HORIZON EUROPE 2021-2027

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.

 

📄 Useful Documents: List of Participating / Associated countries to Horizon Europe

 

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Horizon Europe programme structure

Pillar I

Excellent Science

Pillar II

Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness

6 Cluster

Pillar III

Innovative Europe

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

 

News

The European Commission and Australia have successfully concluded negotiations for the ocean country’s association to Horizon Europe. The agreement will allow Australia to associate with Pillar II of the programme, starting from January 2027. This will allow Australian entities to directly access European funding under Pillar II on the same terms as participants from Member States and Associated Countries, including the possibility to coordinate project consortia.
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