Enhanced Learning Strategies for General Purpose AI: Advancing GenAI4EU (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics Partnership)

Code: 37995 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-07 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

Soft Robotics for Advanced physical capabilities (IA) (AI/Data/Robotics Partnership)

Code: 37992 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-05 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

Soft robotics represents an important avenue to advance robotics, particularly for enhancing safety and physical interaction. Its potential lies in creating systems with intrinsic and functional safety, capable of securely interacting with humans across various scenarios. By using compliant designs, these systems overcome the limitations of rigid robotic systems, such as limited adaptability and reduced safety around humans. Novel design methods, the use of smart materials, deformable physical architectures, and bioinspired approaches are key to improving robotic performance. However, significant challenges remain in learning, modelling, simulation, control, actuation, sensing, and the integration of soft electronics.

To address this, proposals should focus on exploiting novel materials and design methods for non-rigid structures, along with advanced control techniques for soft robotic systems.

Assessment methodologies for General Purpose AI capabilities and risks (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics Partnership)

Code: 37990 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-04 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to the development of increasingly sophisticated general-purpose AI (GPAI) models and systems. These models, such as large language models and multimodal AI systems, demonstrate remarkable capabilities across a wide range of tasks. However, assessing the capabilities of these models remains a significant challenge. Traditional evaluation methods often fail to capture the full spectrum of abilities exhibited by GPAI models and systems. Therefore, there is a pressing need for the development of new assessment frameworks, methodologies and tools that can comprehensively evaluate these models in terms of their trustworthy and ethical behaviour and operation, ensuring their reliability, fairness, and alignment with human values.

Advanced sensor technologies and multimodal sensor integration for multiple application domains (IA) (Photonics Partnership)

Code: 37987 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

The scope of this topic focuses on the advancement and application of photonic sensor technologies and their integration into multimodal systems. Proposals are expected to address the development of sensor technologies and their validation through trials in realistic use cases. This includes exploring multi-modal sensor capabilities, as well as employing sensor fusion and machine learning approaches for the analysis of sensor data.

Software Engineering for AI and generative AI (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics Partnership)

Code: 37985 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DATA-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

The latest developments in AI are demanding computation infrastructures designed to maximize the number of FLOPS. Europe has a window of opportunity to leverage open source and ensure that the European industry is at the cutting edge of these new processing infrastructures. The current methods and tools to develop and efficiently deliver AI pipelines and complex generative AI applications present several shortcomings.

Current identified challenges include the continuous management of data pipelines, novel testing methods (e.g. differential testing or improved performance testing), optimized deployment strategies (in terms of using energy efficient resources or the best performant), management of dependencies with a diverse set of types of hardware, algorithm bias and discrimination against certain groups, determined by characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, age or disability, as well as the maintenance of the effectiveness of AI applications, notably generative AI ones. The explainability of AI models is another crucial challenge that must be also tackled at the software engineering level, possibly in synergy with explainability methods at the machine learning stage. Also, large language models and foundational models require the development and operation of complex system architectures that need to handle data processing at large scale, continuous training of models and inference. Furthermore, AI pipelines and generative AI application also strongly suffer from poor protection against learning dataset poisoning, as well as prompt poisoning; software engineering methods and tools providing support to protect against those attacks are thus direly required. This presents novel challenges for developers that will need to be addressed with the development of new methods, mechanisms and tools covering the above, including neuromorphic computing, but not limited to.

Empowering AI/generative AI along the Cognitive Computing continuum (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics Partnership)

Code: 37983 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-04-DATA-02 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

The Cloud to Edge Continuum needs to provide seamless and trustworthy integration of diverse computing and data environments spanning from core cloud to edge to IoT and support the enormous data, processing needs, and new resource types brought by next generation AI technologies.

Different types of AI processes pose different requirements that compute infrastructures need to meet to execute them. The state-of-the-art in generative AI and large language models is heavily reliant on high-performance processing and very large AI models. Cutting-edge hardware accelerators that power these processing systems are scarce on the market and only available in highly specialised, high-performance infrastructures in certain cloud and HPC environments at considerable costs. At the same time, the requirement to gather, process, and transmit massive amounts of data to the central data processing environment remains a barrier for many AI applications. All these factors urge the emergence of efficient tools and mechanisms to empower the distribution of AI training and inference processes throughout the computing continuum.

Innovative Advanced Materials (IAMs) for conformable, flexible or stretchable electronics (RIA) (Innovative Advanced Materials for Europe partnership)

Code: 37980 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-MATERIALS-47 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

The concept of “ubiquitous electronics” can be a unique opportunity for the EU, opening up new avenues for e.g., wearable electronics, e-textile, e-skin, wellbeing solutions and Internet of wearable things (IoWT), which represent strategic markets for the EU. Innovative and advanced materials (IAMs) can enable new technologies and the much-needed paradigm of an electronic device that can adapt to any substrate. Despite the progress made in this field, current devices are made up of a limited proportion of flexible, conformable, and stretchable components, mainly sensors, while the rest of the circuit remains rigid, limiting this technology shift.

The overall objective is to discover Innovative Advanced Materials (IAMs), including 2DMs, with improved properties in terms of flexibility, conformability and stretchability that can enable novel flexible electronic applications, with a focus on environmentally friendly technologies with reduced carbon footprint processing.

Innovative Advanced Materials (IAMs) for photonics, enabling low-power and ultra-broadband performance for telecommunication (RIA) (Innovative Advanced Materials for Europe partnership)

Code: 37974 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-MATERIALS-46 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

IAMs can be the ideal candidate for several applications in photonics and optoelectronics. These include ultrafast integrated photonic circuits, with modulators, waveguides, detectors, emitters and switches, which play a crucial role in the ongoing quest to increase the speed of data transmission in telecommunications networks. In addition, they find utility in high-frequency transmitter modulators and receiver demodulators, which are essential for advancing wireless telecommunications technologies. They can also serve as integral components in optical interconnects for data centers, high-performance computing (HPCs), and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) computing systems.

GenAI for Africa

Code: 37972 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-04-HUMAN-08 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

International cooperation in semiconductors (CSA)

Code: 37970 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-19 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

The CSA on semiconductors and semiconductor-based photonics will support the European Commission and Member States by mapping global supply chains and industrial strengths, identifying opportunities for cooperation, and defining key research areas beneficial for Europe. It will analyse risks to EU technological leadership and economic security, including issues like overproduction, export controls, and non-market practices. The action will also promote standardisation, joint events, researcher mobility, and prepare comparative analyses of international cooperation modalities.

GenAI4EU central Hub (CSA) (AI/Data/Robotics Partnership)

Code: 37967 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-18 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

This horizontal Coordination and Support Action for GenAI4EU will develop a strong and visible European GenAI ecosystem of developers and users, aiming to strengthen the coordination, impact and visibility of the GenAI4EU initiative across diverse sectors. This CSA should be prepared, managed and coordinated by the key stakeholders in this field, in particular those active in developing local GenAI communities, tech transfer, attracting investment, and making the European GenAI stakeholders visible.

Serving as a hub for collaboration, this project seeks to streamline efforts in developing high-impact GenAI-based applications while fostering cooperation among various GenAI stakeholders, from startups, academia and large user industries, including large IT suppliers and integrators.

It will support all the Horizon Europe Pillar 2 clusters, in addressing their policy needs through the implementation of the GenAI4EU initiative, in particular in supporting mechanisms to pool efficiently and make sufficient data of high quality available (in particular from the European Data Spaces, but exploiting other sources of data as appropriate), and facilitate collaboration with the AI Factories.

The proposed project is expected to involve close collaboration and coordination among the projects implementing GenAI4EU, developing a strong community. It should also help them to maximise their impact and increase their visibility.

Specific support for the Virtual Worlds Partnership and the Web 4.0 initiative (CSA) (Virtual Worlds Partnership)

Code: 37965 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-17 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

The launch of the co-programmed European Partnership for Virtual Worlds aims to build a strong industrial and end-user ecosystem in the EU, engaging society and providing access to funding, expertise, and technology across the virtual worlds value chain. The Coordination and Support Action (CSA) will be led by key stakeholders and is expected to deliver Strategic Research and Innovation Agendas (SRIAs) for both Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0, ensuring they are open, interoperable, sustainable, inclusive, and aligned with EU values. It will establish a European Virtual Worlds Partnership, strengthen links across EU and national initiatives, promote awareness and outreach, and support standardisation. Ultimately, it seeks to create a competitive ecosystem where European companies play a leading role in developing, deploying, and adopting safe, ethical, and trustworthy Virtual Worlds.

