European UnionDeadline PassedNon-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
Gender differences in career trajectories of parents and their implications for gender equality and family well-being
HORIZON-CL2-2025-02-TRANSFO-04-two-stage
Funding Amount
Amount not specified
Deadline
16/09/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other
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What is the Gender differences in career trajectories of parents and their implications for gender equality and family well-being Call?
Grant Description
Research into gender differences in career trajectories of parents, identifying impacts on gender inequalities in the labour market and within households, assessing links to family well-being across different policy settings, and providing evidence-based policy options to reduce gaps and support family outcomes.
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
Projects are expected to deliver:
• Enhanced understanding among policymakers, social partners, and other stakeholders of gender differences in parental career trajectories and their role in perpetuating labour-market and household gender inequalities
• Clear insights into how parental career and childcare decisions affect family well-being across different policy and institutional settings
• Evidence-based policy options and recommendations to reduce gender gaps in labour market outcomes for parents and to strengthen family well-being
• Enhanced understanding among policymakers, social partners, and other stakeholders of gender differences in parental career trajectories and their role in perpetuating labour-market and household gender inequalities
• Clear insights into how parental career and childcare decisions affect family well-being across different policy and institutional settings
• Evidence-based policy options and recommendations to reduce gender gaps in labour market outcomes for parents and to strengthen family well-being
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
Proposals must:
• Identify and quantify key gender differences in parents’ career trajectories and link these to gender gaps in socio-economic outcomes (employment, pay, entrepreneurship, occupational choice, career progression, working conditions, mental health, poverty risks)
• Adopt an intersectional perspective, examining how career trajectories vary by household composition, socio-economic status, gender identity, migrant background, race/ethnicity
• Assess positive and negative impacts of parental career patterns on family well-being, considering diversity of family arrangements, number and age of children (especially pre-school), relationship stability, and resource availability
• Analyse major drivers of parental career and household decisions, focusing on unpaid childcare division, social/cultural norms and stereotypes, sector- and occupation-specific work cultures, and policy/institutional frameworks (early childhood education and care quality, availability, affordability; maternity/paternity/parental leave; flexible work arrangements; teleworking)
• Employ longitudinal data from administrative or survey sources for both parental career and child well-being outcomes
• Develop quantitative models to disentangle individual and structural drivers of gendered career patterns
• Conduct in-depth qualitative research and case studies to explore lived experiences of mothers and fathers
• Leverage services and data of European Research Infrastructures (EOSC, Data Spaces) where applicable, ensuring FAIR data outputs
• Identify and quantify key gender differences in parents’ career trajectories and link these to gender gaps in socio-economic outcomes (employment, pay, entrepreneurship, occupational choice, career progression, working conditions, mental health, poverty risks)
• Adopt an intersectional perspective, examining how career trajectories vary by household composition, socio-economic status, gender identity, migrant background, race/ethnicity
• Assess positive and negative impacts of parental career patterns on family well-being, considering diversity of family arrangements, number and age of children (especially pre-school), relationship stability, and resource availability
• Analyse major drivers of parental career and household decisions, focusing on unpaid childcare division, social/cultural norms and stereotypes, sector- and occupation-specific work cultures, and policy/institutional frameworks (early childhood education and care quality, availability, affordability; maternity/paternity/parental leave; flexible work arrangements; teleworking)
• Employ longitudinal data from administrative or survey sources for both parental career and child well-being outcomes
• Develop quantitative models to disentangle individual and structural drivers of gendered career patterns
• Conduct in-depth qualitative research and case studies to explore lived experiences of mothers and fathers
• Leverage services and data of European Research Infrastructures (EOSC, Data Spaces) where applicable, ensuring FAIR data outputs
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
- Grant type: Horizon Europe Lump Sum Grant (HORIZON-AG-LS), Research and Innovation Actions (RIA)
• Two-stage call: Stage 1 deadline 16 September 2025, Stage 2 deadline 17 March 2026 (both at 17:00 Brussels time)
• Stage 1 proposal (Part B) must not exceed 10 pages; Stage 2 templates and page limits apply separately
• Eligible participants and conditions per Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes B (countries, specific provisions), C (financial and operational capacity), D (evaluation criteria), E (page limits), F (submission and evaluation process), G (audit and controls)
• Lump-sum funding model governed by the 7 July 2021 Decision; applicants must follow detailed budget and MGA templates in the Submission System
• Proposals must select and address the relevant destination description from the Work Programme (“Innovative Research on Social and Economic Transformations 2025”)
• International cooperation is encouraged where relevant
• Data produced must comply with FAIR principles and, where applicable, leverage EOSC federated infrastructures and Data Spaces
• Applicants must use the official application and evaluation forms and adhere to all Funding & Tenders Portal rules, terms, and guidance
• Two-stage call: Stage 1 deadline 16 September 2025, Stage 2 deadline 17 March 2026 (both at 17:00 Brussels time)
• Stage 1 proposal (Part B) must not exceed 10 pages; Stage 2 templates and page limits apply separately
• Eligible participants and conditions per Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes B (countries, specific provisions), C (financial and operational capacity), D (evaluation criteria), E (page limits), F (submission and evaluation process), G (audit and controls)
• Lump-sum funding model governed by the 7 July 2021 Decision; applicants must follow detailed budget and MGA templates in the Submission System
• Proposals must select and address the relevant destination description from the Work Programme (“Innovative Research on Social and Economic Transformations 2025”)
• International cooperation is encouraged where relevant
• Data produced must comply with FAIR principles and, where applicable, leverage EOSC federated infrastructures and Data Spaces
• Applicants must use the official application and evaluation forms and adhere to all Funding & Tenders Portal rules, terms, and guidance
Important dates
Open from: 15/05/2025
Deadline:16/09/2025
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