Based on the Horizon 2020 Advisory Group reports, recommendations given by Member States, European stakeholders and initiatives from society and industry, and open stakeholder consultations the scoping papers have been drafted and set out in more detail the future priorities for each part of the 2016/2017 Horizon 2020 Work Programme.

It is important to understand that the scoping papers are working documents. They are sent to the Programme Committee for the Horizon 2020 Specific Programme for discussion in the context of the preparation of the Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2016-2017. As such, information and descriptions of activities indicated in the documents may not appear in the adopted Work Programme 2016-2017, and likewise, new elements may be introduced.

The Horizon 2020 Scoping Papers are available on various websites of universities and have been compiled as downloads below: 

Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy and biotechnology - http://www.eurida-research.com/downloads/annex-11-sc2-food-scoping-paper...

Nanotechnologies, advanced materials and advanced manufacturing and processing  - http://www.eurida-research.com/downloads/annex-6-leit-nmbp-scoping-paper...