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HORIZON EUROPE – R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal – 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.

2026-09-15
275 million euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference HORIZON-CID-2026-01
Programme HORIZON EUROPE
Institution European Commission
Sectors Buildings & Public Works Business & Industry Cooperation & Development Energy Environment & Climate Finance Technology & Digital Transport
Beneficiaries All beneficiaries

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Call reference

HORIZON-CID-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:

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  • HORIZON-CID-2026-01-01 : R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal: Decarbonisation of energy intensive industries (IA) (Processes4Planet and Clean Steel partnerships)
  • HORIZON-CID-2026-01-02 : R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal: Clean Technologies for Climate Action

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 275 million euros
  • Budget per topic:
    • HORIZON-CID-2026-01-01 : 125 million euros
      HORIZON-CID-2026-01-02 : 150 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: between 15 and 25 million euros
  • Funding rate: up to 100% of the total eligible costs