# Advancing lead markets and proof-of-concept for deep tech solutions contributing to EU Missions
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**topic id:** HORIZON-MISS-2026-07-CROSS-03
**call id:** HORIZON-MISS-2026-01
**title:** Advancing lead markets and proof-of-concept for deep tech solutions contributing to EU Missions
**programme:** Horizon Europe
**cluster:** MISS
**status:** closed
**deadline date:** 2026-03-31T00:00:00+00:00
**deadline model:** single-stage
**start date:** 2025-12-09T00:00:00+00:00
**url:** https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/HORIZON-MISS-2026-07-CROSS-03
**description:** Expected Outcome:
Expected outcomes:
• Stakeholders in Missions on European, national and regional level embrace their roles as actors in ‘lead markets for innovative products and services with a purpose’ that are provided by public investments in mission objectives.
• Some cutting-edge technologies at lower technology levels (i.e. not yet at product development stage) potentially relevant to EU Missions are advanced towards market entry by appropriate tools (for example ‘proof concept’, ‘procurement of innovation’ or others)
• A better alignment between public procurement, private investment, and missions’ requirement fosters favourable conditions for creation of lead markets.
 Scope:
This call aims to accelerate the scaling and deployment of innovative technologies by leveraging EU Missions as catalysts for lead markets. It will support both public and private stakeholders in fostering demand-driven innovation while developing proof-of-concept for deep tech solutions relevant to the Missions. By integrating Social Sciences and Humanities insights, the call will also address barriers to market uptake, risk perception, and stakeholder engagement to create enabling conditions for investment in high-impact technologies.
Proposals should aim at:
• Scaling up innovations: develop proof-of-concept for deep tech solutions that have the potential to address EU Mission challenges (up to TRL 7).
• Enabling lead markets for mission-driven technologies: identify and test models that mobilise public and private stakeholders to create demand for emerging solutions, ensuring alignment with public interests (e.g., workplace safety, risk management, procurement strategies).
• Mobilising resources to experiment innovative procurement and financing models - like procurement of innovation, competitive dialogue or other innovation friendly procurement methods - to develop and test innovative regulatory, policy, and financial mechanisms to accelerate the uptake of high-risk, high-reward technologies in public services markets. 
 Maximum 50% of the grant awarded can be used to support actual procurement of solutions by public service companies preferentially in small projects and supporting maximum of 25% of the procurement. Prior agreement with EU commission services is required in due time.
Projects should take into account relevant insights from the projects working on the topic “Understanding and overcoming barriers to the scale-up of technologies supporting EU Missions.”
Projects should cover ideally all missions, and preference will be given to proposals covering several missions.
**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.
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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
If projects use satellite-based earth observation, positioning, navigation and/or related timing data and services, beneficiaries must make use of Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS (other data and services may additionally be used).

The specific conditions for actions with PCP/PPI procurements in section H of the General Annexes apply to grants funded under this topic.

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
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 RIA, IA) 

Guidance
HE Programme Guide 
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
HE MGA 

Additional documents:
 HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 1. General Introduction
HE Main Work Programme 2025 – 12. Missions
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
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
**action type:** HORIZON Innovation Actions
**budget:** 
  **budget Years Columns:** 
    - 2025
  **budget Topic Action Map:** 
    **110721:** 
      -         **action:** HORIZON-MISS-2026-07-CROSS-01 - HORIZON-CSA HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2025:** 1000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-03-31
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 1
        **max Contribution:** 1000000
        **min Contribution:** 1000000
        **planned Opening Date:** 2025-12-09
    **110722:** 
      -         **action:** HORIZON-MISS-2026-07-CROSS-02 - HORIZON-RIA HORIZON  Research and Innovation Actions
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2025:** 2000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-03-31
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 1
        **max Contribution:** 2000000
        **min Contribution:** 2000000
        **planned Opening Date:** 2025-12-09
    **110723:** 
      -         **action:** HORIZON-MISS-2026-07-CROSS-03 - HORIZON-IA HORIZON Innovation Actions
        **budget Year Map:** 
          **2025:** 8000000
        **deadline Dates:** 
          - 2026-03-31
        **deadline Model:** single-stage
        **expected Grants:** 2
        **max Contribution:** 4000000
        **min Contribution:** 4000000
        **planned Opening Date:** 2025-12-09
**keywords:** HORIZON-MISS-2026-07-CROSS-03, HORIZON-MISS-2026-01, Disruptive innovation, Innovation strategies, Innovation support services
**last synced at:** 2026-11-09T17:23:17.403+00:00

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