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HORIZON EUROPE – INDUSTRY-two-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.

2026-03-17
98 million euros
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Call reference HORIZON-CL4-2026-02-two-stage
Programme HORIZON EUROPE
Institution European Commission
Sectors Business & Industry 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-CL4-2026-02-DIGITAL-EMERGING-51-two-stage : AI improved advanced manufacturing and production processes in factories (RIA) (Made in Europe and AI, Data and Robotics partnerships)
  • HORIZON-CL4-2026-02-MAT-PROD-21-two-stage : Development of safe and sustainable alternatives to substances of concern (IA)
  • HORIZON-CL4-2026-02-DIGITAL-EMERGING-53-two-stage : Innovative AI methods and technologies for the process industries (RIA) (Processes4Planet and AI, Data and Robotics partnerships)

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 98 million euros
  • Budget per topic:
    • HORIZON-CL4-2026-02-DIGITAL-EMERGING-51-two-stage : 30 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL4-2026-02-DIGITAL-EMERGING-53-two-stage : 30 million euros
    • HORIZON-CL4-2026-02-MAT-PROD-21-two-stage : 38 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: between 4 million and 7.5 million euros
  • Funding rate: up to 100% of the total eligible costs