HORIZON EUROPE – EIE – Interconnected Innovation Ecosystems (2027.1) – 2027

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

Forthcoming

• HORIZON-EIE-2027-01-CONNECT-01 : Startup Europe
• HORIZON-EIE-2027-01-CONNECT-02 : Reinforcing synergies between experimentation spaces and innovation procurement
• HORIZON-EIE-2027-01-CONNECT-03 : Enhancing the involvement of philanthropic organisations in innovation ecosystems

Additional information

• To find your National Contact Point (NCP): Click here

Useful

• Guidelines: Click here
• Other call documents: Click here
• Executive Agency website: Click here
• More information: Click here

• Total call budget: 34 million euros
• Budget per topic:
  • HORIZON-EIE-2027-01-CONNECT-01: 18 million euros
  • HORIZON-EIE-2027-01-CONNECT-02: 10 million euros
  • HORIZON-EIE-2027-01-CONNECT-03: 6 million euros
• Amount of the grant: between 1 million euros and 10 million euros
• Funding rate: up to 100% of the total eligible costs

This grant is a lump sum grant (except for topic : HORIZON-EIE-2027-01-CONNECT-02).