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Every open and forthcoming Horizon Europe call by cluster, with the next deadlines, rebuilt from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal whenever the calls change.
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Horizon Europe is the EU's research and innovation programme for 2021 to 2027. Most of the money for collaborative projects sits in Pillar II, organised in six clusters: health; culture, creativity and inclusive society; civil security; digital, industry and space; climate, energy and mobility; and food, bioeconomy, natural resources and environment. The European Innovation Council, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, the EU Missions and the widening calls sit beside them.
Calls follow the two-year work programme, so the 2026-2027 calls were set out in advance. Topics move from forthcoming to open to closed on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, and the tables below follow them.
Right now 81 Horizon Europe calls are open and 244 more are announced as forthcoming on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal. This table is rebuilt from the portal whenever the calls change.
| Cluster or part | Open | Forthcoming | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cluster 5: Climate, energy and mobility | 5 | 49 | 1 Dec 2026 |
| Cluster 6: Food, bioeconomy and environment | 1 | 50 | 26 Nov 2026 |
| Cluster 4: Digital, industry and space | 15 | 19 | 2 Feb 2027 |
| EU Missions | 1 | 27 | 13 Jan 2027 |
| Cluster 2: Culture, creativity and inclusive society | 0 | 27 | None open |
| Cluster 3: Civil security | 0 | 21 | None open |
| New European Bauhaus | 9 | 11 | 1 Dec 2026 |
| Cluster 1: Health | 14 | 4 | 17 Feb 2027 |
| Bridging calls across Pillar II | 9 | 4 | 28 Jan 2027 |
| Nature and biodiversity | 9 | 1 | 14 Jan 2027 |
| Widening participation | 1 | 9 | 4 Mar 2027 |
| Research infrastructures | 0 | 10 | None open |
| EuroHPC Joint Undertaking | 7 | 0 | 17 Nov 2026 |
| Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions | 1 | 6 | 24 Nov 2026 |
| RAISE (AI in science) | 4 | 0 | 24 Nov 2026 |
| European innovation ecosystems | 1 | 3 | 5 Jan 2027 |
| European Innovation Council | 2 | 0 | 1 Dec 2026 |
| Euratom | 1 | 1 | 4 Mar 2027 |
| Cross-cluster industrial calls | 0 | 2 | None open |
| European Institute of Innovation and Technology | 1 | 0 | 1 Dec 2026 |
The open calls that close soonest. Each call page has the budget, the eligible actions, the official FAQs and who won similar calls before.
| Call | Deadline |
|---|---|
| HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-SPT-10-01 | 17 Nov 2026 |
| HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QEXP-14-01 | 17 Nov 2026 |
| HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-QTI-13-01 | 17 Nov 2026 |
| HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-NAPT-11-01 | 17 Nov 2026 |
| HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-NQKD-12-01 | 17 Nov 2026 |
| HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-TIPT-09-01 | 17 Nov 2026 |
| HORIZON-RAISE-2026-01-03 | 24 Nov 2026 |
| HORIZON-MSCA-2026-DN-01-01 | 24 Nov 2026 |
| HORIZON-CL6-2026-04-GOVERNANCE-01 | 26 Nov 2026 |
| HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-03 | 1 Dec 2026 |
| HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-REGEN-01 | 1 Dec 2026 |
| HORIZON-CL5-2026-11-D3-14 | 1 Dec 2026 |
| HORIZON-EIC-2026-PRIZE-WIP-RisingInnovators | 1 Dec 2026 |
| HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-02 | 1 Dec 2026 |
| HORIZON-EIC-2026-PRIZE-WIP | 1 Dec 2026 |
A startup can join most collaborative topics as a consortium partner, usually bringing the technology, the demonstration or the route to market. Innovation Actions are the closest fit: they fund work nearer to the market and cover 70% of eligible costs for companies (100% for non-profit partners).
For a single company, the European Innovation Council is the main route: Pathfinder for early, high-risk research, Transition for moving a result towards a business case, and the Accelerator for scaling a breakthrough innovation with a grant and equity. Compare the EIC schemes before you choose.
Every call in these tables links to its EUACC call page: the budget, the type of action, the deadline, the official FAQs, the changes the Commission published, and who won similar calls before. The winners list is the practical shortlist when you need consortium partners.
If you prefer to ask, connect EUACC to your AI and ask which open Horizon Europe calls fit your technology; it answers from the same records.
The tables on this page show the current number of open and forthcoming Horizon Europe topics by cluster. They are rebuilt from the EU Funding & Tenders Portal whenever the calls change.
Yes. A startup can join collaborative topics as a consortium partner, and can apply alone to the European Innovation Council's Accelerator and, in some cases, Pathfinder and Transition.
Open calls accept proposals now. Forthcoming calls are announced with their text and deadline but do not accept submissions yet.
How the EU Funding & Tenders Portal works: finding a call, reading a topic page, the PIC, partner search, submission and the calls EU projects run for startups.
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Germany's Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM): who it funds, funding rates up to 60%, project types, and the 2026 application stop.
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