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Hundreds of topics; see each programme pageThe EU's €93.5 billion research and innovation programme for 2021-2027, and where each part fits
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Recorded editorial check · yesterday (9 Nov 2026)
Horizon Europe is the EU's main research and innovation programme. After the 2025 mid-term review, its indicative budget for 2021-2027 is €93.5 billion. Almost everything is awarded through calls on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, set out in work programmes.
It is organised in three pillars. Pillar I, Excellent Science, funds researchers and research infrastructure: the European Research Council (Starting, Consolidator, Advanced and Proof of Concept grants) and the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. Pillar II, Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness, funds collaborative projects in six clusters (health; culture and society; civil security; digital, industry and space; climate, energy and mobility; food, bioeconomy and environment) plus five EU missions. Pillar III, Innovative Europe, funds startups and innovators through the European Innovation Council (Pathfinder, Transition, Accelerator), plus European innovation ecosystems and the EIT.
For founders, the EIC is the direct route; the clusters suit companies that join collaborative projects; ERC and MSCA fund the research and people behind a future spin-out. The Commission has proposed €175 billion for the next programme (2028-2034).
Horizon Europe is not one grant but hundreds of calls with different rules.
Choose the part of Horizon Europe that fits your stage and goal (ERC, MSCA, a cluster, a mission or the EIC).
Find the open or forthcoming topic on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal and read its work-programme text.
Build the consortium if the topic needs one, then write the proposal in the official template.
Submit on the portal before the topic deadline; most evaluations take about five months.
The indicative budget for 2021-2027 is €93.5 billion after the mid-term review of the EU budget.
The European Innovation Council: Pathfinder for early-stage research, Transition for validation and EIC Accelerator for companies scaling breakthrough technology. Startups also join cluster projects as partners.
On the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, grouped by work programme. EUACC lists the open calls on each programme page.
The Commission proposed a new framework programme for 2028-2034 with a €175 billion budget; it is under negotiation.
Programme facts, dates and figures checked against the official sources on 2026-11-09.
Research updated: 2026-11-09
Official call documents take precedence. A listed reference is not necessarily indexed in full by the AI.
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BlendedGrant below €2.5M + up to €10M equity
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GrantUp to €4M
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GrantTopic-specific project grants
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CollaborativeGrants set by each topic
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CollaborativeTopic-specific project grants
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GrantTopic-specific grants
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Frontier research grantUp to €1.5M over 5 years
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Researcher training & mobilityPer researcher-month
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