Drive the evolution of the internet towards open and interoperable Web 4.0 and Virtual Worlds: building blocks in priority areas (RIA) (Virtual Worlds Partnership)

Code: 37962 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-16 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

The aim of this topic is to advance the evolution of the internet towards open and interoperable Web 4.0 enabling Virtual Worlds, ensuring seamless user experience navigating across platforms by increasing the take up of digital commons technologies and other Open Source solutions in Europe. The action will thus leverage the strong and active community of European Open Source innovators that can contribute to relevant digital commons to deliver on key features of virtual worlds.

This topic will support early demonstrations for Web 4.0 and its architectural framework, through the use of key building blocks where there is sufficient level of maturity and critical mass of commons contributors (such as in the context of the Next Generation Internet initiative).

The envisaged Web 4.0 shall be powered by open and decentralised technologies enabling interoperability between platforms and networks and freedom of choice for the users. It should be developed through Open Source / digital commons and tackle security, scalability and sustainability at the core of the technological developments.

Applicants should define the mechanisms for contributing to and aligning with the strategic roadmap for research and innovation and the architectural Framework as it becomes available from the specific separate support action HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-17: Specific support for the Virtual Worlds Partnership and the Web 4.0 initiative (CSA).

Applicants should devise appropriate mechanisms for cooperating with the other projects under this action to ensure that they work in a coherent way towards the vision of an open, interoperable Web 4.0

GenAI4EU: Generative AI for Virtual Worlds: Advanced technologies for better performance and hyper personalised and immersive experience (IA) (AI/Data/Robotics & Virtual Worlds Partnerships)

Code: 37959 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-15 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

Generative AI, at the edge and integrated in devices, will bring better performance, a more personalised and a more immersive experience for an inclusive and wider adoption of Virtual Worlds. Small and frugal AI models would enable faster inference contributing to lower latency while improving security and privacy by processing data closer to the user, preserving EU Values. Smart digital assistants will accompany users throughout their journey within Virtual Worlds, bringing new innovative communication modalities, advancing collaborative intelligence and decision-making AI capabilities.

Core technologies for virtual worlds (RIA) (Virtual Worlds and Photonics Partnerships)

Code: 37956 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-14 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

Virtual worlds will impact the way people live, work, create and share content, the way public administrations interact with citizens as well as the way businesses operate, innovate, produce and interact with customers.

Multimodal interaction and immersion are key dimensions of Virtual Worlds and will be supported by innovative optics and photonics technologies to achieve the full potential of Virtual Worlds core technologies.

A broader adoption of Virtual Worlds will need better and more realistic immersion and interaction, mixing modalities, sensors and actuators for an ever-improved user experience: touch, smell, haptics, etc will be better stimulated, bringing users closer to real-world sensations, serving Virtual Worlds.

Many challenges remain to be addressed to realize optics and photonics technical solutions that offer high-performance, excellent visual quality, high-quality user experience, and sustainable services and devices, for head-mounted displays (HMD), autostereoscopic displays or sensing devices.

Coupled with display and sensing technologies, algorithms and metrics should be considered to exploit the underlying light (transportation) models given the utilized modality and address e.g. scene representation, content generation, compression, transmission, content reconstruction, content-to-display adaptation, or rendering. Moreover, the quality of integration, both from a user and technological perspective, will be essential for a broad adoption of Virtual Worlds.

Challenge-Driven GenAI4EU Booster (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics Partnership)

Code: 37953 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-09 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

This initiative seeks to boost Europe’s developer community and accelerate the adoption of trustworthy Generative AI in three strategic sectors crucial for competitiveness: aerospace, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications. In pharmaceuticals, GenAI can revolutionise drug discovery by rapidly generating target-specific molecules, reducing development time from years to seconds, and helping to prevent health crises such as COVID-19. In aerospace, it can optimise aircraft design, streamline manufacturing, predict maintenance needs through sensor data, improve route planning, and enhance pilot training with realistic simulations. In telecommunications, it enables the creation of intelligent and automated networks with applications in network management, optimisation, healing, slicing, predictive maintenance, and mapping. Proposals must focus exclusively on one sector, design and implement a multi-stage competition around industry-driven challenges, and provide participating companies with technical guidance, business mentoring, and access to data. Strategic industry players should be core partners, ensuring the work is relevant and impactful. While the outcomes will be pre-competitive, each proposal must include a draft exploitation plan, with the consortium responsible for guiding the competitions and supporting participants in developing powerful, industry-ready solutions.

Strengthening the fabless Start-up and SME ecosystem in Europe (CSA)

Code: 37950 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-08 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

Fabless semiconductor start-ups and SMEs play a key role in driving innovation and economic growth within the global technology sector. These companies, which design chips and outsource their manufacturing, are at the forefront of technological advancements, fueling innovative developments in semiconductor technologies related to AI, data processing, communications, automotive, and more. Globally, fabless companies contribute to approximately 50% of chip revenues. However, Europe’s share in this crucial market is less than 1%, highlighting a significant gap that needs to be addressed to strengthen Europe’s strategic autonomy and economic security. European fabless startups and SMEs often face significant challenges in accessing cohesive and timely information, financial resources, and relevant infrastructures and services. Nurturing and supporting the growth of European fabless SMEs is essential for building a competitive ecosystem that fosters rapid innovation, job creation, and sustainable growth. This Coordination and Support Action (CSA) aims to bridge this gap by providing targeted support and advocacy for Europe’s fabless semiconductor start-ups, SMEs and small mid-caps, ensuring their voice is heard and their potential is fully realized.

Robust and trustworthy GenerativeAI for Robotics and industrial automation (RIA) (AI/Data/Robotics & Made in Europe Partnerships)

Code: 37940 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-07 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

Proposals integrating Generative AI in robotics and industrial automation are expected to substantially contribute to productivity gains, including for instance in engineering industries, the automotive sector, food production or other sectors related to manufacturing industries. All proposals will have to demonstrate their expected impact on the competitiveness of the selected application sector.

Post-exascale HPC (CSA)

Code: 37935 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-04 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

Proposals are invited for a Coordination and Support Action that will guide and prepare European HPC for the post-exascale era of converging supercomputing, quantum computing and artificial intelligence worlds.

The action should bring together the key scientific and industrial players in Europe, ensuring strong AI engagement, and should liaise with the relevant international post-exascale efforts (e.g. the International Exascale Project (InPex)), the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking advisory bodies such as the Research and Innovation Advisory Group (RIAG) and the Infrastructure Advisory Group (INFRAG), the EuroHPC JU private partners (i.e. the European Technology Platform for High Performance Computing ETP4HPC, the Big Data Value Association (BDVA), and the European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC)), relevant EuroHPC main initiatives (e.g. the DARE Framework Programme Agreement on RISC-V processors, HPC Centres of Excellence, AI Factories, etc), the hosting entities of European AI Factories and future AI Gigafactories, and other relevant European projects and initiatives.

Supporting Digital Partnerships in Quantum technologies (RIA)

Code: 37925 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

Proposals are expected to address quantum technology challenges in the fields of quantum communication, computing, simulation, and sensing, identifying the added value and mutual benefits for both EU and Korean partners. This includes integration across various disciplines such as physics, engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, theory, algorithms, software, manufacturing, control, and infrastructures.

Quantum Computing – complementing the quantum computing FPAs with the development of a technology agnostic software stack (RIA)

Code: 37922 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

The project aims to establish a universal and interoperable quantum computing ecosystem through a technology-agnostic software stack, enabling integration with classical computing systems such as HPC and cloud infrastructures (including EuroHPC supercomputers). It will promote standardized software architectures, compilers, and simulators to ensure portability across platforms and demonstrate workflows that combine quantum and classical computing to tackle complex challenges, highlighting quantum acceleration or advantage.

The initiative will also support training of software developers in quantum programming, development of algorithm libraries, and integration of quantum error correction. Strong collaboration between Horizon Europe quantum projects and EuroHPC initiatives is emphasized, requiring joint agreement on open software stack interfaces from the start. These interfaces must be open, consultative, and well-documented to ensure alignment and facilitate cooperation.

All developments should adopt open-source platforms, use recognized free/open licenses (e.g., FSF, OSI, EUPL), and be published in open repositories such as GitHub. Furthermore, research outputs—including data and workflows—must follow FAIR principles and be made openly accessible whenever possible, while respecting the principle of “as open as possible, as closed as necessary.”

Continuation of the Quantum Technologies Flagship (CSA)

Code: 37918 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

The new Quantum Flagship CSA will serve as a global observatory, monitoring and reporting on international advances in quantum technologies. It will actively disseminate EU achievements through regular articles and wide promotion, while also supporting the European Commission and related projects with resources, expertise, and event organisation. In addition, it will design targeted communication strategies to raise awareness among different audiences, strengthen coordination between the EU, Member States, and international partners, and provide essential input for harmonising strategies. Finally, it will assist governance structures to ensure smooth implementation of the Flagship’s strategic vision, including supporting the creation of new bodies or initiatives when needed.

