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HORIZON EUROPE – Research Infrastructures 2026 – 2026

Horizon Europe aims to strengthen the EU's science and technology base and the European Research Area (ERA), to boost Europe's innovation capacity, competitiveness and employment, and to deliver on citizens' priorities, supporting our socio-economic model and values.

2026-06-16
294,9 million euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference HORIZON-INFRA-2026-01
Programme HORIZON EUROPE
Institution European Commission
Sectors Cooperation & Development Environment & Climate EU Membership Research & Innovation Services to organisations Territorial Development
Beneficiaries EU & International Organisation Large company (> 250 employees) Research centre & university Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees)

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Call reference

HORIZON-INFRA-2026-01



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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:

Forthcoming

  • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-TECH-01-02: Digital twins and/or their major components for environment, climate and security
  • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-DEV-01-04: Strengthening the human capital managing research infrastructures, including in international context
  • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-DEV-01-05: Research infrastructures as accelerators of the integration of Ukraine in the European Research Area
  • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-DEV-01-06: Strengthening the international dimension of ESFRI and/or ERIC research infrastructures
  • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-DEV-01-01: Research infrastructure concept development including major upgrades or extensions of existing infrastructures
  • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-SERV-01-01: Implementing digital services to empower neuroscience research for health and brain inspired technology via EBRAINS
  • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-DEV-01-02: Consolidation of the research infrastructure landscape – pilots for strategic coordination, synergies and simplified access pathways, by large thematic clusters of pan-European research infrastructures
  • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-TECH-01-01: R&D for the next generation of scientific instrumentation, tools, methods, digitalisation and solutions for research infrastructure upgrades
  • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-DEV-01-07: Risk management, mitigation and contingency for ESFRI/ERIC and other world-class research infrastructures
  • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-01-EOSC-01: Uptake of FAIR data management practices and of EOSC by research communities and research infrastructures (EOSC Partnership)
  • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-DEV-01-03: Consolidation of the research infrastructure landscape – individual support for evolution, long-term sustainability and emerging needs of pan-European research infrastructures
  • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-01-EOSC-02: Trusted frameworks for secure and efficient data sharing in EOSC (EOSC Partnership)

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 294,9 million euros
  • Budget per topic:
    • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-01-EOSC-01 : 40 million euros
    • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-01-EOSC-02: 10 million euros
    • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-DEV-01-01: 10 million euros
    • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-DEV-01-02 : 40 million euros
    • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-DEV-01-03: 9,9 million euros
    • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-DEV-01-04: 2 million euros
    • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-DEV-01-05: 8 million euros
    • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-DEV-01-06: 8 million euros
    • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-DEV-01-07: 10 million euros
    • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-SERV-01-01: 32 million euros
    • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-TECH-01-01: 110 million euros
    • HORIZON-INFRA-2026-TECH-01-02: 15 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: between 1 million and 10 million euros
  • Funding rate: up to 100% of the total eligible costs