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Who won this call

Projects the EU funded under this call, with the organisation that led each one.

SPARKSESAR Performance Assessment, Reporting and Knowledgebase
Led by Enaire · Spain · 2026 · Official record ↗
€2.0M

Who wins calls like this

Based on projects the EU funded on the same subject in this programme.

Who leads the winning projects

Research centres33%
Universities33%
Public bodies22%
Large companies11%

€2.0Mtypical EU grant per project

Most common lead countriesGermany, Spain, Norway, United Kingdom, Portugal

Projects funded on similar topics

PEARLPerformance Estimation, Assessment, Reporting and simuLation
HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-IR-01-WA1-1 · 2023 · Official record ↗
€2.0M
AI4HyDropAn AI-based Holistic Dynamic Framework for a safe Drone’s Operations in restricted and urban areas
HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-ER-01-WA2-4 · 2023 · Official record ↗
€2.0M
ARTEMISAAdvancing platforms for en-Route and TMA to support incrEased autoMation, Interoperability and SustAinability
HORIZON-SESAR-2025-DES-IR-02-WA3-1 · 2026 · Official record ↗
€27.5M
FairSkyFramework for Airspace Incentives and Routing toward Sustainable Sky
HORIZON-SESAR-2025-DES-ER-03-WA2-1 · 2026 · Official record ↗
€2.0M
VISORSValidation Infrastructure SuppOrting Remote Simulations
HORIZON-SESAR-2023-DES-ER2-WA1-5 · 2024 · Official record ↗
€1000k
MEDUSAMethodological Framework for Developing Unerring Safety-critical Ai-Based Systems
HORIZON-SESAR-2025-DES-ER-03-WA2-1 · 2026 · Official record ↗
€2.0M
ImAFUSAImpact and capacity Assessment Framework for U-space Societal Acceptance
HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-ER-01-WA1-3 · 2023 · Official record ↗
€877k
EvoFLIGHTEVOLUTIONARY FRAMEWORK FOR LOAD-AWARE IN-COCKPIT GUIDANCE TOWARDS HIGHLY-AUTOMATED ATC OPERATIONS IN TMAS AND ON THE AIRPORT SURFACE
HORIZON-SESAR-2025-DES-IR-02-WA5-1 · 2026 · Official record ↗
€5.7M

Organisations that keep winning here

Each one links to its EU funding record and the partners it works with: a starting list for building a consortium.

What this call funds

Expected Outcome

The proposals will contribute to the following expected outcomes in support of the SESAR 3 JU:

Consolidation and agreement on expected performance contributions (EPC) across the SESAR programme.
Provision of a yearly consolidated view of the performance impact of future ATM concepts and SESAR solutions at ECAC network level, bringing together individual SESAR solution performance benefits and integrated network performance of all available SESAR solutions.

Scope

The scope covers the support to SESAR performance related activities. architecture activities (i.e., architecture modelling framework and support) and performance activities.

Regarding the performance dimension, the SESAR performance management process steers the overall R&I work, with reference to the SESAR performance ambitions and associated benefits specified in the European ATM Master Plan. It is based on the application of the baselined SESAR performance framework (SPF)[1]. The SESAR performance management process reconciles and maps the performance assessments and results delivered by the R&I projects with the SESAR Master Plan performance ambitions. It also ensures aggregating these results through the simulation of the relevant SESAR Solutions with the objective of delivering an ECAC-wide performance view, consolidation of performance results of on-going development activities, etc.). To achieve the expected outcomes, the activities to be performed under the leadership of the SESAR 3 JU will focus on the following areas:

Maintenance of performance framework: • Maintain reference performance methodologies (human performance assessment methodology, security assessment methodology and the security reference materials, environmental impact assessment methodology, safety assessment methodology, etc.) and performance framework (e.g., U-space performance framework, digitalisation, automation levels, passenger experience, etc.) following e.g., the update of the ATM Master Plan, Single European Sky (SES) reference period (RP), needs expressed by SESAR solutions or observed during the execution of R&I activities, etc. (upon the explicit request of the SESAR 3 JU).
Review and consolidation of SESAR templates and assessment criteria (either for deliverable assessment and/or for maturity gate).
If required, support and coach R&I project staff to ensure the correct application of the performance methodologies (e.g., safety, human performance, (cyber)security, environment) and the performance framework.
Support, as the performance expert(s) point of contact, within each SESAR JU programme management team in particular through monitoring and consolidation of each SESAR Solution performance workflow stage(s), in preparation for robust validation plans and validation reports.
At the request of the SESAR 3 JU, contribute to solutions maturity gates to confirm that a robust performance approach based on the methodology has been applied by the projects.