Fostering Innovative and Compliant Data Ecosystems (IA) (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership)

Code: 37685 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-13 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

The continuous expansion of EU legislation, both in digital domains (such as GDPR, the Open Data Directive, the Data Governance Act, the AI Act, and the Data Act) and non-digital fields (such as the Green Deal, due diligence, healthcare, and transport), is creating increasing challenges for businesses and professionals to remain compliant. The complexity and growing volume of reporting obligations also make it difficult for regulators to enforce laws and for organisations to comply effectively, highlighting the need for innovative solutions to simplify compliance processes and strengthen competitiveness within the EU.

A further challenge arises from the limitations of real-world data, including issues of availability, confidentiality, and bias. Synthetic data is becoming an essential tool to address these shortcomings by improving data quality, diversity, and representativeness, thereby supporting AI-driven innovation and regulatory compliance. In this context, actions should also cover aspects such as cybersecurity, interoperability, reproducibility, and standardisation, and where relevant, collaborate with related initiatives to facilitate secure and effective data sharing across platforms and sectors. Moreover, comprehensive user training and support must be provided, involving stakeholders both inside and outside projects, to ensure adaptability and scalability in response to evolving regulations and diverse organisational needs. Proposals should demonstrate how they address the real needs of users and stakeholders, linking training and support to clear and measurable progress indicators.

Preparing the Advancement of the state of the art of submarine cable infrastructures (CSA)

Code: 37679 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-12 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

Submarine connectivity infrastructures are vital for Europe’s strategic autonomy and economic security, with potential secondary uses such as early-warning systems against natural hazards. To stay at the technological forefront, Europe must advance not only cable technology but also related components like repeaters, landing stations, control centres, acoustic sensor networks, and cybersecurity. While some progress comes from broader research in optical communications and network management, there is a need for a dedicated roadmap and SRIA focused on submarine cable technologies. Key research areas may include multi-core fibre, digital signal processing, repeater systems, intelligent and acoustic sensing, oceanographic sensors, cable network management, underwater robotics, and wireless sensor networks for monitoring and threat detection.

Open Internet Stack: development of technological commons/open-source 3C building blocks (RIA)

Code: 37676 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-11 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

This action will foster an Open-Source framework, developed through commons, i.e. Open Source software governed by communities of contributors, that will provide key technology components for the operation of the 3C large scale pilot. They will be addressing relevant areas, structuring them in a stack and supporting the development of 3C building blocks making them available through a library of digital commons supporting applications on top of the European providers ecosystem.

Roadmap for next generation computing technologies from IoT device level to edge to cloud to HPC (CSA)

Code: 37672 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-10 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

Alignment of stakeholders towards the supply-side large-scale pilot of end-to-end infrastructures integrating device, network computing and communication capabilities (CSA)

Code: 37669 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-09 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

The CSA governance mechanism is expected to consolidate priorities and align strategies between demand and supply sides for key infrastructure services, while coordinating with EU policies such as the White Paper. It will oversee the delivery of open-source Telco Edge Cloud building blocks aligned with industrial and European initiatives (IPCEI-CIS, Sylva, Anuket, Nephio, CAMARA), ensuring continuous feedback between vertical sectors and supply-side pilots. By providing a European alternative to multinational-led platforms, the project will serve as a forum for consultation with demand-side actors, while also identifying paradigm shifts in areas such as virtual worlds, mobility, and energy. Furthermore, it will assess opportunities for monetising edge computing, ensuring interoperability and advancing innovation across dynamic content delivery, AI adoption, and the telco-cloud-edge-IoT continuum.

Large-scale pilots for supply end-to-end infrastructures integrating device, network computing and communication capabilities for Telco Edge Cloud deployments, as a basis for Connected Collaborative Computing Networks (3C networks) (RIA)

Code: 37665 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-08 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 10/06/2025 | End submission calls: 02/10/2025

The Commission’s White Paper stresses the need to strengthen Europe’s digital infrastructure through the creation of the 3C Network (Connected Collaborative Computing). This involves the convergence of connectivity (5G/advanced mobile networks) with cloud and edge computing to meet future demands from IoT and AI.

Investments in these technologies will support Europe’s industry, sustainability goals, and innovation. To achieve this, Europe needs more edge and cloud facilities, advanced network management, and neutral interconnection services.

A large-scale pilot of the 3C Network will integrate devices, networks, cloud, and edge computing across sectors, complementing existing EU initiatives like Digital Europe and IPCEI-CIS, and paving the way for future deployments.

Developing and embedding upcycling technologies into viable business (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

Code: 37662 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-TWIN-TRANSITION-35-two-stage | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Demonstrators for clusters of social circular enterprises (IA)

Code: 37659 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-TWIN-TRANSITION-21-two-stage | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Enhanced logistics and operations of construction sites (IA)

Code: 37656 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-TWIN-TRANSITION-11-two-stage | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Development of safe and sustainable by design alternatives to Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) (IA)

Code: 37653 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-MATERIALS-51-two-stage | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

PFAS are a large class of substances used in a wide range of applications (for instance, as adhesives, coatings, lubricants, sealants, surfactants), for their technical and/or safety functions (e.g., water and oil repellence, antiadhesion, thermal & chemical stability). Nevertheless, PFAS have been detected in groundwater, surface water and soil, the remediation of which is extremely problematic. Their accumulation in the environment has been linked to negative effects for the wildlife and the human health, including carcinogenic, mutagenic, reprotoxic and toxic effects for the endocrine system. In January 2023, five national authorities submitted to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) a PFAS restriction dossier to ban the manufacture, placing on the market and use of PFAS as a chemical class in all uses, with few exemptions.

The Commission initiative for SSbD sets a framework which should be a reference in the proposal. The new alternatives to be developed should meet the technical functions required in the specific applications and align with such framework.

Innovative Advanced Materials (IAMs) for robust, fast curing sealants and coatings for manufacturing and final assembly (IA) (Innovative Advanced Materials for Europe partnership)

Code: 37644 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-MATERIALS-43-two-stage | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

One of the main factors limiting the lifespan of products (and their components) is their prolonged exposure to environmental elements. The combination of different stressors and changing conditions (operational, daily, seasonal) results in accelerated aging and premature or unanticipated failures. To prevent the resulting adverse effects, protective coatings and sealings are key to provide additional protection without requiring the reassessment of the physical design of the product/component, nor the inherent properties of the parts to be coated/sealed.

Moreover, performance evaluation of coated samples to select coating solutions which meet the demands of industrial end users constitute another bottleneck in the fast development of IAM-based coatings. In addition, recyclability is often hampered by the sealants and coatings used. The new IAMs-based coatings, functionalised surfaces and sealings should allow to decompose products and structures into recyclable or reusable parts.

Innovative Advanced Materials (IAMs) for product monitoring, smart maintenance and repair strategies in the construction sector (RIA) (Innovative Advanced Materials for Europe partnership)

Code: 37640 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-05-MATERIALS-42-two-stage | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

EU-Japan cooperation on the exploitation of Quantum Space Gravimetry data

Code: 37637 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-81 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

Space Critical EEE Components for EU non-dependence – Advanced Packages and Memories

Code: 37635 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-74 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

Space Critical EEE Components for EU non-dependence - Connectors

Code: 37632 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-73 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

Unrestricted access to state-of-art space EEE components and related technologies is a pre-requisite for the EU space industry responding to EU space missions. However, especially for some families of components, the available solutions in EU do not meet the current high-performance space requirements. Currently, alternative products sourced from outside EU, are either affected by non-EU export control, that limits its use, or present challenges in terms of trustable supply chains for the implementation of EU space missions with a security dimension.

Within the frame of this topic, it is expected to finance and implement development projects aiming at maturing critical space EEE components with the final goal of lowering the dependency from outside EU. This will be done by establishing a long-term sustainable supply chain for supporting EU strategic autonomy in the space sector. The selection of the supply chains shall reflect this objective. Therefore, the supply chain shall preferably be built fully based in EU and when this can only be achieved partially (i.e. because of lack of current EU capabilities for unrestricted advanced semiconductor processes or advanced materials that cannot be developed within the project), services procured from outside EU shall nevertheless ensure that the overall supply chain will remain trustable and not affected by non-EU export control. The latest scenario is subject to the approval of the granting authority.

Space Critical Equipment and Related Technologies for EU non-dependence – Chip Scale Atomic Clocks and Solar Cells

Code: 37626 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-72 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

Unrestricted access to state-of-art space equipment and related technologies is a pre-requisite for the EU space industry responding to EU space missions. However, especially for some families of equipment, the available solutions in EU do not meet the current high-performance space requirements and alternative products, sourced from outside EU, are either affected by non-EU export control with extra territorial applicability, that limit the access, re-export or raise challenges in terms of trustable supply chains for the implementation of EU space missions with a security dimension.

