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 the creation and better dispersion of excellent knowledge and technologies.
The are 3 main pillars in Horizon Europe, shown below:
Further sources of information on funding and projects can be found at:
- The Horizon Europe website which gives an overview of the programme, structure and work programmes.
- The CORDIS EU Results Portal which brings together all the results and projects that have been funded by the European Commission.
- The Funding and Tenders portal.
- The Horizon Europe Programme Guide.
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.
- New approach to partnerships: Objective-driven and more ambitious partnerships with industry in support of EU policy objectives.