Calls for Proposals from the Joint Undertaking Clean Aviation HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01

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Date 23.06.2022
Category Call for proposal

The Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking is the European Union’s leading research and innovation programme for transforming aviation towards a sustainable and climate neutral future.

It aims to develop disruptive new aircraft technologies to support the European Green Deal, and climate neutrality by 2050. These technologies will deliver net greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions of no less than 30%, compared to 2020 state-of-the-art.

The aircraft developed will enable net CO2 reductions of up to 90% when combined with the effect of sustainable ‘drop-in’ fuels, or zero CO2 emissions in flight when using hydrogen as energy source.

With a budget of € 735.72 million, 14 new topics of this programme opened on 12 April 2022 for this first Call for Proposals of the JU.


Call Topics:

Developing a European Clean Aviation Regional Ecosystem (ECARE)

  • HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-CSA-01
  • Type of project: Coord. And Sup. Action
  • European contribution: 0.72 M€
  • 1 project expected

All 13 other Call Topics below are for Innovation Actions

Hybrid-electric powered regional aircraft topics

Multi-MW Hybrid-Electric Propulsion System for Regional Aircraft
  • HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-HER-01
  • Topic budget: 75 M€
  • Up to 2 projects expected

Thermal Management Solutions for Hybrid Electric Regional Aircraft
  • HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-HER-02
  • Topic budget: 40 M€
  • 1 project expected

Electrical Distribution Solutions for Hybrid-electric Regional Aircraft
  • HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-HER-03
  • Topic budget: 40 M€
  • 1 project expected

Innovative Wing Design for Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft
  • HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-HER-04
  • Topic budget: 20 M€
  • 1 project expected

Hydrogen-powered aircraft topics
Direct Combustion of Hydrogen in Aero-engines
  • HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-HPA-01
  • Topic budget: 115 M€ 
  • Up to 2 projects expected

Multi-MW Fuel Cell Propulsion System for Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft
  • HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-HPA-02
  • Topic budget: 50 M€ 
  • Up to 2 projects expected

Large Scale Lightweight Liquid Hydrogen Integral Storage Solutions
  • HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-HPA-03
  • Topic budget: 10 M€   
  • 1 project expected

Near Term Disruptive Technologies for Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft
  • HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-HPA-04
  • Topic budget: 7 M€ 
  • Up to 2 projects expected

Short/short-medium range aircraft topics

Ultra Efficient Propulsion Systems for Short and Short-Medium Range Aircraft
  • HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-SMR-01
  • Topic budget: 175 M€
  • Up to 3 projects expected

Ultra Performance Wing for Short and Short-medium Range Aircraft
  • HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-SMR-02
  • Topic budget: 55 M€ 
  • Up to 2 projects expected

Advanced Low Weight Integrated Fuselage and Empennage for Short Range and Short-Medium Range Aircraft
  • HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-SMR-03
  • Topic budget: 40 M€
  • 1 project expected

Transversal activity topics

Aircraft architectures & technology integration for aircraft concepts ranging from regional to short-medium range applications
  • HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-TRA-01
  • Topic budget: 90 M€
  • Up to 3 projects expected

Novel Certification Methods and Means of Compliance for Disruptive Technologies
  • HORIZON-JU-CLEAN-AVIATION-2022-01-TRA-02
  • Topic budget: 18 M€
  • 1 project expected


Eligibility: Clean Hydrogen JU is an institutionalised partnership that does not require national co-funding and legal entities based in Switzerland are eligible and the (non-) association determines the mode of financing. As Switzerland is now considered a non-associated third country, participants will receive funding via the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI).


How to Apply: Detailed topic description, conditions and documents are found with the links above.

Deadline: 23 June 2022 (5:00 pm CET)

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