Within the frame of this topic it is expected to finance and implement development projects aiming at maturing critical space equipment with the final goal of lowering the dependency from outside EU, establish a long-term sustainable supply chain and support EU strategic autonomy in the space sector. The selection of the supply chains shall reflect this objective. Therefore, the supply chain shall preferably be built fully based in EU and when this can only be achieved partially (i.e. because of lack of current EU capabilities that cannot be developed within the project), services procured from outside EU shall nevertheless ensure that the overall supply chain will remain trustable and not affected by non-EU export control. The latest scenario is subject to the approval of the granting authority.

Space Critical EEE Components for EU non-dependence – RISC-V Microprocessor on 7nm

Code: 37623 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-71 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

Innovative Earth observation services in support of maritime litter detection and ship source pollution policies

Code: 37621 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-46 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

Supporting the AI/ML digital transition of Copernicus Services

Code: 37618 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-45 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

This R&I agenda focuses on integrating Artificial Intelligence and advanced data techniques to enhance Earth observation capabilities, especially within the Copernicus programme. Key priorities include developing AI-based retrieval algorithms for satellite sensing, improving cloud and shadow detection, and enabling multi-source segmentation. There’s emphasis on data fusion, mining, and compression methods to manage large datasets efficiently, as well as on hybrid and ensemble data assimilation to improve forecasts and analyses. The agenda also supports observation-driven forecasting and Earth system deep learning models for better prediction accuracy. Additionally, it explores the use of large pre-trained models, super-resolution applications, adaptive workflows, enhanced user interfaces, and AI-powered chatbots for improved user interaction with Copernicus services.

Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS) evolution: new and innovative ocean data assimilation techniques

Code: 37615 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-44 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

Copernicus Anthropogenic CO₂ Emissions Monitoring & Verification Support (CO2MVS) capacity: new and innovative methods to estimate the impact of fires on vegetation and related carbon fluxes

Code: 37613 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-43 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

Research and innovation will focus on better understanding the impact of wildfires on the carbon cycle and emissions linked to land use change. A key priority is improving fire modelling, especially in relation to drought and vegetation interactions, which remains a challenge at regional and global scales. Initiatives like FireMIP have evaluated fire models, but the required model complexity is still uncertain. There is a need to integrate observation-based data into global systems like CO₂MVS to enhance monitoring. Additionally, understanding fire effects on vegetation will help refine estimates of emissions and improve air quality forecasting in systems like CAMS and fire risk predictions in CEMS.

Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) evolution: improved soil-vegetation-atmosphere modelling and data assimilation of atmospheric constituents

Code: 37610 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-42 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

To achieve the expected outcomes, research and innovation will focus on improving models and techniques related to soil-vegetation-atmosphere interactions, evapotranspiration, and trace gas and aerosol dynamics. This includes enhancing numerical models, parameterizations, and data assimilation methods, particularly for CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) systems. Additional priorities include refining methodologies for estimating deposition fluxes, developing accurate pollen source models for more allergenic species, exploring global pollen modelling, and increasing the use of satellite data to improve dry deposition and emission calculations.

Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) evolution: new and innovative processing and methods for future Sentinels and other satellites for reanalyses

Code: 37594 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-41 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

Preparing demonstration missions for collaborative Earth Observation and Satellite telecommunication for Space solutions

Code: 37588 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-32 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

Digital enablers and building blocks for Earth Observation and Satellite telecommunication for Space solutions

Code: 37569 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-31 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

ISOS Pilot Mission Detailed Design – satAPPs component

Code: 37559 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-24 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

ISOS Pilot Mission Detailed Design – Logistics component

Code: 37554 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-23 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

ISOS Pilot Mission Detailed Design – HOST component

Code: 37550 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-22 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

To tackle the above expected outcomes, the following R&I actions should be addressed taking into account the provided technical annex:

• R&I to complete ISOS Pilot mission detailed mission and system design (including relevant key technology maturation) for the platform component (HOST), demonstrating the achievement of the required TRL for all relevant technologies;
• R&I on key enabling technologies relevant for design of a scalable, modular, flexible platform component, equipped with robotic manipulation, satAPPs compatibility and refuelling capability (for the HOST and the hosted servicer and logistic spacecraft), that can be extended and reconfigured to meet different demands (e.g., governmental and commercial, IOD/V and additional servicer hosting slots, robotic/manufacturing testbeds, warehouse and logistic node, etc.);
• Contribution to the overall ISOS pilot mission detail design in close cooperation with other mission components, the ISOS Pilot Mission Coordination and Support Action and the ISOS Pilot Mission Advisory Group;
• R&I on related HOST functions and applications including related operational concepts considering the use of distributed computing, multi-agent and network architectures and supported by simulations, enhancing the overall pilot mission system functionality.

ISOS Pilot Mission Detailed Design – Servicing component

Code: 37547 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-21 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

To tackle the above expected outcomes, the following R&I actions should be addressed, taking into account the provided technical annex:

• R&I to complete detailed mission and system design (including relevant key technology maturation) for the servicing component as part of the ISOS pilot mission. More specifically, projects should finalise the detailed design for this component building on current or previous developments, demonstrating the achievement of the required TRL for all relevant technologies;
• Contribution to the overall ISOS pilot mission detail design in close cooperation with the other mission components (including other servicing components), the ISOS Pilot Mission Coordination and Support Action and the ISOS Pilot Mission Advisory Group;
• R&I on related service capabilities and applications including operational concepts for servicing individual or fleets of satellites based on the functionality of the pilot mission system design. More specifically, possible use case for servicing a real EU asset is expected to be developed up to delivery of a concept of operations (CONOPS).

Digital solutions for autonomy for space transportation systems, design and simulation tools – targeting demonstration

Code: 37544 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-13 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

Digital solutions for autonomy for space transportation systems, design and simulation tools - Digital enablers and building blocks

Code: 37537 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-12 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

To tackle the above-mentioned expected outcomes, the following R&I is expected to be addressed:

• the maturation of eco-design software tools enhancing reconfigurability in orbit
• the maturation of disruptive/game changing technologies related to digitalisation

CSA on access to European spaceports

Code: 37529 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2025-02-SPACE-11 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 25/09/2025

Towards human-centric, sustainable and resilient energy-intensive industries (Processes4Planet and Clean Steel partnerships) (CSA)

Code: 37521 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-39 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Industry 5.0 recognises the power of industry to achieve societal goals beyond jobs and growth to become a resilient provider of prosperity. It focuses on making production respect the boundaries of our planet improving competitiveness of European process industries and placing the wellbeing of the industrial worker at the centre of the production process, while increasingly embracing digital and green technologies to remain the solution provider for all Europeans.

Synergies and mutual learning with national and regional initiatives in Europe on Industrial decarbonisation (CSA)

Code: 37518 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-38 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

The governance of the action should be under the authority of national and regional governments and relevant public bodies who are responsible for national and regional policies, strategies and programmes addressing energy intensive industries.

Proposals should support the coordination of national and regional public authorities’ funding of research, innovation, acceleration of public/private R&I and deployment of technologies for the energy intensive industries’ decarbonisation. It should be aligned with the policies rolled out under the Clean Industrial Deal. The proposals should take into account and build on the Mutual Learning Exercise on Industrial Decarbonisation.

Solving issues in carbon-neutral iron and steel making processes with diverse input materials of varying quality (Clean Steel Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 37514 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-37 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

The topic calls for collaborative approach between academia, industry (including SMEs) and research organizations with the purpose to support: i) understanding, validating, and solving essential problems to allow maturity of innovative technologies in the industrial investment panorama for future carbon-neutral iron and steel making, ii) accelerating a reliable transition to climate neutrality in view of the end of the free ETS allowances by providing solutions optimized for different scenarios, and iii) fulfilling the Commission Recommendation 2024/774 on a Code of Practice on industry-academia co-creation for knowledge valorisation.

Safe and clean processing technologies and products (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA)

Code: 37511 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-36 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Whereas the release of pollutants by European industry has generally decreased during the last decade, and it is expected to continue to do so, industry still contributes significantly to the emission of many pollutants into the European environment. Pollution harms our health and our environment. In addition to affecting people’s health, pollution is one of the main reasons for the loss of biodiversity. Moreover, only emissions of historically important pollutants are reported by industry. Information on emerging and less known pollutants, especially those not regulated by the Industrial Emissions Directive, and related methods of monitoring is lacking. GHG emissions from industry are not included in the scope of this topic. Pollutant emissions to air, water and soil are considered.

