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Eureka Resilience Call 2024
The Eureka Resilience Call 2024 is for R&D&I projects in the field of: Disaster Resilience, Response and Recovery.
It is launched through Eureka’s Network projects programme; the call text is available to download to the right.
Scope
Collaborative international R&D&I and technology development projects can help society prepare for, respond to, and recover from different kinds of disasters. R&D&I products and solutions can save life, prevent or limit environmental catastrophes, and help society prepare for a future where climate change is expected to increase the frequency and scale of many kinds of disasters.
Disaster types covered:
- ‘Man-made’, including widespread destruction resulting from conflict and war, urban fires, and industrial accidents of various kinds.
- ‘Natural’, including avalanche, flooding, extreme cold and hot weather, drought, earthquake, storms, volcanic activity, and wildfire.
Projects should address one of the application areas that follow, or any other that has clear links to disaster resilience, response and recovery:
- Innovative and resilient construction. Such as: building behaviour modelling during and after disaster situations; seismic isolation/damper technologies; disaster-resilient architectural designs; advanced building materials and technologies (e.g. fire resistance, water resistance, shock resistance, non-toxic); durability-increasing adaptations e.g. for buildings on weak soils or floodplains.
- Digital technologies. Such as: damage prediction and early-warning systems; advanced geographic information and remote sensing systems; artificial intelligence-based sensing algorithms; sensor technologies.
- Search and rescue. Such as: automated and intelligent drone systems; rapid and effective search and rescue; portable equipment and devices capable of imaging and detection.
- Resilient communications. Such as: non-interruptible communications systems; portable communications devices; battery technologies and alternative energy sources; resilient infrastructures and systems.
- Health. Such as: disinfection, filtration and storage solutions; autonomous environmental disinfection and sterilisation; mobile medical devices; resilient health services and infrastructures; nutrient-enriched and functional foods and drinks.
- Post-disaster waste management. Such as: safe demolition technologies; separation/classification and management solutions for construction and demolition waste (CDW); transformation of CDW into building materials and other secondary raw materials in line with circular economy principles.
Projects must target at least one type of disaster and have at least one clear and specific disaster-related application.
Projects should aim to develop a product, process or service for commercialisation and the implementation of project results (such as market launch) should aim to occur no later than 24 months after project completion.
Projects may develop fundamentally new innovations, or adapt, re-engineer and re-purpose existing innovations currently used or envisaged for different application areas. While the Technology Readiness Level starting point will vary from one project to another, it is expected that projects will start no lower than TRL level 4.
Project size is envisaged in the order of EUR 0.5m to 5m, but this does not preclude proposals requesting different amounts.
Relevant industry sectors include:
- Materials
- Construction
- Health – services, public health, medical devices
- Water – public and private utilities, tech developers
- Energy – utilities, tech developers
- Information Communication Technologies
- Electronic components and systems
- Software
- Agrifood
Timeframe
13 June 2024 at 10:00 CET: Call for projects opens
13 June 2024 at 16:30-17:30 EEST: Launch event at the Global Innovation Summit, including pitching session (presentations available here)
09 September at 14:00-15:30 CET: Call seminar and pitching session
24 September at 13:30-14:30 CET: Call pitching session
31 Oct 2024 at 23:59 CET: Deadline
Nov-2024 to Jan 2024: National evaluation
Feb 2025: Consensus meeting
Mar-Apr 2025: National funding procedures
May-Jun 2025: Projects start
National funding
The countries/regions supporting this call are listed here.
You are strongly advised to consult the national funding details and eligibility criteria for specific information on partners. Further details can be found in the call text PDF, and via the Eureka website.
How to apply
Apply via the Eureka website.
