EU-HORIZON 2020 Science with and for Society - 2018-2020

Instrument/Program level: 
European
Name of the instrument/Program: 
HORIZON 2020
Instrument/Program application areas: 
Science with and for Society
Instrument/Program eligible areas: 
AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
BULGARIA
CROATIA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
DANMARK
EESTI
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
HUNGARY
IRELAND
ITALY
LATVIA
LIECHTENSTEIN
LITHUANIA
LUXEMBOURG
MALTA
NETHERLANDS
POLAND
PORTUGAL
ROMANIA
SLOVAKIA
SLOVENIA
SPAIN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
UNITED KINGDOM
Managing authority: 

Directorate-General for Research and Innovation European Commission

Objectives: 

Strategic orientations

The SwafS WP18-20 is built around the following five strategic orientations:

  1. Accelerating and catalysing processes of institutional change,
  2. Stepping up the support to Gender Equality in Research & Innovation policy,
  3. Building the territorial dimension of SwafS partnerships,
  4. Exploring and supporting citizen science, and
  5. Building the knowledge base for SwafS. 

Specific contributions to cross-cutting issues

SwafS WP18-20 integrates Horizon 2020 cross-cutting issues and emphasises:

  • Responsible research and innovation (RRI) including gender, and
  • Enhancing the attractiveness of the research profession.

Moreover, all proposals should explicitly aim to achieve positive impacts in one or more of the following cross-cutting issues:

  • Climate change, sustainable development, and biodiversity,
  • Cooperation with third countries.

Notably, all SwafS WP18-20 projects are expected to support one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals.

In their structure and processes, consortia should look as much as possible for interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral research and innovation, and due to the societal focus involve experts in the fields of the social and economic sciences and humanities. Consortia should aim to involve SMEs in research and innovation and broader private sector participation. They should look to maximise the engagement of private social actors, such as civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations and social entrepreneurs. All topics are open to international cooperation. Activities developed in the present SwafS WP18-20 should involve many different actors in order to draw lessons and look for impacts as broadly as possible. Where possible, they should pay attention to the development and application of key enabling and industrial technologies, future and emerging technologies, and areas relating to bridging discovery to market application. The present SwafS WP18-20 is built to foster the functioning and achievement of the European Research Area (ERA).

Eligible thematics in line with ERC sectors: 
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Social Sciences and Humanities
Eligible thematics in line with S3: 
Advanced Manufacturing
Aerospace, Aeronautics and Space
Agrifood processing
Alpine activities & technologies
Automotive
Bio-processes of biomasses
Blue growth
Chemicals
City development
Climate Change Mitigation
Cloud computing, e-tourism, smart mobility systems
Cultural & creative industries
Eco-efficient factory
Efficient production technologies, automation & intelligent materials
Entrepreneurship & Growth of young companies
Environmental Governance & Information
Environmental technologies, renewable energies & resource efficiency
Food & nutrition (ingredients and modification of food, materials, smart packaging, food quality, quality assurance, food production technologies)
Green & Clean energy & technologies
ICTs (Digital technologies & user-friendly systems)
KETs
Life Science & Biotechnology
Logistic
Maritime technologies
Mechatronics
Nature & Biodiversity
New and intelligent materials, nano and microtechnology
New Technologies for mountain agriculture
Open data (including PA), GIS, e-learning, Cloud computing, e-tourism, smart mobility systems
Photonics
Public health & security (e-Health)
Renewable energies & resource efficiency
Robotics
Secure technologies
Smart & energy-efficient buildings
Smart manufacturing and related services
Specialised production for an excellent mountain
Sustainable energy & renewables
Sustainable innovation & infrastructure
Sustainable Living & mobility
Action typologies: 
Cluster
Creative thinking
Cross Border
Cross-cutting
End-users
Exchange
Financial Access
Health support
ICT
KETs; FETs
Platform
Smart systems integration
Status of the eligible institutions: 
Public
Private
Public equivalent body
Field: 
Research
Innovation
Economic development
Transfer of knowledge
Labour Market
Education
Training
Mobility
Accessibility
Resources
Green Infrastructure
Risk Governance
Energy
Service of General Interest
Program Budget: 
7 330 000,00 €