Smart integration of net zero technologies into Energy Intensive industries (Processes4Planet and Made in Europe partnerships) (IA)

Code: 37507 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-34 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

As the industry decarbonises net-zero technologies can be applied to a wide range of energy intensive sectors and processes. Furthermore, the Net-Zero Industry Act which is part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan, is aiming at increasing the manufacturing capacity of strategic net-zero technologies to meet at least 40% of the EU’s annual deployment needs. In this framework the aim of this topic is to accelerate the deployment of net-zero technologies in at least one industrial sectors through a closer collaboration between, net-zero technology manufacturers and energy intensive industries.

Integrated use of renewable energy carriers in industrial sites (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA)

Code: 37496 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-33 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

There is a broad range of renewable energy carriers (e.g., electricity, hydrogen, solar heat, ammonia, etc) which can be utilised in the process industries. Many of them are provided with significant temporal variations, e.g., renewable electricity and solar heat. Integrated design and operation of these highly complex systems within process industry sites are needed to cope with the fluctuations of the energy inputs and to achieve overall energy and cost efficiency. Industrial symbiosis and integration of production systems with energy systems in industrial sites can ensure overall emission reduction. These approaches can increase the efficiency of generation and enable solutions that avoid losses, supporting stability and efficiency of power systems.

Green and resilient flexible production processes (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

Code: 37489 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-32 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Flexibility of energy intensive production processes is a necessity for the use of alternative energy carriers as the supply of energy by renewable sources is subject to significant variations and the competitive potential of energy storage is limited. The optimal use of the renewable energy supply will require processes that can perform fast transitions to allow continuous and efficient operation when the renewable energy input varies. The limiting factor addressed by the topic is the ability of the production plants to promptly change loads and throughputs in large ranges without negative consequences for the equipment, while staying energy and resource efficient. Storage options and use of several sources of renewable energy can be included, the combination (hybridation) of various decarbonisation technologies can also be considered.

From heat-driven processes to the use of mechanical and electric forces (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

Code: 37473 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-31 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

The generation of heat, which is often sourced from fossil fuel combustion, is the biggest consumer of energy in the process industries and responsible for 60% of process industries GHG emissions. Heat input is in particular commonly used in separation and drying processes. The topic focuses on the development of new electrically driven industrial processes where heat input in such processes is replaced by electro-mechanical power or other forms of direct electrical input. These electrified processes could represent a major reduction of GHG emissions as well as an important source of energy savings. The scope does not include conventional electric heating or the use of heat pumps.

Advanced manufacturing technologies for leadership of EU manufacturers in products for the net-zero industry (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA)

Code: 37470 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-05 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

The net-zero industry relies on manufactured products, components and equipment.

The focus is on advanced discrete manufacturing processes for such products, components and equipment, which enable new product features (in terms of geometry, weight, robustness, functional integration, re-use-potential); advanced production processes including automation; or the use of innovative materials. The processes should improve productivity and upscaling, decrease waste, and shorten time-to-market and process integration times.

Proposals should address manufacturing technologies applicable to products for at least one of the strategic net-zero technologies listed in Annex I of the Net-Zero Industry Act.

Proposals should address the key manufacturing technologies that generate cross-sectoral impact among the chosen net-zero technology sectors.

Physical and cognitive augmentation in advanced manufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 37466 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-02 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

The rising complexity of discrete manufacturing operations requires workers to adapt to the introduction of new breakthrough technologies, machines, processes, and production environments (considering where appropriate legacy machinery). In addition, labour shortages are growing. The development of a human-centric culture that places the humans at the centre of the manufacturing operation is crucial. Augmentation technologies support and empower the workforce, leading to more high-quality jobs and prosperity beyond efficiency. They can relieve people of non-creative tasks or reduce human strain and stress and potential risks in the workplace. Augmentation technologies can therefore produce benefits for both workers and managers and can become the most effective ways of supporting, or amplifying, human abilities.

Integrated approaches for remanufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA)

Code: 37461 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Remanufacturing (including de-manufacturing) is the rebuilding of products using combinations of reused, repaired and new components. Remanufacturing aims to retain the usefulness of both products and components and is an essential step in achieving full industrial circularity. Ultimately, remanufacturing is expected to reduce the level of resource consumption, as well as the carbon footprint of products and logistic chains. Such approaches will strengthen industrial resilience by building up a remanufacturing capacity in Europe, including possible applications in net-zero technologies and components.

Proposals should demonstrate cutting-edge remanufacturing approaches, covering de-manufacturing and appropriate manufacturing technologies, model-based systems engineering, quality control and business models. Repurposing of products (at the level of systems or components) may also be considered. This approach calls for remanufacturing technologies at the factory level, as well as for their integration into circular value loops – within specific industrial sectors or across industrial sectors. In general, the approaches should integrate traditional manufacturing processes, such as additive manufacturing, machining and welding, with automation, robotics and digitalisation.

Recycling technologies for the generation of secondary raw materials are not within the scope of this topic.

EU Co-funded Partnership on raw materials for the green and digital transition (Co-funded partnership Raw Materials for the Green and Digital Transition)

Code: 37453 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-64 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

The objective of the European Partnership on Raw Materials is to strengthen the co-ordination of national and regional research programmes in the field of non-energy and non-agricultural raw materials, ensuring common understanding of R&I challenges to achieve the objectives of the Critical Raw Materials Act. The Partnership will build on the experience of ERA-NETs: ERA-MIN, ERA-MIN 2 and ERA-MIN 3. The Partnership should cover the whole raw materials value chain including exploration, extraction, processing technologies, and recycling and improve circularity. Sea mining is excluded from this topic.

Innovative solutions for the sustainable production for Semiconductor raw materials (IA)

Code: 37444 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-63 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

The projects aim to improve access to both primary and secondary raw materials, especially critical ones essential for EU industry and strategic sectors. They will help reduce the EU’s dependency on imported raw materials for semiconductor production and strengthen the resilience of European supply chains. Expected outcomes include sustainable and competitive raw material production in the EU, increased recovery from low-grade ores and industrial waste, and more efficient, low-emission mineral processing. The actions will foster collaboration among industry and research stakeholders and support responsible sourcing aligned with EU sustainability principles.

Strategic Partnerships for Raw Materials: Innovative Approaches for sustainable production of Critical Raw Materials (IA)

Code: 37440 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-62 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

The projects aim to enhance the EU’s supply security and access to both sustainably produced primary and secondary raw materials, especially critical and strategic ones vital for EU industries. They will strengthen cooperation with partner countries, improve the industrial viability, safety, and environmental performance of raw material operations, and diversify EU sourcing from third countries. The actions will promote responsible sourcing aligned with EU sustainability principles, encourage the use of UN frameworks (UNFC and UNRMS), and ensure that project results are effectively disseminated to relevant stakeholders. Overall, the projects will support the implementation of the EU Critical Raw Materials Act.

Technologies for critical raw materials and strategic raw materials from end-of-life products (IA)

Code: 37437 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-61 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

The projects aim to enhance the EU’s security of supply by improving access to secondary raw materials, particularly critical and strategic ones essential for industrial value chains and key sectors. They are expected to increase the recovery of such materials from end-of-life products, improve the cost-effectiveness and competitiveness of secondary raw materials production, and boost the efficiency and sustainability of recycling technologies. This includes reducing energy, water, and resource use, as well as minimizing waste and emissions. The projects will also support a responsible and sustainable supply of raw materials in line with EU principles, and contribute directly to the implementation of the EU Critical Raw Materials Act.

Accelerate the uptake of life-cycle assessment (LCA) for Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) chemicals and materials and resulting products (RIA)

Code: 37433 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-52 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Proposals should identify and fill the gaps in LCA tools, methods and data used for improving the environmental sustainability and efficiency of chemicals, materials and resulting products, taking also into account the criticality of raw materials. The Environmental Footprint (EF) methods should in particular be built on. All stages from raw material extraction to end-of-life disposal of products should be included. Data-driven decisions and actions for a greener and more sustainable future should be enabled, while respecting planetary boundaries. The tools should be in compliance with the Safe and Sustainable by Design framework, hence to be considered as a reference in the proposal.

Materials Commons for Europe (IA)

Code: 37430 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-45 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

This action will accelerate research and innovation in the EU in the field of advanced materials by interconnecting existing and new national digital infrastructures. It will lay the foundation for a sustainable European digital infrastructure that will strengthen collaboration between the academic and industrial communities.

This infrastructure will support the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and provide access to High-Performance Computing (HPC) facilities. It will promote data sharing based on FAIR principles and enhance interoperability as well as the virtual design and testing of new materials.

The implementation will be undertaken by publicly funded organisations, mandated by their national authorities, which will serve as key national or regional hubs. These organisations will closely cooperate with pan-European initiatives working towards the digital transformation of materials research.

