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HORIZON EUROPE – ENERGY – 2026

Pillar 2 of the Horizon Europe programme aims to boost innovation, competitiveness, and employment in Europe through collaborative projects, international partnerships, and funding opportunities accessible to companies of all sizes and sectors.

2026-12-01
131.5 million euros
Open

Call synthesis

Call reference HORIZON-CL5-2026-11
Programme HORIZON EUROPE
Institution European Commission
Sectors Business & Industry Cooperation & Development Energy Research & Innovation Technology & Digital
Beneficiaries Large company (> 250 employees) Research centre & university Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees)

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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-CL5-2026-11-D3-04: De-risking renewable fuel technologies through transnational pre-commercial procurement of renewable fuel industrial value chains
  • HORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-05: Demonstration of solid biofuel supply and conversion to high efficiency CHP from fully sustainable regional value chain
  • HORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-06: Resource assessment for deep sedimentary and basement reservoirs
  • HORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-14: Improved system design for innovative PV applications (EUPI-PV Partnership)
  • HORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-23: Data sharing to support the training and development of AI foundation models in the energy sector

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 131.5 million euros
  • Budget per topic:
    • HORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-04: 40 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-05: 13.5 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-06: 18 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-14: 30 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-23: 30 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: between 1 million and 4 million euros
  • Funding rate: up to 70% of the total eligible costs