Foundations for climate-resilient cultural heritage: Assessing and managing impact and risk, dealing with damage and loss (RCH)
unknowned at collaborative and innovative research projects designed to strengthen societal resilience through cultural heritage in Europe and beyond. The French National Research Agency (ANR) will launch a call for transnational projects in October 2026 under the Resilient Cultural Heritage (RCH) Partnership, aiming to make cultural heritage more resilient and to rethink the links between social sciences and humanities, heritage sciences and climate sciences. This call will take place in two (2) stages: submission of pre-proposals and full proposals. Call opening: October 26 th 2026 (indicative) Deadline for pre-proposal submissions: January 11 th 2027 (indicative) The objective of this call is to fund research and innovation projects that contribute to renewing the approach to cultural heritage in the face of climate change challenges. This will be achieved through a transdisciplinary approach combining humanities and social sciences, engineering sciences, and climate sciences. The funded projects are expected to generate knowledge and resources that can be used by decision-makers to implement heritage and climate policies aligned with ongoing challenges. Sub-theme 1: Risk and impact assessment and cultural heritage risk preparedness and management Sub-theme 2: Managing the loss and damage of cultural heritage impacted by climate change-induced natural hazards Sub-theme 3: Traditional, local and indigenous knowledge systems and practices as resources and frameworks for societal re
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set out in the general annexes of the Horizon Europe work programmes1. The ANR will exclusively fund French partners of selected projects, up to a maximum of €250,000 per partner [€350,000 maximum if the partner is the Lead Project Investigator (LPI)]. Pre-proposals and full-proposals must be written in English. A two-step submission and evaluation procedure has been established for joint applications: pre-proposals and full-proposals stages. In both stages, one (1) joint proposal document shall be prepared by the partners of a joint transnational project. Full-proposals will only be accepted from applicants explicitly invited by the Joint Call Secretariat to submit to participate in stage 2. Proposals must be submitted through the EPSS submission platform (proposals submitted directly to the ANR will not be eligible). On stage 2, full proposals where the consortium includes at least one (1) partner applying for funding from ANR – must follow a parallel submission procedure via the ANR’s IRIS platform. To do so, the partner applying for ANR funding, or the ‘lead’ partner if more than one (1) partners would apply for ANR funding – will be asked to notify ANR of the submission of their full proposal on stage 2 by completing a registration form on the IRIS platform. Please note that the national/regional funding organizations may require additional documentation from applicants according to national/regional regulations. It is the responsibility of each project partner to ensure that all the necessary documents are submitted on time to the appropriate recipient. Participating countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye, United Kingdom An information webinar will be held online on November 17th, 2026 from 14:00 to 16:00 (CET). Information webinar registration form RCH Call
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