Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/02/2025
10:00 am - 11:00 am

Horizon Europe – Pillar II Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Information Session February 6, 2025 – 10:00AM – 11:00 AM via Zoom (registration through Zoom)

Horizon Europe is the world’s largest research and innovation collaboration program, with a budget of €95.5 billion ($140 billion CDN) between 2021-2027. More than €53 billion ($77 billion CDN) has been allocated to Pillar II. The budget for Cluster 6 is €8,952 billion.

The program fosters opportunities for international collaboration and strengthens the impact of research and innovation in tackling major global challenges, like climate change.

Recently, the Government of Canada completed negotiations with the European Commission to join Horizon Europe as an associate country under Pillar II. Associate membership allows researchers at Canadian institutions to participate in applications to Pillar II calls for proposals and receive funding from Horizon Europe if the applications are successful.

Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment will contribute to restoring polluted bio-systems, tackling and reducing biodiversity, improving natural risk disaster management, and creating sustainable and circular use of land and sea. Research and innovation in this sector will benefit people and society by: promoting safe and healthy food coming from safe and healthy soils, waters and skies; and prioritizing the behavioral side of people.

In this Cluster, great importance will be given to fostering circularity of a climate-neutral economy, in compliance with the European Green Deal, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Hosted by McMaster Research Office for Administration, Development & Support (ROADS), this information session will feature Christina Pellegrini, Horizon Europe Program Lead, who will provide an overview of the program, a deeper dive into Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment, and the application process at McMaster.

Please note: this virtual information session will be recorded for individuals who are unable to attend on February 6, 2025.

Register in advance for this meeting:

https://mcmaster.zoom.us/meeting/register/dZEJYFu6TtmbsFj_xEocyw

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

For further questions about the session, or Horizon Europe, please email Christina Pellegrini, ROADS, Horizon Europe Program Lead, pellegrc@mcmaster.ca.