Following on from Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation.
Objectives
- To develop, promote and advance scientific excellence, to support the creation and diffusion of high-quality new fundamental and applied knowledge, of skills, technologies and solutions, to support training and mobility of researchers, to attract talent at all levels and contribute to the full engagement of the Union’s talent pool in actions supported under the Programme
- To generate knowledge, strengthen the impact of R&I in developing, supporting and implementing Union policies and support the access to and uptake of innovative solutions in European industry, in particular SMEs, and in society to address global challenges, including climate change and the SDGs
- To foster all forms of innovation, facilitate technological development, demonstration and knowledge and technology transfer, strengthen deployment and exploitation of innovative solutions
- To optimise the Programme’s delivery with a view to strengthening and increasing the impact and attractiveness of the ERA, to foster excellence-based participation from all Member States, including low R&I performing countries, in the Programme and to facilitate collaborative links in European R&I
Structure
Pillar I “Excellence Science”:
- European Research Council (ERC)
- Marie actions Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA)
- Research infrastructures
Pillar II Global challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness:
- Cluster Health
- Cluster Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society
- Cluster Civil Security for Society
- Cluster Digital, Industry and Space
- Cluster Climate, Energy and Mobility
- Cluster Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
- Non-nuclear direct actions of the Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Pillar III “Innovative Europe”:
- European Innovation Council (EIC)
- European innovation ecosystems
- European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
Priorities
- Cancer
- Adaptation to climate change including societal transformation
- Healthy oceans, seas coastal and inland waters
- Climate-neutral and smart cities
- Soil health and food
For the period 2025-2027, there will be a focus on these priorities:
- Green Transition
- Digital Transition
- A more resilient, competitive, inclusive and democratic Europe
In this context, the following 9 partnerships will be established:
- Brain Health
- Forests and Forestry for a Sustainable Future
- Innovative Materials for EU
- Raw Materials for the Green and Digital Transition
- Resilient Cultural Heritage
- Social Transformations and Resilience
- Solar Photovoltaics
- Textiles of the Future
- Virtual Worlds.