Innovative Advanced Materials Innovation Procurement (CSA)

Code: 37423 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-44 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

The use of advanced materials has the potential to reinforce the Union’s resilience and competitiveness as well as achieving circularity, materials efficiency and overall sustainability targets. Public procurers can play a leading role in driving innovation and fostering the uptake of advanced materials, thereby speeding up the market introduction of technologies that enable the twin transition and EU’s resilience and economic security. Advanced materials drive innovations in new clean energy technologies provided for in the Net-Zero Industry Act and have the potential to substitute certain Critical Raw Materials (CRMs), thus contributing to the objectives of the CRM Act. Advanced materials can also replace hazardous substances, improve the environmental performance of products and processes, and facilitate circularity.

Public Procurements that make better use of advanced materials can potentially achieve a substantial impact towards these policy objectives in all areas where the public sector is an important customer such as construction, mobility, electronics and energy. Examples of functionalities that could potentially be realised through advanced materials include thermal isolation and protective coatings in construction, superior reliability and durability of energy and mobility infrastructures, improved performance of electronic devices, increased circularity and cost-efficient maintenance of products.

Digitally enabled local-for-local textile and apparel production (Textiles for the Future Partnership) (IA)

Code: 37410 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-31 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Up to 80% of textile and apparel products consumed in Europe are partially or fully made outside Europe, exploiting lower labour cost as well as laxer local standards and regulations with regards to environmental, human health and labour rights protection. This offshoring of production has slowed textile manufacturing technology innovation in Europe and led to a complex long-lead time supply chain, generating unnecessary production and pre-consumer waste from unused mass-produced materials and unsold products not meeting actual demand.

Digitalisation in product development, production and on-demand supply chains has the potential to significantly reduce such overproduction, and enable business models that can competitively offer rapid short run or single piece production as well as related repair or end-of-life dismantling services for effective local recycling.

Assessment of Technology Infrastructure needs in Ukraine (CSA)

Code: 37408 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-66 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Proposals should put forward a robust methodology to comprehensively analyse the current landscape of Technology Infrastructures facilities and services available in Ukraine and assess the damages to such capacities in result of the war. To this end, the proposed activities should engage with Ukrainian authorities at national and regional level as well as relevant organisations within the R&I ecosystems, such as RTOs, technical universities, research institutes and technology centres, hosting such infrastructures.

Activities proposed under this action should include a comprehensive analysis of user needs for Technology Infrastructures, both in the public and the private sector. This analysis should take into account in particular strategic technologies and long-term development needs of the Ukrainian economy.

System innovation experimentation for Industry 5.0 (IA)

Code: 37397 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-65 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Industry 5.0 is a framework grounded in system thinking approach which aims to bolster the economic and environmental resilience of industrial ecosystems and companies and contribute to enhancing the sustainable competitiveness of EU industries. Industry 5.0 innovations such as human-centric technologies or learning organisation models contribute to tackling the new emerging challenges linked to ongoing green and digital transition such as addressing the skills gap, attracting the best talent or accelerating uptake of clean technologies.

Pilot initiatives on Technology Infrastructures (CSA)

Code: 37394 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-64 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Proposals should identify a specific technology area or industrial ecosystem in which they will implement the activities proposed for a pilot initiative. This should take into account the selection criteria for pilot actions developed in the final report of the Commission Expert Group on Technology Infrastructures and could cover the priority areas proposed in this report.

The proposals should cover different strategic steps needed to lead to and achieve the expected outcomes, depending on the starting point for the proposed area, building on earlier analysis and consultations.

The proposed actions should lead to a comprehensive understanding of the landscape of Technology Infrastructures, provide evidence of their benefits and added value in the area covered by the proposal, and of any specific needs to improve their availability, accessibility and impact. The actions should also identify possible barriers to addressing the identified needs.

Value creation pilots for scaling up innovative solutions (CSA)

Code: 37388 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-63 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Knowledge valorisation is crucial for boosting the Union’s industrial competitiveness internationally, strengthening its resilience and fostering its open strategic autonomy. Effective knowledge valorisation enables the Union to create and retain economic and societal value by turning research results to new innovative solutions, benefiting society and creating prosperity for all.

Artificial Intelligence for knowledge valorisation (CSA)

Code: 37363 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-62 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Artificial intelligence and machine learning present enormous opportunities to use scientific knowledge and research results faster and more effectively to create value, develop new products and services and address the needs of our societies. Despite leading in many fields of scientific research, Europe falls short in innovation and valorisation performance (what is known as “the innovation paradox”). Harnessing the power of AI to guide the efforts of researchers and innovators to bring results to the market, make their research more responsive to the needs of society and provide knowledge to inform public policies, can significantly contribute to addressing the innovation paradox. From results scouting to patent drafting, the role of AI to support knowledge valorisation presents ever-growing possibilities.

Standardisation landscape analyses tool (CSA)

Code: 37348 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-61 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Standards play a pivotal strategic role, serving as the silent foundation of our Single Market, ensuring a high-level of safety, functionality and inter-operability for EU products. They guarantee adherence to policy and legal objectives. At the same time, standards can facilitate access to global markets when they are state-of-the-art and developed within international organisations. This underscores the significant role of standards on the EU policy agenda, including initiatives such as the European Green Deal, Digital Decade, New Industrial Strategy for Europe, the Commission’s EU standardisation strategy, and the Communication European Economic Security Strategy. 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 for the EU’s economic security – will depend on standards.

Horizon Standardisation Booster (CSA)

Code: 37344 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-60 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

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, the Communication on Advanced Materials for Industrial Leadership and the Communication on European Economic Security Strategy. 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 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, is crucial for aligning innovations with policy goals and enhancing market competitiveness.

Facilitated cooperation for AI in Science (CSA)

Code: 37338 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-DIGITAL-62 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Artificial intelligence is a game-changer for science and innovation, and promises significant opportunities to boost the European competitive edge in R&I that need to be capitalised on. The aim of the CSA is to structure AI-enabled research in Europe and assess options towards optimising the ecosystem for AI in Science in Europe, through a Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda and assessing the potential for possible future R&I initiative(s), in line with the recommendations of the Scientific Advice Mechanism, and the European Commission President’s political guidelines, for the setting up of an AI Research Council.

AI Foundation models in science (GenAI4EU) (RIA)

Code: 37333 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-DIGITAL-61 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/05/2025 | End submission calls: 23/09/2025

Foundation models in science are an evolving idea in the scientific community and go beyond the Generative AI trend. The purpose of this topic is to tap into their potential, and to advance the development of AI technology specifically tailored for the needs of science.

A foundation model can integrate information from various modalities of data. This model can then be adapted to a wide range of downstream, more specialized tasks. To build downstream applications, the foundation model is fine-tuned with additional training and task-specific examples. Therefore, a foundation model is itself incomplete but serves as the common basis from which many task-specific models can be built via adaptation.

In science, such foundation models could be trained on data from a specific scientific field and then be fine-tuned for a variety of tasks and used by a wider community in the field.

Stimulating transnational research and development of next generation quantum technologies, including basic theories and components (Cascading grant with FSTP)

Code: 33793 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-02 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Projects are expected to contribute to the support of transnational projects in quantum technologies, fostering synergy between European, national and regional initiatives and promoting broader partnerships between the European stakeholders in quantum technologies.

Intellectual asset management support for public research organisations, academic institutions and their spin-offs (CSA)

Code: 33791 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-02-35 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 10/09/2024

To increase Europe’s capacity to convert high level scientific success into social and economic benefits a broad definition of entrepreneurship is needed. The aim of the action is to ensure the highest level of support for public research organisations in Europe including universities and their entrepreneurial agendas in order to improve access to and use of the knowledge assets very often created by public research funding.

Synergy with national and regional initiatives in Europe on Innovative Materials (CSA)

Code: 33789 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-02-36 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 10/09/2024

This topic focuses on synergy with national and regional initiatives in Europe on Innovative Materials (CSA).

Proposals should support the coordination between relevant national and regional public authorities funding research and innovation in 2DM-based technologies and advanced materials.

Advancing Large AI Models: Integration of New Data Modalities and Expansion of Capabilities (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 33767 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

This topic centres around the development of innovative multimodal large AI models, covering both the training of foundation models and their subsequent fine-tuning.

Proposals should address at least one of the following focus areas:

• the integration of innovative modalities of data for large AI models during training and inference. Examples of innovative modalities include event streams, structured data and sensor measurements. The incorporation of such new modalities could potentially bring unforeseen enhancements to model performance and enable their application in new domains like weather forecasting, robotics, and manufacturing.
• enhanced multimodal models that exceed the current state of the art, with either significantly improved capabilities or the ability to handle a larger number of modalities. This focus area also encompasses models capable of multi-modal output generation. Current large-scale multimodal models most commonly engage with only vision and language.

