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HORIZON EUROPE – Cluster 2 Partnerships – 2025

Pillar 2 of the Horizon Europe programme aims to boost innovation, competitiveness, and employment in Europe through collaborative projects, international partnerships, and funding opportunities accessible to companies of all sizes and sectors.

2025-09-16
60 million euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference HORIZON-CL2-2025-03
Programme Horizon Europe
Institution European Commission
Sectors Business & Industry Cooperation & Development Culture, Media & Communication Education & Training EU Membership Other Research & Innovation Services to organisations Territorial Development
Beneficiaries Association & NGO EU & International Organisation Large company (> 250 employees) Local Authority & Affiliated Entity Media & cultural organisation Professional organisation & network Research centre & university Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees) State administration & affiliated entities Training organisation & school

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HORIZON-CL2-2025-03



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Priorities and funded actions

Some Horizon Europe budgets are structured in response to policy ambitions (“destinations”) and deployed through calls for proposals targeting more specific thematic/sector (“Topics”). Thus, your application must be linked to a topic of a call for proposals.

Various categories of projects are eligible:

  • RIA, Research and Innovation Actions: Basic and applied research / Technology development and adoption / Testing and validation of a prototype in the laboratory ;
  • IA, Innovation Actions: Prototypes, tests, demonstrations, pilot projects, market placement. These actions may include limited R&D activities ;
  • CSA, Coordination and Support Actions: Networking, studies & conferences, communication, studies for new research infrastructures ;
  • MSCA, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions / ERC individual grants: Training networks for researchers, Individual grants for experienced researchers, Staff exchange – mobility for researchers and non-scientific staff.

In addition, calls specify the categories of eligible beneficiaries:

  • Collaborative projects, composed of a coordinator and several partners organisations (consortium) ;
  • Single-beneficiary projects, involving a single organization ;
  • Individual scholarships, open to natural persons in their own name with their home institution.

TOPICS:

Open

  • HORIZON-CL2-2025-03-HERITAGE-01: Co-funded European partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage

Additional information

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 60 million euros
  • Budget per topic:
    • HORIZON-CL2-2025-03-HERITAGE-01: 60 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: around 60 million euros
  • Funding rate: between 30% and 70% of the total eligible costs