Support to performance assessment and consolidation of network impact assessment: • Monitor proper implementation of SESAR performance workflow, from stage 1 in consolidation and agreement on expected performance contributions (EPC) up to stage 4 on performance result consolidation including extrapolation at ECAC level.
Capture and aggregate the performance assessments delivered (for completed SESAR solutions) and the expected performance contributions (for SESAR solutions in progress) by R&I projects, delivering a yearly programme performance report in support to the yearly ATM Master Plan strategic development monitoring report, and a final PAGAR (i.e. full PAGAR campaign) at the end of the action.
Network impact assessment: run integrated simulation on multiple SESAR Solutions, for consolidating a yearly programme performance report, assess trade-offs between key performance areas (KPAs) / key performance indicators (KPIs).
Support to SESAR 3 JU on monitoring the progress of the R&I programme on environmental sustainability, digitalisation, etc.

[1] Baselined SESAR performance framework is always aligned to the ATM Master Plan in execution in the programme.

Eligibility & conditions+

General conditions

1. Admissibility Conditions:

described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible Countries

described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.

A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.

3. Other Eligible Conditions

described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.

This call is subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion

described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.

5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds

are described in subsection 2.5 of the BAWP 2024-2025

Weighting per criteria in additions to the general award criteria:

Excellence: 40%

Impact: 40%

Implementation: 20%

5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes

are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.

The evaluation committee may be composed partially of representatives of EU institutions and agencies (internal experts).

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement

described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.

The following exceptions apply.

1) A funding rate of 70% applies to all beneficiaries (regardless of their legal status).

2) Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programmefor Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under theResearch and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025).

3) Beneficiaries will be subject to the following additional dissemination obligations:

beneficiaries must make proactive efforts to share, on a royalty-freebasis, in a timely manner and as appropriate, all relevant results with the other grants awarded under the same call;
beneficiaries must acknowledge these obligations and incorporate them into the proposal, outlining the efforts they will make to meet them, and into Annex I to the grant agreement.

4) Beneficiaries will be subject to the following additional exploitation obligations:

For the purpose of complying with the objectives set in Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085, the SRIA and the European ATM Master Plan,

beneficiaries must make available for reuse under fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory conditions all relevant results generated, through a well-defined mechanism using a trusted repository;
if the purpose of the specific identified measures to exploit the results of the action is related to standardisation, beneficiaries must grant a non-exclusive licence to the results royalty-free;
if working on linked actions, beneficiaries must ensure mutual access to the background to and to the results of ongoing and closed linked actions, should this be necessary to implement tasks under the linked actions or to exploit results generated by the linked actions as defined in the conditions laid down in the biannual work programme and in the call for proposals.

Beneficiaries must acknowledge these obligations and incorporate them into the proposal, outlining the efforts they will make to meet them, and into Annex I to the grant agreement.

5) Grants awarded under this topic will be linked to the following actions:

Call HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-IR-01

Call HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-ER-01

A collaboration agreement is required.

The integration of a gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) into R&I content is not a mandatory requirement.

The maximum project duration is 36 months.

Call documents:

SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking Bi-Annual Work Programme (BAWP) 2024-2025 - Annex III

Application form templates

Standard application form (HE CSA) - please note that only Part A of this template is applicable for this call. For Part B, see below.

SESAR 3 application form (CSA) - Part B - this application form specific for this call is available in the Submission System.

Detailed budget table (HE LS)

Evaluation form templates

Standard evaluation form (HE CSA) - will be used with the necessary adaptations based on specific award criteria (see BAWP, Annex III, section 2.5).

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)

Lump Sum MGA

Call-specific instructions

Guidance: "Lump sums - what do I need to know?"

Additional documents:

SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking Multi-Annual Work Programme (MAWP) 2022-2031

SESAR 3 Project Handbook

SESAR 3 Q&A Document

HE Main Work Programme 2023–2025 – 1. General Introduction

HE Main Work Programme 2023–2025 – 8. Climate, Energy and Mobility

HE Main Work Programme 2023–2025 – 12. Missions

HE Main Work Programme 2023–2025 – 13. General Annexes

Council Regulation 2021/2085 of 19 November 2021 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe (SBA)

HE Programme Guide

HE Framework Programme 2021/695

HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764

EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509

Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment

EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement

Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual

Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions 

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

Official source

Confirm the current call documents and submission conditions with the funding authority.

View on EU portal ↗

Source: EU Funding & Tenders Portal · synced 2026-11-09

Who wins calls like this

Based on projects the EU funded on the same subject in this programme.

