Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation, with a budget of €95.5 billion.The programme facilitates collaboration and strengthens the impact of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing EU policies while tackling global challenges. It supports creating and better dispersing of excellent knowledge and technologies.

 

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Horizon Europe programme structure

Pillar I

Excellent Science

• European Research Council
• Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
• Research Infrastructures

Pillar II

Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness

6 Cluster

• Health
• Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society
• Civil Security for Society
• Digital, Industry and Space
• Climate, Energy and Mobility
• Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Pillar III

Innovative Europe

• European Innovation Council
• European Innovation Ecosystems
• European Institute of Innovation and Technology

Part: Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area

Widening participation and spreading excellence

Reforming and enhancing the European Research and Innovation system

New elements in Horizon Europe

European Innovation Council: Support for innovations with potential breakthrough and disruptive nature with scale-up potential that may be too risky for private investors. This is 70% of the budget earmarked for SMEs.

Missions: Sets of measures to achieve bold, inspirational and measurable goals within a set timeframe. There are 5 main mission areas as part of Horizon Europe.

Open science policy: Mandatory open access to publications and open science principles are applied throughout the programme Factsheet: Open science in Horizon Europe

A new approach to partnerships: Objective-driven and more ambitious partnerships with industry in support of EU policy objectives

 

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