Digital Humanism - Putting people at the centre of the digital transformation (CSA)

Code: 33747 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

Digital Humanism is here defined as the continuing search for a European answer to keep up high civilization standards stemming from enlightenment and the humanist era, and to further develop them in the digital world. Such a digital environment should enable all Europeans to make full use of digital and technologies, to have a society where geographical distance matters less, so that all Europeans can benefit from the digitalisation in their daily activities (ranging from work, learning, to enjoying culture or leisure activities) but also in their interactions with governments, and participation in democratic processes.

This requires intense, cross-disciplinary work of computer (and technology) sciences with legal, economic, sociological, philosophical and other kinds of expertise as a co-development exercise.

Developing and deploying a network of quantum gravimeters in Europe

Code: 33745 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

This topic is consetrated on the development of a network of quantum gravimeters in Europe.

Quantum gravimeters (gravity sensors) can deliver high-sensitivity, real-time, non-invasive gravity measurements, with much greater precision than classical gravimeters. They have started to demonstrate their disruptive potential in many application sectors, including Earth observation and civil engineering.

Support for transnational activities of National Contact Points in the thematic areas of Digital, Industry and Space (CSA)

Code: 33743 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-02-34 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 10/09/2024

This topic focuses on the support of transnational activities of National Contact Points in the thematic areas of Digital, Industry and Space (CSA).

Projects are expected to contribute to the Improved and professionalised NCP services across Member States and Associated Countries, supporting access to Horizon Europe calls, lowering the entry barriers for newcomers, and raising the average quality of proposals.

Explainable and Robust AI (AI Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 33739 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03-02 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

To achieve robust and reliable AI, novel approaches are needed to develop methods and solutions that work under other than model-ideal circumstances, while also having an awareness when these conditions break down. To achieve trustworthiness, AI system should be sufficiently transparent and capable of explaining how the system has reached a conclusion in a way that it is meaningful to the user, enabling safe and secure human-machine interaction, while also indicating when the limits of operation have been reached.

Facilitate the engagement in global ICT standardisation development (CSA)

Code: 33737 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-HUMAN-03-04 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/04/2024 | End submission calls: 18/09/2024

The aim is to reinforce the presence of EU and associated states experts in the global ICT standardisation scene, by setting up an ICT standardisation observatory and a facility supporting the participation of key European specialists (especially from SMEs, societal stakeholders and Academia) in key international and global Standard Developing Organisations. In particular, the project should foresee actions related to topics in the Rolling Plan for ICT standardisation as well as related to internet standardisation.

Space technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness

Code: 31702 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01-73 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/11/2023 | End submission calls: 21/03/2024

This topic is focused on research and innovation to mature critical space technologies that currently have dependency issues for use in the EU space programme components and discussed within the frame of the European Commission-ESA-EDA Joint Task Force (JTF).

Quantum Space Gravimetry Phase-B study & Technology Maturation

Code: 31697 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01-64 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/11/2023 | End submission calls: 21/03/2024

The final objective of this call is to prepare the next phases of the implementation of a Quantum Space Gravimetry (QSG) pathfinder mission. To achieve this objective, one proposal for a phase B study, as specified in ECSS‐M‐ST‐10C, leading to a preliminary definition of a quantum space gravimetry pathfinder mission, will be selected.

The focus of the QSG pathfinder mission shall be on the operation of a complete quantum accelerometer system and the detailed characterization of its performance in space.

Copernicus for Security

Code: 31695 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01-36 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/11/2023 | End submission calls: 21/03/2024

Copernicus Security Services provide, today, a valuable contribution to civil security, law enforcement operations and crisis management in Europe as well as in support to its external actions. Technology and space capacities have been evolving significantly, creating opportunities for an increased outreach across a broader spectrum of related applications.

Member states are also calling to reinforce Copernicus to better contribute to resilience and security in support to civil security and to better react and recover from major upcoming crisis of various forms, such as population displacement due conflicts, impact of climate change or extreme weather phenomena at global or regional levels.

Copernicus for Land and Water

Code: 31693 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-SPACE-01-35 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/11/2023 | End submission calls: 21/03/2024

This topic is focused on the enhancement of quality and efficiency of the Copernicus Land Monitoring service, including water, in order to respond to Green Deal policy and/or user requirements.

Quantum sensing and metrology for market uptake (IA)

Code: 31689 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-45 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

Proposals under this topic should address the development of mature quantum sensing technologies and single or network-operating devices that have the potential to find a broad range of new applications.

Pilot line(s) for 2D materials-based devices (RIA)

Code: 31687 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-31 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

Proposals under this topic should focus on the (co-)integration of 2DM with established technologies such as CMOS integration and heterogeneous integration.

Public recognition scheme for Open Source (CSA)

Code: 31685 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-23 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

The action should first develop a scheme including a list of fields related to Open Source. An indicative but non-exhaustive nor obligatory list of topics could include deep contributions to kernel code, brilliant utilization of open source in companies’ new developments.

Photonics Innovation Factory for Europe (Photonics Partnership) (IA)

Code: 31683 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-55 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

The aim of this topic is to provide a virtual factory with a flexible and open structure, allowing for a multiplicity of competitive actors and services operating as a sustainable fully integrated European ecosystem of cross-border deep innovation support in core photonics technologies for the benefit of European industry. The factory should lower the entry threshold to photonics and facilitate the broad uptake and integration of these technologies in new products and processes with high potential impact in the market and on society.

Smart photonics for joint communication & sensing and access everywhere (Photonics Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 31680 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-54 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

This topic is focused on smart photonics for joint communication, sensing and access everywhere.

Fundamentals of Software Engineering (RIA)

Code: 31678 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-22 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

The expected outcome of this topic are the software engineering methods, tools, and best practices leveraging, among others, novel AI and data technologies to accelerate the development and maintenance of software, including for multi-architecture systems, addressing in particular efficient and agile modelling, verification and validation, as well as vulnerability assessment and mitigation.

Industrial leadership in AI, Data and Robotics boosting competitiveness and the green transition (AI Data and Robotics Partnership)

Code: 31676 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-04 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

Proposals should demonstrate the added value of integrating either AI and Data, or AI, Data and Robotics technologies through large-scale validation scenarios reaching critical mass and mobilising the user industry, while demonstrating high potential impact contributing to the European Green Deal objectives.

Focus should be given to attracting new user industries, and/or showing new business opportunities to boost the uptake of AI, Data and Robotics in major sectors and stimulate the involvement where appropriate of end-users to define the technological barriers to uptake and the use cases for deployment.

Novel paradigms and approaches, towards AI-powered robots– step change in functionality (AI, data and robotics partnership) (RIA)

Code: 31673 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

For robots to be usefully and efficiently deployed to perform new activities in physical interaction with the real world requires an improvement in and expansion of the range of functionalities robots can deploy. This needs to take place in sectors where the capabilities of robots can be utilised to progress productivity in critical industries, support European industries essential for sovereignty and in sectors with high impact across Europe such as manufacturing, healthcare, agri-food, construction etc.

In particular the following major areas of functional performance need to be progressed to the next level of performance:

• significant enhancement of navigation capabilities in order to enhance mobility (underwater, on the ground, in the air, in the body, in areas difficult to reach, on rough terrain, in unpredictable environments, in areas including people or other moving agents, etc.), particularly in highly dynamic and complex environments.
• extension of manipulation capabilities to address:
  • large (of the order of metres to 10s of meters in scale), or heavy (of the order of 100kg to multiple 100kg )
  • or small objects of millimetre or centimetre scale, or smaller; ,
  • or of objects that are soft, deformable, articulated, delicate or hazardous objects;

Each of these require significant advances in precision, force, speed, re-planning, physical perception, grasping, manipulation (including bi-manual), etc.), in order to achieve beyond human capability in manipulation and dexterity.

Open Source for Cloud/Edge to support European Digital Autonomy (RIA)

Code: 31670 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-21 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 15/11/2023 | End submission calls: 19/03/2024

This topic is focused on the Open Source for Cloud/Edge in order to support European Digital Autonomy (RIA).

Exploration of critical raw materials in deep land deposits (RIA)

Code: 30211 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials[1] for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

This topic is focused on the exploration of critical raw materials in deep land deposits (RIA).

Biodegradable polymers for sustainable packaging materials (IA)

Code: 30209 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-35 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The topic is focused on biodegradable polymers for sustainable packaging materials (IA).

Turning CO2 emissions from the process industry to feedstock (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

Code: 30207 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-35 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The proposals submitted under this topic are expected to demonstrate the economic viability of the efficient capture and utilisation of CO/CO2 streams from point sources (e.g., large and medium industrial installations such as steel, cement, refining and chemical plants) converting the streams into added value chemicals and materials in near to production size systems.
The technologies proposed should support cross-sectorial concepts and sector integration.

