Includes: preventing, diagnosing, monitoring, treating and curing diseases; non-communicable and rare diseases; mental health; diet; infectious diseases including poverty-related and neglected diseases; pandemic preparedness; one health / antimicrobial resistance (AMR): tools, technologies and digital solutions for health and care including personalised medicine; mitigating health risks; environmental, occupational and socio-economic health determinants; chemical risk assessment; making public healthcare systems more cost-effective, equitable and sustainable; and supporting and enable patients' participation and self-management. Also updates on the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI), the EU-Africa Global Health partnership (EDCTP3), and the Cancer Mission.
Includes: democracy; governance; and social and economic transformations.
Includes: fighting crime and terrorism; border management; resilient infrastructure; disaster resilience; cyber security; and supporting security through research and innovation.
Includes: artificial intelligence (AI); data and computing; quantum technologies; photonics and electronics; smart networks and connectivity; robotics; and the digital economy.
Includes: circular industrial processes; resource/energy/process efficiency; electrification and energy storage (including hydrogen, batteries, as well as carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS)); chemicals and feedstocks; plastics; construction and built environment; digital manufacturing technologies; automation and agile production; design for sustainability; advanced materials; smart and multifunctional materials (including composites, metallics, graphene, nano and bio); and raw materials and supply chain resilience.
Includes: satellite technology; access to space; space data; space science; and space robotics.
Includes: climate sciences and responses for the transformation towards climate neutrality; cross-sectoral solutions for the climate transition including a competitive and sustainable European battery value chain (Batteries Partnership); emerging breakthrough technologies and climate solutions; citizens and stakeholder engagement; and communities and cities. Also includes the Missions on: adaptation to climate change; and climate neutral and smart cities.
Includes: sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply (including: energy systems, grids and storage; global leadership in renewable energy; carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS); and cross-cutting issues); efficient, sustainable and inclusive energy use (including highly energy-efficient and climate neutral EU building stock); and the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking.
Includes: clean and competitive solutions for all transport modes (including: zero-emission road transport; aviation; enabling climate neutral, clean, smart, and competitive waterborne transport; and the impact of transport on environment and human health); safe, resilient transport and smart mobility services for passengers and goods (including: connected, cooperative and automated mobility (CCAM); multimodal and sustainable transport systems for passengers and goods; safety and resilience - per mode and across all transport modes); Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking; Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking; and the SESAR3 (Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research) Joint Undertaking.
Includes: circular solutions; innovating sustainable, resilient, valorised bio-based systems.
Includes: aquaculture; healthy diets; forestry.
Cluster 6 - Environment, Biodiversity and Natural Resources
Supports the transformation of neighbourhoods, including the built environment and common spaces,
integrating the values of sustainability, inclusivity and beauty.
Pillar III – Innovative Europe
Europe's flagship innovation programme to identify, develop and scale up breakthrough and game changing innovations.
EIE acts in complement and synergy with the EIC and EIT to improve the overall ecosystem for innovation in Europe.
Brings together Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) to tackle societal challenges in climate, digital, food, raw materials, sustainable energy innovations, health, manufacturing, urban mobility, as well as culture and creative sectors and industries. A new KIC in marine and maritime ecosystems is also expected to be set up in 2026. KICs bring together organisations from business, education and research to find innovate solutions to pressing global challenges.
Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area
Addresses disparities between EU Member States and low research and innovation (R&I) performing countries known as 'widening countries' and funds actions that focus on increasing R&I capacities. Also supports national policy and ERA priorities.
Widening Participation and Spreading Excellence: Strengthens potential for participation in transnational R&I, promotes networking and access to excellence. Funding includes: Teaming; Twinning; Excellence Hubs; ERA Chairs; Fellowships; and other activities.
Strengthening the ERA: Prioritises investments; improves access to excellence; translates R&I results into the economy; and deepens the ERA (including open science, HEIs and researchers, science education, citizen science, gender equality, ethics and integrity).
Other
Provides funding for researchers and innovators to set up interdisciplinary international research networks in Europe and beyond. This can include all fields of science and technology.
The JRC is the European Commission's science and knowledge service. It supports Horizon Europe actions through expertise and collaboration opportunities.
The Eurostars Programme is a joint programme between EUREKA and the European Commission specifically dedicated to R&D performing SMEs. Eurostars stimulates them to lead international collaborative research and innovation projects.
The programme is market-driven, focusses on the needs of SMEs, and specifically targets the development of new products, processes and services and access to transnational and international markets.
There are over 40 countries signed up to the programme and each country will have specific funding rules, for their partners, in addition to the criteria laid down by the Eureka Network.
Legal and Financial
Support and advice on all aspects of the rules for participation across Horizon Europe.
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