New or enhanced Innovative Advanced Materials (IAM) enabled sensing functionality (RIA)

Published: 15.01.2026

Deadline: 15.04.2026

Available budget: EUR 85,500,000.00

The results of the evaluation for each topic are as follows:

HORIZON-CL4-2026-05-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02

HORIZON-CL4-2026-05-DIGITAL-EMERGING-03

HORIZON-CL4-2026-05-MAT-PROD-25

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)

83

59

108

Number of inadmissible proposals

1

2

0

Number of ineligible proposals

3

1

1

Number of above-threshold proposals

64

42

99

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals

1,170,345,703.75 €

499,059,353.25 €

682,299,097.77 €

Number of proposals retained for funding

2

2

3

Number of proposals in the reserve list

1

2

2

Funding threshold1

15

15

15

Ranking distribution

Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14

13

6

24

Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13

15

8

23

Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10

36

28

52

1 Proposals with the same score were ranked according to the priority order procedure set out in the call conditions (for HE, in the General Annexes to the Work Programme or specific arrangements in the specific call/topic conditions). For HE, to determine the ranking for ‘Innovation actions’, the score for ‘Impact’ is given a weight of 1.5.

Summary of observer report:

The evaluation of the proposals of this call followed the standard procedure for single stage call evaluations. The evaluation was performed in two phases: a remote one and a central one in Brussels.

The evaluation ran smoothly, and all deadlines were met. The evaluation complied with the applicable rules.

The process was transparent and fair. The quality of the consensus reports and the evaluation summary reports was excellent.

All experts complied with the requirement to act with independence, impartiality, objectivity, accuracy, and consistency. All experts worked at the highest level of quality and performance.

The guidance provided by the responsible HaDEA service through briefings, documents, and direct consultation, was excellent.

The quality of this evaluation was excellent and achieved its purpose of funding proposals of the highest quality.

We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.

For questions, please contact: the Research Enquiry Service.

Call HORIZON-CL4-2026-05 has closed on 15 April 2026.

A total of 250 proposals were submitted in response to this call.

The number of proposals for each topic is shown below:

HORIZON-CL4-2026-05-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02 - Next-Generation AI Agents for Real-World Applications in the Apply AI sectors (RIA) (Partnership in AI, Data and Robotics)

83 proposals submitted (indicative topic budget 38 EUR million)

HORIZON-CL4-2026-05-DIGITAL-EMERGING-03 - Apply AI: Next-Generation Agile and Intelligent Robotics Platforms for Industrial and Service Applications (Partnership in AI, Data and Robotics) (RIA)

59 proposals submitted (indicative topic budget 25 EUR million)

HORIZON-CL4-2026-05-MAT-PROD-25 - New or enhanced Innovative Advanced Materials (IAM) enabled sensing functionality (RIA)

108 proposals submitted (indicative topic budget 22.50 EUR million)

The evaluation results are expected to be communicated in July 2026.

Some users have encountered issues with the Detailed Budget Table (HE Lump sum). We have replaced now the template in the submission system with a version that does not create issues.

You are kindly asked to use this new version for the submission of your proposal.

We apologise for the inconvenience.

If your lump sum budget contains any cost items in cost category C and/or D, please make sure to justify these items in the ‘Any comments’ sheet of the Excel detailed lump sum budget table.

The reason is that we simplified the proposal template, removing this information from Part B and bringing it closer to the relevant budget items.

Specifically, you must include justification in the ‘Any comments’ sheet if you are in any of the following situations:

• If the sum of the costs for ’travel and subsistence’, ‘equipment’, and ‘other goods, works and services’ (i.e. the purchase costs) exceeds 15% of the personnel costs for a participant. If this is the case, justify the most expensive cost item(s) up to the level that the remaining costs are below 15% of personnel costs.
• If other cost categories (e.g. internally invoiced goods and services) are used.
• If in-kind contributions are used (non-financial resources made available free of charge by third parties, which must be included as direct costs in the corresponding cost category, e.g. personnel costs or purchase costs for equipment).