EP Resilient Cultural Heritage
Resilient Cultural Heritage (RCH) was established as a European co-funded partnership under the second pillar of the Horizon Europe programme and its second cluster. This partnership focuses on key research gaps and priorities defined in the JPI 2022 White Paper on Climate Heritage and the document JPI Cultural Heritage and Climate Change: New Challenges and Research Perspectives. Climate change is a global challenge that has significant impacts on cultural heritage; at the same time, however, cultural heritage has the potential to help formulate responses and mitigate the impacts of climate change on society. The RCH Partnership aims to strengthen research in the field of cultural heritage through the development and promotion of innovative solutions, assessment systems, adaptation and mitigation strategies, and risk management models. Emphasis is also placed on the systematic dissemination of results and capacity-building to ensure the effective transmission of cultural heritage to future generations. The partnership’s main ambition is to help make Europe more resilient and climate-neutral.
The RCH partnership is coordinated by the French foundation Fondation des sciences du patrimoine (FSP), which is responsible for overall strategic and organisational coordination. The partnership comprises more than 80 partners from both EU and non-EU countries.
The Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS) has become one of the partners of the RCH, through which it plans to support its institutes in six calls for proposals over the duration of the partnership from 2026 to 2033, and expects to provide funding of 400,000 euros per call for projects involving Czech teams from CAS institutes. Co-funding from the European Commission is planned at a rate of 20–22 per cent. The conditions for submitting project proposals are governed both by the transnational rules of the RCH and by the national rules of the individual partners.
- the website of the Heritage Reserach Hub - Heritage Research Hub - Join the Researcher Community
- a section on European partnership RCH - European Partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage | Heritage Research Hub
1st Joint Transnational Call of the European partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage 2027
Opening date: 4 November 2026
Main theme: Foundation for climate-resilient cultural heritage: Assessing and managing impact and risk, dealing with damage and loss
The call is open to consortia comprising at least three partners from three different participating countries. Projects must have a duration of 24 to 36 months, with implementation starting in January 2028. The CAS has allocated a budget of EUR 400,000 (incl. the EU contribution) to the call, with a maximum contribution of EUR 200,000 per project. CAS funding covers exclusively the teams based at the CAS institutes. Project proposals must be submitted by the Lead Principal Investigator of the entire consortium via the Electronic Proposal Submission System of the partnership RCH EPSS. The submission process consists of two stages. The deadline for submitting pre-proposals is 11 January 2027 at 14:00 CET, and the deadline for submitting full proposals is 16 June 2027 at 14:00 CEST.
The call is governed by both the transnational rules of the partnership and the national rules of the participating organisations.
Further information about the joint transnational call, including the list of participating partners, can be found on the partnership’s main website and the specific national regulations of the CAS are available below.
Website fo the Joint Transnatioanl Call (JTC) - RCH 2027 Joint Transnational Call
Specification of the CAS’ Regulations - pdf
CAS Privacy Policy - pdf (relates to the CAS form at the national level for successful projects)
An information webinar organised at partnership level will take place on 17 November 2026 at 14:00 CET. It will include a presentation of the call and the proposal templates, as well as an opportunity for participants to ask questions. The webinar will be recorded, and the recording will be made available on the partnership website after the event. Registration for the webinar is available via the following link RCH Informational Webinar Registration: Joint Funding Calls.
Contact person: Mgr. Bc. Lenka Koščo