ERA-NET Cofund under Horizon2020

The ERA-NET under Horizon 2020 merges the former ERA-NET and ERA-NET Plus into a single instrument ERA-NET Cofund with the central and compulsory element of implementing one substantial call with top-up funding from the Commission. The focus of ERA-NETs is therefore shifting from the funding of networks to the top-up funding of single joint calls for transnational research and innovation in selected areas with high European added value and relevance for Horizon 2020.

In addition to the co-funded call, the consortia may implement other joint activities including other joint calls without Union co-funding. The duration of a Cofund is five years. During this time the consortium has to prepare and implement the call, select and negotiate the projects and finalise the projects including final payment to their beneficiaries. A shorter duration than five years is not feasible. The reimbursement rate is 33%, as for the ERA-NET+ actions under FP7. Financial contributions of Member States can be in-cash or in-kind. This way ERA-NETs can broaden their scope towards coordinating institutional funding of governmental research organisations. Once a Cofund has been granted, it may take up to one year before the new Call will be put forward. This means the Call for the new ERA-NET 2016-2017 Cofunds are expected earliest at the end of 2017.

Under the 2014-215 Work Programme (WP) of Horizon 2020, twenty-seven ERA-NET Cofund actions are established as well as a number of Coordination and Support Actions (CSA), including those in support to JPIs. The budget dedicated to the ERA-NET Cofund scheme actions amounts to close to 93 M€ in 2014 and more than 163 M€ in 2015. The 2016-2017 WP includes twenty-eight Cofund actions with a total budget close to 270 M€, of which about 115 M€ is used for Cofunds in the bioeconomy. The 2018-2020 WP includes, at present, fourteen ERA-NET Cofunds with a dedicated budget of little over 80M€ and two EJP Cofunds with a budget of almost 100M€. The final decisions for 2020 will be taken in 2019.

Table of H2020 ERA-NET Cofund actions  

WP indicates in which H2020 Work programme the call was published. AREA indicates specific programme. Industrial Leadership (LEIT): NMP=Nanotechnologies, advanced materials, advanced manufacturing and processing, and biotechnology, ICT=Information and communication technologies. Societal Challenges (SC): SC1=Health, demographic change and well-being; SC2=Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy; SC3=Secure, clean and efficient energy; SC4=  Smart, green and integrated transport; SC5=Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials; SC6=Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies. CC=cross-cutting issues. Science with and for society (=SwafS).

YES in the FP7 column means follow-up of an FP7 ERA-NET or ERA-NET+ action. Where H is indicated, it is a follow-up of an H2020 ERA-NET Cofund. The -button in the DB column links to the PLATFORM database, an online repository with data from public-public partnerships in the bioeconomy area with tools that provide insights on network, organisation, and country levels and allow access to description of calls and projects.

