FuseNet Call for the Organisation of Mini-Workshops in Fusion

The project running this call: EUROfusion

Implementation of activities described in the Roadmap to Fusion during Horizon Europe through a joint programme of the members of the EUROfusion consortium

EUROfusion’s updated Fusion Research Roadmap aims to acquire the necessary knowledge to start constructing a demonstration fusion power plant (DEMO) five years after ITER is in full-power operation. DEMO will deliver fusion electricity to the grid early in the second half of the century. The Roadmap has been articulated in eight different Missions. The present proposal has the goal of implementing the activities described in the Roadmap during Horizon Europe through a joint programme of the members of the EUROfusion Consortium, with the following high-level objectives: 1.Construct and commission ITER; 2.Secure the success of future ITER operation via preparation and experiments on present devices;3.Develop the conceptual design of a DEMO fusion power plant;4.Finalise the design and construct a fusion spectrum neutron source (IFMIF-DONES);5.Advance the stellarator as an alternative…

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Who runs it: the consortium

20 organisations in the project. The coordinator usually manages the open call and its evaluation.

• Universite de Rennes · FrancePartner
• Consorcio Ifmif-Dones España · SpainPartner
• Heffen Technologies SL · SpainPartner
• Siec Badawcza Lukasiewicz - Instytut Mikroelektroniki i Fotoniki · PolandPartner
• S2innovation Sp. Z O.o. · Poland · SMEPartner
• Universite Paris-Saclay · FrancePartner
• Universite Grenoble Alpes · FrancePartner
• Universite Cote D'Azur · FrancePartner
• Universite Paris Cite · FrancePartner
• Elliniko Mesogeiako Panepistimio · GreecePartner
• Tampereen Korkeakoulusaatio Sr · FinlandPartner
• Sorbonne Universite · FrancePartner
• UiT the Arctic University of Norway · NorwayPartner
• Broad Telecom SA · Spain · SMEPartner
• Polytechneio Kritis · GreecePartner
• Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy · FinlandPartner
• Science and Technology Center In Ukraine · UkrainePartner
• Esteyco SA · Spain · SMEPartner
• L.t.calcoli SRL · Italy · SMEPartner
• Fusenet · NetherlandsPartner

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Cascade funding: what to know before you apply

What is cascade funding?

Cascade funding (also called financial support to third parties) is money the European Commission gives to an EU-funded project, which the project then passes on to startups, SMEs, researchers or other organisations through its own open calls. You apply to the project, not to the Commission, and the project's own call rules apply.

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Most cascade calls accept single applicants, which makes them one of the easiest ways into EU funding. Some calls ask for small teams; the call document says which.

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