Who leads the winning projects

Research centres33%
Universities33%
Public bodies22%
Large companies11%

€2.0Mtypical EU grant per project

Most common lead countriesGermany, Spain, Norway, United Kingdom, Portugal

Projects funded on similar topics

PEARLPerformance Estimation, Assessment, Reporting and simuLation

HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-IR-01-WA1-1 · 2023 · Official record ↗

€2.0M

AI4HyDropAn AI-based Holistic Dynamic Framework for a safe Drone’s Operations in restricted and urban areas

HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-ER-01-WA2-4 · 2023 · Official record ↗

€2.0M

ARTEMISAAdvancing platforms for en-Route and TMA to support incrEased autoMation, Interoperability and SustAinability

HORIZON-SESAR-2025-DES-IR-02-WA3-1 · 2026 · Official record ↗

€27.5M

FairSkyFramework for Airspace Incentives and Routing toward Sustainable Sky

HORIZON-SESAR-2025-DES-ER-03-WA2-1 · 2026 · Official record ↗

€2.0M

VISORSValidation Infrastructure SuppOrting Remote Simulations

HORIZON-SESAR-2023-DES-ER2-WA1-5 · 2024 · Official record ↗

€1000k

MEDUSAMethodological Framework for Developing Unerring Safety-critical Ai-Based Systems

HORIZON-SESAR-2025-DES-ER-03-WA2-1 · 2026 · Official record ↗

€2.0M

ImAFUSAImpact and capacity Assessment Framework for U-space Societal Acceptance

HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-ER-01-WA1-3 · 2023 · Official record ↗

€877k

EvoFLIGHTEVOLUTIONARY FRAMEWORK FOR LOAD-AWARE IN-COCKPIT GUIDANCE TOWARDS HIGHLY-AUTOMATED ATC OPERATIONS IN TMAS AND ON THE AIRPORT SURFACE

HORIZON-SESAR-2025-DES-IR-02-WA5-1 · 2026 · Official record ↗

€5.7M

Organisations that keep winning here

Each one links to its EU funding record and the partners it works with: a starting list for building a consortium.

What this call funds

Expected Outcome

The proposals will contribute to the following expected outcomes in support of the SESAR 3 JU:

Consolidation and agreement on expected performance contributions (EPC) across the SESAR programme.
Provision of a yearly consolidated view of the performance impact of future ATM concepts and SESAR solutions at ECAC network level, bringing together individual SESAR solution performance benefits and integrated network performance of all available SESAR solutions.

Scope

The scope covers the support to SESAR performance related activities. architecture activities (i.e., architecture modelling framework and support) and performance activities.

Maintenance of performance framework: • Maintain reference performance methodologies (human performance assessment methodology, security assessment methodology and the security reference materials, environmental impact assessment methodology, safety assessment methodology, etc.) and performance framework (e.g., U-space performance framework, digitalisation, automation levels, passenger experience, etc.) following e.g., the update of the ATM Master Plan, Single European Sky (SES) reference period (RP), needs expressed by SESAR solutions or observed during the execution of R&I activities, etc. (upon the explicit request of the SESAR 3 JU).
Review and consolidation of SESAR templates and assessment criteria (either for deliverable assessment and/or for maturity gate).
If required, support and coach R&I project staff to ensure the correct application of the performance methodologies (e.g., safety, human performance, (cyber)security, environment) and the performance framework.
Support, as the performance expert(s) point of contact, within each SESAR JU programme management team in particular through monitoring and consolidation of each SESAR Solution performance workflow stage(s), in preparation for robust validation plans and validation reports.
At the request of the SESAR 3 JU, contribute to solutions maturity gates to confirm that a robust performance approach based on the methodology has been applied by the projects.

Support to performance assessment and consolidation of network impact assessment: • Monitor proper implementation of SESAR performance workflow, from stage 1 in consolidation and agreement on expected performance contributions (EPC) up to stage 4 on performance result consolidation including extrapolation at ECAC level.
Capture and aggregate the performance assessments delivered (for completed SESAR solutions) and the expected performance contributions (for SESAR solutions in progress) by R&I projects, delivering a yearly programme performance report in support to the yearly ATM Master Plan strategic development monitoring report, and a final PAGAR (i.e. full PAGAR campaign) at the end of the action.
Network impact assessment: run integrated simulation on multiple SESAR Solutions, for consolidating a yearly programme performance report, assess trade-offs between key performance areas (KPAs) / key performance indicators (KPIs).
Support to SESAR 3 JU on monitoring the progress of the R&I programme on environmental sustainability, digitalisation, etc.

[1] Baselined SESAR performance framework is always aligned to the ATM Master Plan in execution in the programme.

Support to programme execution framework on performance

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