Please note that the event will NOT repeat detailed information about each individual call, which the European Commission’s info day will do. Therefore, for that purpose we encourage our interested participants to attend the CL5 info day on 06/05 prior to our brokerage and come to our event with questions and ideas and share their relevant expertise.

 Should you be interested in participating in our brokerage event, please register by 28/05/2025.

You can either register as an attendee (you will have opportunity to listen to the pitches) or as a pitch presenter (to make a 3-minute pitch on your ideas and potential). 

Please find enclosed the pitch presentation template both for project idea presenters and research group/organisational competence presenters. The deadline to return pitch presentations to anett.ruszanov@birmingham.gov.ukis 28/05/2025. 

Please do not hesitate to contact us in case you have any questions or need further clarifications.

This year’s edition, “Together, towards a Research and Innovation Union”, will come at a pivotal moment of discussions on the EU’s next long-term budget and key policy actions such as the Startup and Scaleup Strategy, the European Life Sciences Strategy (more information on the consultation which closes on 17 April 2025 here), the AI in Science Strategy and the European Innovation and European Research Area Acts. 

Voici :
 - le lien vers la page de l’évènement, y compris l’agenda, qui donnera accès à la session live : Events | The research and innovation community platform
- le Post LinkedIn du NCP-FNRS : https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7307438506144948226

The IHI Call Days provides potential applicants with the information they need to put together a strong proposal. More info about this call: Infofin

The IHI Call Days for IHI call 11 will take place from 23 to 30 June 2025 online and will include sessions on the individual topics as well as the rules and procedures.

The EU-funded projects European Citizen Science (ECS) and IMPETUS and the European Research Executive Agency (REA) are the organisers of this cluster event.

The event will focus on the impact of public engagement on evidence-based policy-making and will bring together researchers and policy makers to discuss this topic. Furthermore the event:

• will provide a platform to showcase successful and innovative citizen engagement strategies, while reinforcing the value of “Bringing science closer to citizens” within the European Research Area.
• EU-funded research projects will present their citizen science and public engagement experience and share best practices.
• The winners of the EU Prize for Citizen Science (2025 call) will be announced. The Prize rewards outstanding citizen science initiatives that address social, political, cultural, and environmental challenges through the involvement of citizens. 

Registration details will follow in the announcement on the REA website.

Programme

The event takes place in Brussels. Three parts of the programme will also be webstreamed. 

• 08:30 - 09:00 Welcome and Registration
• 09:00 - 09:10 Introduction
• 09:10 - 09:20 Icebreaker
• 09:20 - 09:50 Keynote: Public Engagement in the ERA, by EC representative (webstreamed)
• 09:50 - 10:50 Roundtable: Policy Recommendations for Future Frameworks (webstreamed)
• 10:50 - 11:10 Coffee break
• 11:10 - 12:15 Project pitches - thematic focus #1
• 12:15 - 13:30 Networking lunch + project showcase
• 13:30 - 13:40 Short talk from Scivil about satellite event Citizen Science Fair (18 June 2025)
• 13:40 - 14:30 Project pitches - thematic focus #2
• 14:30 - 15:15 Taking stock and looking forward (FP10)
• 15:15 - 15:30 Coffee Break
• 15:30 - 16:30 Winners Announcement: EU Citizen Science Prize (webstreamed)
• 16:30 - 17:30 Wrap-Up, Closing Remarks and Reception

About citizen science and public engagement

Citizen science and public engagement in scientific research activities contribute to a vibrant society. Horizon Europe promotes co-creation and co-design through the engagement of citizens and civil society. This has the potential to improve the excellence and impact of research, and to deepen the relationship - and trust - between science and our societies.

Highlights from the Citizen Science Fair will be presented at the Cluster Event “Advancing Public Engagement and Citizen Science in the European Research Area” on 19 June. This event brings together policymakers and citizen science projects to strengthen the impact of public engagement in research.

The deadline to return pitch presentations is 03/06/2025 to anett.ruszanov@birmingham.gov.uk. For any questions, please refer to the same email address as well. 

More info soon: Events | The research and innovation community platform