Mission Adaptation Funding Calls

Horizon Europe, the EU research and innovation framework programme, is the main funding instrument for the implementation of the adaptation mission. The mission launches a new call every year, which usually opens in Spring and closes in Autumn.

The Horizon Europe Work Programme 2025 for the adaptation mission was published on 15 May 2025. It includes 1 call for proposals (HORIZON-MISS-2025-01)  with a total indicative budget of EUR 113.65 million.

Proposals are invited against the following topic(s):

• HORIZON-MISS-2025-01-CLIMA-01: Supporting regions and local authorities in assessing climate risk
• HORIZON-MISS-2025-01-CLIMA-02: Supporting regional and local authorities in developing their Action Plans towards climate resilience
• HORIZON-MISS-2025-01-CLIMA-03: Demonstrating solutions to help hotspots in coastal regions to adapt to climate change
• HORIZON-MISS-2025-01-CLIMA-04: Testing and demonstrating innovative solutions to improve resilience to extreme heat, including addressing health impacts
• HORIZON-MISS-2025-01-CLIMA-05: Better understanding incentives for private sector financing of adaptation solutions
• HORIZON-MISS-2025-01-CLIMA-06: Pre- commercial procurement of breakthrough solutions for climate proofing of public building

Submissions close on 24 September 2025.

More details can be found on the Funding and Tender Portal or  by watching the recording and presentation of the Info Days for EU Missions on 22-23 May 2024.

For more information on EU research funding, please also see: https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls_en.

For information on EU funding, calls and tenders, please see: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/home. 

Disclaimer:
The contents and links to third-party items on this Mission webpage are developed by the MIP4Adapt team led by Ricardo, under contract CINEA/2022/OP/0013/SI2.884597 funded by the European Union and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union, CINEA, or those of the European Environment Agency (EEA) as host of the Climate-ADAPT Platform. Neither the European Union nor CINEA nor the EEA accepts responsibility or liability arising out of or in connection with the information on these pages.