Tackling gender-based violence in different social and economic spheres
Innovative Research on Social and Economic Transformations
Funding Amount
Amount not specified
Deadline
16/09/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution
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Grant Description
Research to collect and analyse data on the prevalence and impact of gender-based violence, including tech-facilitated forms, in the world of work, in sports and on online platforms; addressing intersecting factors and victim support; providing policy and practice recommendations and promoting best practice sharing, mutual learning and consent-focused education.
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
Projects should contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:
• Collect data and analyse the prevalence and impact of gender-based violence (GBV), including tech-facilitated GBV, in different socio-economic contexts and legislative frameworks, and provide policymakers at regional, national and EU level with actionable recommendations to address it.
• Support employers, policymakers, practitioners and civil society organisations in prevention, protection, prosecution and provision of services to address GBV, by promoting best practice sharing, mutual learning and developing education materials focused on consent.
• Collect data and analyse the prevalence and impact of gender-based violence (GBV), including tech-facilitated GBV, in different socio-economic contexts and legislative frameworks, and provide policymakers at regional, national and EU level with actionable recommendations to address it.
• Support employers, policymakers, practitioners and civil society organisations in prevention, protection, prosecution and provision of services to address GBV, by promoting best practice sharing, mutual learning and developing education materials focused on consent.
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
Proposals must:
• Address GBV in at least one of the specified areas: world of work, sports or online platforms.
• Cover both offline and online forms of GBV, including tech-facilitated abuse and AI-driven harms.
• Incorporate intersectional analysis across age, socio-economic status, migrant background, disability, race/ethnicity, religion, geography, gender identity and sexual orientation.
• Examine the roles and effectiveness of bystanders, supervisors, social partners and institutional actors (public services, law enforcement, judiciary) in prevention, response and survivor support.
• Use mixed-methods data collection: large-scale surveys, administrative and service-provider data, case studies and qualitative research where appropriate.
• Involve relevant stakeholders: employers, trade unions, civil society organisations, academia (SSH), social partners (for work-related studies), law enforcement, prosecutors and judges.
• Leverage European Research Infrastructures and the European Open Science Cloud, as well as relevant Data Spaces, to collect, store and share data.
• Ensure all data and outputs are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable (FAIR).
• Align research design and outputs with recent and forthcoming EU policy instruments: Istanbul Convention, EU Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, Commission Recommendation on child protection, ILO Convention No.190.
• Seek synergies with CERV DAPHNE projects and foster international cooperation in line with GAPIII.
• Address GBV in at least one of the specified areas: world of work, sports or online platforms.
• Cover both offline and online forms of GBV, including tech-facilitated abuse and AI-driven harms.
• Incorporate intersectional analysis across age, socio-economic status, migrant background, disability, race/ethnicity, religion, geography, gender identity and sexual orientation.
• Examine the roles and effectiveness of bystanders, supervisors, social partners and institutional actors (public services, law enforcement, judiciary) in prevention, response and survivor support.
• Use mixed-methods data collection: large-scale surveys, administrative and service-provider data, case studies and qualitative research where appropriate.
• Involve relevant stakeholders: employers, trade unions, civil society organisations, academia (SSH), social partners (for work-related studies), law enforcement, prosecutors and judges.
• Leverage European Research Infrastructures and the European Open Science Cloud, as well as relevant Data Spaces, to collect, store and share data.
• Ensure all data and outputs are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable (FAIR).
• Align research design and outputs with recent and forthcoming EU policy instruments: Istanbul Convention, EU Directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, Commission Recommendation on child protection, ILO Convention No.190.
• Seek synergies with CERV DAPHNE projects and foster international cooperation in line with GAPIII.
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
• Type of Action: Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action (HORIZON-RIA) using Lump Sum Grant model (HORIZON-AG-LS).
• Single-stage submission: opening 15 May 2025; deadline 16 September 2025, 17:00 Brussels time.
• Proposal Part B page limit: 50 pages (plus mandatory detailed budget table template).
• Eligibility: entities from EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries; specific provisions apply to non-associated third countries per Programme Guide.
• Financial and operational capacity and exclusion criteria as per Work Programme General Annexes (Annexes B & C).
• Evaluation and award procedures, scoring, thresholds and timelines as per Annexes D, F of General Annexes.
• Eligible costs covered by lump sum decision of 7 July 2021; no unit costs or actual cost reporting.
• Mandatory use of specific application, evaluation forms and Lump Sum Model Grant Agreement (version 3.3).
• Data management must comply with FAIR principles; proposals must detail how EOSC and Data Spaces will be used.
• Page formatting and submission rules per General Annexes and Application Form guidelines.
• Encouraged synergies: CERV-DAPHNE strand; projects under ‘Innovative Research on Social and Economic Transformations’ destination; international cooperation under GAPIII.
Important dates
Open from: 15/05/2025
Deadline:16/09/2025
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