EU Missions in Horizon Europe
The European Commission has identified five societal challenges, missions, that it wants concrete and ambitious solutions to by 2030. The social missions mean that research and innovation policy focuses even more on solving global challenges. By linking research and innovation more closely to political strategies, regulations and data services, solutions will be created faster than before.
Five social missions designated
- Adaptation to climate Change, including Societal Change
- Cancer
- Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030
- 100 Climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030
- A soil deal for Europe
Missions go far beyond research and innovation. Emphasis will be placed on greater government control and broad participation from all sectors across policy areas. Industry and business participation are important in the EU's social mission, together with innovation in the public sector and the regional perspective.
Read more about the various social missions of the EU.
Great opportunities for Norwegian participants
For Norwegian participants in all sectors, the EU's Missions is an unique opportunity to contribute cutting-edge expertise to groundbreaking international projects to solve the greatest challenges of our time.
The principle behind the Missions mindset is based on portfolios of projects targeting complex problems to be solved. Close cooperation between the Research Council, Innovation Norway and the rest of the funding agencies, as well as directorates and other sources of funding, is therefore important.
Calls for proposals will be published on the EU funding and tender portal: Funding & tenders (europa.eu).
Messages at time of print 23 May 2026, 08:25 CEST
High demand
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Important message
For the calls for proposals with the application deadline 27 May at 13:00 CEST, we manage our hotline +47 22 03 70 00 Thursday 21 May, Friday 22 May and Tuesday 26 May at CEST 08:00–15:00 and Wednesday 27 May at CEST 08:00-13:00.