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HORIZON EUROPE – Call 04 – single stage – 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.

2026-11-26
23 million euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference HORIZON-CL6-2026-04
Programme HORIZON EUROPE
Institution European Commission
Sectors Agriculture & Fisheries Business & Industry Cooperation & Development Research & Innovation Technology & Digital
Beneficiaries Large company (> 250 employees) Professional organisation & network Research centre & university Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees)

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HORIZON-CL6-2026-04



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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-CL6-2026-04-GOVERNANCE-01: Additional activities for the European Partnership of Agriculture of Data

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 23 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: around 60 million euros
  • Funding rate:  between 70% and 100% of the total eligible costs