# Horizon Standardisation Booster (CSA)
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**topic id:** HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-60
**call id:** HORIZON-CL4-2025-01
**title:** Horizon Standardisation Booster (CSA)
**programme:** Horizon Europe
**cluster:** CL4
**status:** closed
**deadline date:** 2025-09-23T00:00:00+00:00
**deadline model:** single-stage
**start date:** 2025-05-22T00:00:00+00:00
**url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-60
**description:** Expected Outcome:Proposals are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
• Increased participation of research performers in standardisation activities by establishing a long-term, sustainable link between R&I and standardisation.
• Increased development and adaptation of standards to meet new industrial needs, particularly in critical technology areas, driven by EU and national research.
• Increased uptake of new technologies through enhanced standardisation activities.
 Scope:Standards are crucial in ensuring the safety, functionality, and interoperability of EU products. They help maintain compliance with policy and legal requirements while also enabling access to global markets when they are cutting-edge and established through international organisations. This highlights the important role that standards play in the EU's policy agenda, particularly in initiatives like the Digital Decade, the New Industrial Strategy for Europe, the Commission’s EU standardisation strategy[1], the Communication on Advanced Materials for Industrial Leadership[2] and the Communication on European Economic Security Strategy[3]. Future Commission actions – whether it is the implementation of legal frameworks like the AI and Data Act or the roll-out of the Commission Recommendation on critical technology areas[4] for the EU’s economic security – will depend on standards.
To maximize the impact of R&I, early integration of standardisation, as recommended in the Code of Practice on standardisation[5], is crucial for aligning innovations with policy goals and enhancing market competitiveness.
This action aims to create a full-fledged standardisation mentoring scheme, by providing expert services to European projects to valorise project results by contributing to the creation or revision of standards. The action should take into account the achievements and lessons learnt of the Horizon Standardisation Booster (HS Booster) pilot, which is running from April 2022 to March 2025. In line with the EU Standardisation Strategy, the HS Booster aims to increase the impact of European standardisation resulting from Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects by designing, launching, and managing a dedicated service for beneficiaries.
To further support the valorisation of project results, the full-fledged Standardisation Booster will assist beneficiaries, primarily, but not exclusively, in the technology domains identified by the Commission Recommendation on critical technology areas[4], whose research results appear to lead to the revision or creation of a standard. This service will involve testing the relevance of their results for standardisation activities.
The premium service concept of the currently running Horizon Booster pilot has a proven track record of providing pertinent support. A similar, high-quality concept is fundamental for a booster successor. It is crucial that such a service increases the number of European standards, compared with the ongoing service scheme. Therefore, the HSbooster.eu platform and tools should be further developed, promoted, and utilised to reach their full potential.
Education and training are prerequisites for a successful and mutually beneficial relationship between R&I and standardisation. A future booster should increase the use of the existing Training Academy, continuously add new elements based on user feedback and data tracking, and be further developed and advertised to enhance usage.
Scaling and full implementation at the member state level are paramount for a booster to create significant and long-term impact. Therefore, besides ongoing and closed Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects, and other EU-funded projects, the Booster will be open to national publicly funded R&I projects. The service will help these beneficiaries engage with standardisation bodies and contribute primarily to the creation of standards through preparation and elaboration of standardisation activities, such as participating in focus groups, setting up new technical committees, drafting technical specifications or technical reports.
Applicants can vary widely, including standard development organisations, research and technology organisations (RTOs), universities, private companies, SMEs, industrial partners, innovation agencies and national metrology institutes. The project may benefit from being addressed by a consortium that is formed by experts in standardisation, able to support Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, and other publicly funded project beneficiaries.
[1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52022DC0031
[2] https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/document/download/0fcf06ea-c242-44a6-b2cb-daed39584996_en?filename=com_2024_98_1_en_act_part1.pdf
[3] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52023JC0020&qid=1687525961309
[4] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202302113
[5] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32023H0498&qid=1678171117168
[6] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202302113
**conditions:** General conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible Countries
described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.
A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.

3. Other Eligible Conditions
described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes.

4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes.

5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes.

5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual.

5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
Beneficiaries may provide financial support to third parties. The support to third parties can only be provided in the form of grants. The maximum amount to be granted to each third party is EUR 60 000.

Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025). [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf]].

described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes.

Specific conditions
 described in the [specific topic of the Work Programme]

Application and evaluation forms and model grant agreement (MGA):
 Application form templates — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Standard application form (HE CSA) 
Evaluation form templates — will be used with the necessary adaptations 
Standard evaluation form (HE CSA) 
Guidance
HE Programme Guide 
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Lump Sum MGA 
Call-specific instructions 
Detailed budget table (HE LS) 
Information on financial support to third parties (HE) 
Information on clinical studies (HE) 
Guidance: "Lump sums - what do I need to know?"

Additional documents:
 HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 1. General Introduction
HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 7. Digital, Industry and Space
HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 14. General Annexes
HE Programme Guide
HE Framework Programme 2021/695
HE Specific Programme Decision 2021/764 
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Decision authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment 
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement 
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual 
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions 
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
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