ACRONYM	WP	AREA	FP7	DB	ABOUT
ACT	14-15	SC3	NO		Accellerating CO2 capture and storage (CCS) technologies as a new low-carbon energy vector
AXIS	16-17	SC5	H		Climate Services Roadmap: Cross-sector impact assessments (evaluation, comparison and integration)
BESTF3	14-15	SC3	YES		Bioenergy sustaining the future
BiodivERsA3	14-15	SC5	YES		Biodiversity and ecosystem services across European countries and territories
BiodivScen	16-17	SC2	NO		Biodiversity scenario's
CHIST-ERA IV	18-20	FET	YES		European Coordinated Research on Long-term ICT and ICT-based Scientific and Technological Challenges (under preparation)
CSP ERA-NET	18-20	SC3			Joint programming actions to foster innovative solar (CSP) solutions
Bluebio Cofund	18-20	SC2	NO		Cofund on the Blue Bioeconomy
CoBioTech	16-17	NMP	YES		Cofund on biotechnologies
CORE Organic Cofund	16-17	SC2	YES		Organic food and farming systems
DemoWind	14-15	SC3	NO		Offshore wind technology
DemoWind 2	14-15	SC3	H		Offshore wind technology
DIAL	16-17	SC6	NO		Dynamics of inequality across the life-course (DIAL is a separate Norface ERA-NET Cofund action)
EMEurope	16-17	SC4	YES		Electric mobility ERA-NET
ENSCC	14-15	SC3	NO		Shifting the current energy system; provide smart & integrated solutions for technology, government and society
EN SGplusRegSys	16-17	SC3	YES		Smart energy sytems in Europe
ENSUF	14-15	SC6	NO		Strengthen European urban research and innovation alignment, Smart Urban Futures
EN-SUGI	16-17	CC	NO		Sustainable urbanisation global initiative
ERA4CS	14-15	SC5	NO		Climate services ERA-NET
ERA-CVD	14-15	SC1	NO		Cardiovascular diseases cooperation
ERAcoSysMed	14-15	SC1	YES		Systems biology approaches in clinical research and medical practice
ERA-GAS	14-15	SC2	NO		Monitoring & mitigation of greenhouse gases from agri- and silvi-culture
ERA-HDHL	14-15	SC2	NO		Biomarkers for nutrition and health
ERA-MIN 2	16-17	SC5	YES		Raw materials research coord. to strengthen industry competitiveness and shift to circular economy
ERA-Net SmartGridPlus	14-15	SC5	NO		Supports deep knowledge sharing between regional and European Smart Grids initiatives
ERA PerMed	16-17	SC1	NO		Personalised medicine
ERA-PLANET	14-15	SC3	NO		The European network for observing our changing planet - earth observation
E-Rare-3	14-15	SC1	YES		Cooperation on rare disease research, striving for implementing IRDiRC objectives
EuroNanoMed III	16-17	NMP	YES		Nanomedicine
FACCE SURPLUS	14-15	SC5	NO		Sustainable and resilient agriculture for food and non-food systems
FLAG-ERA II	16-17	FET	YES		Set up mechanisms to facilitate integration of nationally funded research into the Flagship work plan
FLAG-ERA III	18-20	FET	YES		The Flagship ERA-NET — FLAG-ERA III
ForestValue	14-15	SC5	YES		Innovative forest-based bioeconomy
GENDER NET Plus	16-17	SwafS	YES		Promoting gender equility in H2020 and the ERA
GeoERA	16-17	SC3	NO		Establishing the European geological surveys research area to deliver a geological service for Europe
Geothermica	16-17	SC3	NO		Accelerate the deployment of geothermal energy in Europe
HDHL - INTIMIC	16-17	SC2	NO		Intestinal Microbiomics, diet and health
HERA JRP UP	14-15	SC6	NO		Multi-disciplinary research programme Uses of the Past
HERA-JRP-PS	16-17	SC6	NO		Public Spaces: Culture and Integration in Europe
IndEff	16-17	SC3	NO		Industry for energy efficiency
JPco-fuND	14-15	SC1	NO		Establishing synergies between the research of JPI on Neurodegenerative Diseases and H2020
JPCO-FUND II	18-20	SC1	NO		ERA-NET to support the Joint Programming in Neurodegenerative Diseases strategic plan (JPND)
JPI-EC-AMR	14-15	SC1	NO		Establishing synergies between the research of JPI Antimicrobial Resistance and H2020
LEAP AGRI	16-17	SC2	NO		EU-Africa research and innovation partnership on food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture
MANUNET III	16-17	NMP	YES		Advanced manifacturing technologies
MarTERA	16-17	SC2	YES		Maritime and marine technologies
M-ERA.NET 2	14-15	NMP	YES		Materials research and innovation
NEURON Cofund	14-15	SC1	YES		Brain-related diseases and disorders of the nervous system
OCEANERA-NET COFUND	16-17	SC3	YES		Electricity generation from waves, tidal current; range, salinity gradient and ocean thermal energy conversion
PhotonicSensing	14-15	ICT	NO		Photonics based sensing
QuantERA	16-17	FET	NO		Quantum technologies
SOLAR-ERA.NET	14-15	SC3	YES		Solar energy
SOLAR-ERA.NET Cofund 2	16-17	SC3	H		Solar energy
SusAn	14-15	SC2	NO		Sustainable animal production
SusCrop	14-15	SC2	NO		Sustainable crop production
Susfood2	16-17	SC2	YES		Sustainable food production and consumption
T2S	16-17	SC5	NO		Transformations to sustainability (T2S is a separate Norface ERA-NET Cofund action)
WaterWorks2014	16-17	SC5	YES		Water research and innovation funding and management
WaterWorks2015	16-17	SC2	YES		Water research and innovation funding and management
WaterWorks2017	16-17	SC2	YES		Water research and innovation funding and management

Table of H2020 ERA-NET Cofund calls in Work Packages 2018-2020 

AREA indicates specific programme. Industrial Leadership (LEIT): NMP=Nanotechnologies, advanced materials, advanced manufacturing and processing, and biotechnology, ICT=Information and communication technologies. Societal Challenges (SC): SC1=Health, demographic change and well-being; SC2=Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy; SC3=Secure, clean and efficient energy; SC4=  Smart, green and integrated transport; SC5=Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials; SC6=Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies. CC=cross-cutting issues. Science with and for society (=SwafS).