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New Horizon Europe call to fight novel variants of the coronavirus
A new grant under the Hera Incubator programme will be launched at the beginning of April 2021.
Six transport topics under the 2018-2020 Horizon 2020 Work Programme are open for application as of 3 December. They make available EU funding of €105 million.

The projects will be selected for funding in a single-stage evaluation. The deadline to submit a proposal is 21 April 2020.
| Call Reference | Description | Estimated Budget |
| LC-GV-06-2020 | Advanced light materials and their production processes for automotive applications | €24 million |
| LC-GV-07-2020 | Reducing the environmental impact of hybrid light duty vehicles | €5 million |
| LC-GV-08-2020 | Next generation electrified vehicles for urban and suburban use | €25 million |
| LC-GV-09-2020 | Setting up a common European research and innovation strategy for the future of road transport | €1 million |
| DT-ART-05-2020 | Efficient and safe connected and automated heavy-duty vehicles in real logistics operations | €20 million |
| DT-ART-06-2020 | Large-scale, cross-border demonstration of connected and highly automated driving functions for passenger cars | €30 million |
Applicants have to submit their proposal electronically, following the link from the topic’s page on the Funding opportunities portal. Please follow the guidelines on proposal submission and evaluation.
For all questions related to Horizon 2020, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.
The requirements for submitting a project proposal are detailed in the relevant documents published on individual call page. Please consult also the general annexes of the H2020 Work Programme for 2018-2020 for general rules on funding, such as the list of countries that can apply for funding, standard eligibility criteria, submission rules, types of projects and their funding rates and other useful information.
The submitted proposals are evaluated by independent experts drawn from the European Commission’s database of external evaluators. Applicants will receive the evaluation results at the latest five months after the submission deadline. Grant agreements will be signed with the successful applicants within eight months after the submission deadline.
Source: inea.eu

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