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HORIZON EUROPE – WIDERA – EIC pre-accelerator – Widening – 2025

HORIZON EUROPE – WIDERA aims at bridging the gap between countries within the European Research Area, to strengthen the European ecosystem and make it more competitive, efficient, and fair.

2025-11-18
20 million euros
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Call synthesis

Call reference HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-02
Programme Horizon Europe
Institution European Commission
Sectors Energy Environment & Climate Research & Innovation Technology & Digital Territorial Development Transport
Beneficiaries EU & International Organisation Large company (> 250 employees) Research centre & university Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees) State administration & affiliated entities

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HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-02



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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-WIDERA-2025-02-ACCESS-01:EIC pre-accelerator – Widening

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 20 million euros
  • Amount of the grant: between 300.000 and 500.000 euros
  • Funding rate: up to 70% of the total eligible costs