Main Work Programme 2026-2027-1. General IntroductionHE Main Work Programme 2026-2027-8. Climate, Energy and MobilityHE Main Work Programme 2026-2027-15. General AnnexesHE Programme GuideHE Framework Programme 2021/695HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509Decision authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe ProgrammeRules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity AssessmentEU Grants AGA, Annotated Model Grant Agreement Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

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