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:
Forthcoming
- HORIZON-EIE-2026-01-CONNECT-01: European network of national competence centers for innovation procurement
- HORIZON-EIE-2026-01-CONNECT-02: Expanding Investment Ecosystems
- HORIZON-EIE-2026-01-CONNECT-03: Scaling up deep tech ecosystems
Additional information
- To find your National Point Contact (NPC): Click here
Useful
Financement
Total budget of the call: 14.500.000 euros
Budget per topic:
- HORIZON-EIE-2026-01-CONNECT-01: 4.5000.000 euros
- HORIZON-EIE-2026-01-CONNECT-02: 5 million euros
- HORIZON-EIE-2026-01-CONNECT-03: 5 million euros
Amount of the grant: between 1 and 5 million euros
Funding rate: up to 100% of the total eligible costs