Rare Earth and magnets innovation hubs (IA)

Code: 30204 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-08 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

Actions are expected to contribute to the implementation the EU action plan on Critical Raw Materials and the action plan on Rare Earth Magnets and Motors from the European Raw Materials Alliance.

Technologies for extraction and processing of critical raw materials (IA)

Code: 30201 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-11 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

This topic is focused on technologies for extraction and processing of critical raw materials.

Advanced biomaterials for the Health Care (IA)

Code: 30183 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-36 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic refers to the innovation market for Healthcare and Medicine, which affects many citizens and their needs. Several materials specifications and related innovations needs will support this topic such as renewable and recyclable materials, alternative active ingredients, design for circularity, lightweight materials.

Medical suppliers can commercialise injectable hydrogels, including those made of nanocomposite, natural and synthetic polymer-based biomaterials, bone cements, bio-ceramics and electronics.

Bio-intelligent manufacturing industries (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 30168 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The biological transformation of industry is a pioneering frontier that the industry of the Union and Associated Countries can harness to enhance circularity and sustainability, while advancing production efficiency and competitiveness. The biological transformation of industry involves the integration of bio-intelligent structures, processes, organisms or materials into technology by systematically applying knowledge from biology.

The focus of this topic is on manufacturing.
The development of materials beyond the manufacturing context is excluded.

Digital transformation and ensuring a better use of industrial data, which can optimise steel supply chains (Clean Steel Partnership) (IA)

Code: 30166 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-44 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic is focused on digital transformation, ensuring a better use of industrial data, which can optimise steel supply chains.

Development of safe and sustainable by design alternatives (IA)

Code: 30163 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-24 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The Commission initiative for Safe and Sustainable by Design sets a framework for assessing safety and sustainability of chemicals and materials and which should be considered as a reference in the proposal.

Proposals should develop one or more new chemical substances or materials to replace existing substances of concern with surfactant, flame retardant or plasticising functionalities for a chosen application. Proposals should address at least one industrial application. The new substances or materials shall be aligned with the Safe and Sustainable by Design framework, and demonstrate improved sustainability and a contribution to lower the impact on climate. The selected industrial application(s) should be in areas where substitution with safer and more sustainable solutions is not yet in place, or in progress.

This topic is focused on the development of safe and sustainable by design alternatives.

Manufacturing as a Service: Technologies for customised, flexible, and decentralised production on demand (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 30160 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic aims at further developing and integrating the technologies needed for the successful implementation of MaaS allowing to manufacture “on demand” a large choice of customised products, with high flexibility and short lead time, by using distributed facilities as a service and exploiting unused production capacities, also by rapid re-purposing of manufacturing machines.
The objective will be achieved through platforms for fast data exchange and seamless, data-driven, standards-based automation of inter-company processes beyond the factory boundaries.

CO2-neutral steel production with hydrogen, secondary carbon carriers and electricity OR innovative steel applications for low CO2 emissions (Clean Steel Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 30152 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-46 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The establishment of a clean steel market will be based upon decarbonisation of the steel making and production through the use of advanced and breakthrough technologies. The modification and change of production routes will have an impact onto the design of customised steel products and its applications in the market.

Proposals should aim at one of the following two aspects, corresponding respectively to the points 1) and 2) outlined under the expected outcomes section:

1. Proposals should relate to metal reduction processes using hydrogen, renewable electricity, and/or secondary carbon carriers, and/or to replace fossil fuels and reductants in steelmaking and in downstream processing in steel plants.
2. Proposals should address the conception and production of clean steel for use in established markets and/or in markets having specific demanding or harsh environments.

Addressing due diligence requirements in raw materials supply chains (CSA)

Code: 30149 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-10 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Knowledge in the area supply chain due diligence needs to be strengthened to limit complexity and enable a level playing field for responsible sourcing of raw materials.

This topic is addressing due diligence requirements in raw materials supply chains.

Optimisation of thermal energy flows in the process industry (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

Code: 30142 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-32 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

The topic focuses on highly process-integrated technologies that allow heat recovery and use of high temperature installations. Heat storage, when needed, should be intermediary only.
One example could be the adaptation and integration of heat pumps for high temperature (150-250 °C) applications for large thermal capacity (~1-20 MW), but not only – examples could also encompass the direct use of excess heat by e.g., the adaptation and integration of advanced heat exchangers.

Breakthroughs to improve process industry resource efficiency (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA)

Code: 30140 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-41 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Process industries will greatly benefit from radically new approaches that will lead to a much higher resource efficiency (including higher selectivity), producing less low-value by-products and waste and enabling the handing of a higher feedstock variability, and ultimately leading to lower level of GHG emissions linked to the process industries. To reach ambitious targets regarding resource efficiency, disruptive process technologies must be developed in addition to process efficiency options for existing technologies.

This topic is focused on breakthroughs to improve process industry resource efficiency.

Enhanced assessment, intervention and repair of civil engineering infrastructure (RIA)

Code: 30138 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-12 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Regular maintenance and repair of civil engineering infrastructure extends their service life, which in turn reduces the need for their demolition and replacement and the related negative economic, environmental and climate impacts. However, it can be difficult and cumbersome to identify and address maintenance or repair needs, especially in locations that are difficult to access such as large or tall structures, deep shafts, or where elements are hidden from view. Intervention for maintenance and repair can also involve unnecessary risks to health and safety of workers.

This topic is focused on enhanced assessment, intervention and repair of civil engineering infrastructure.

Technologies/solutions to support circularity for manufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 30129 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-05 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Manufacturing plays a key role in achieving the twin transition goal through enhancing circularity, facilitating decarbonisation whilst enhancing competitiveness.
Data pooling and sharing among sectors and across the whole value chain, as well as the use of external environmental impact data such as LCA-data, would facilitate recycling and remanufacturing, by modelling and monitoring the life cycle of products and components. To achieve that, there is a need to build trust by ensuring data exchange and interoperability across industry sectors and relevant stakeholders, while also focusing on aspects like data quality, cybersecurity, reliability, and accessibility.
The workforce should be engaged in the realization of circular approaches and the new manufacturing technologies.

This topic is focused on technologies/solutions to support circularity for manufacturing.

Hubs for circularity for industrialised urban peripheral areas (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA)

Code: 30127 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-38 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

Urban areas with high volumes of waste (household and end of life consumer waste) should closely interact with adjacent industries to jointly minimize their CO2 footprint and improve their waste management, thus contributing together to the valorisation of secondary materials and overall circularity. The hubs for circularity (H4C) concept is a pathway to exploit local synergies for the deployment of innovative solutions engaging regional resource management actors in strategic nodes where novel value chains valorising a significant part of end-of-life wastes could connect within and across regions.

This topic aims to support the goals of the smart cities mission by contributing to a healthier urban industrial symbiosis through waste reduction.

Technologies for processing and refining of critical raw materials (IA)

Code: 30125 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-04 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic is focused on technologies for processing and refining of critical raw materials.

'Innovate to transform' support for SME's sustainability transition (CSA)

Code: 30123 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-41 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic is focused on the ‘Innovate to transform’ support for SME’s sustainability transition.
Achieving European Green Deal objectives, and notably a climate neutral and resource efficient economy, requires the full mobilisation of SMEs.
The action will build on and further connect existing EU specialised business support networks and centres – such as the Enterprise Europe Network, the European industry clusters registered under the European Cluster Collaboration Platform, Centres for Advanced Technologies for Industry.

Renewable hydrogen used as feedstock in innovative production routes (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 30121 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-34 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 19/09/2023 | End submission calls: 07/02/2024

This topic is focused on the use of renwable hydrogen on feedstock in innovative production routes.

Hydrogen produced from renewable energy sources does not lead to direct carbon dioxide emissions when used and it can offer solutions to decrease GHG emissions in industrial processes. The integration of renewable hydrogen into new production routes as a feedstock will lead to major GHG emission reductions across several European industry sectors.
Currently, hydrogen is largely used in industrial sectors such as the chemical industries and refineries. Hydrogen could be used as reducing agent in the production and recovery of metals, biogenic and circular carbon optimisation or in new process routes to produce platform chemicals (e.g., carbon-based waste and side streams or biomass).

Technologies for processing and refining of critical raw materials (IA)

Code: 26434 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Actions under this topic should demonstrate new or improved systems integrating relevant processing and refining technologies for better recovery of raw materials from low grade and/or complex ores from extractive wastes, reduction of waste, higher energy efficiency. The actions should target minerals and metals, particularly critical raw materials.

Innovative technologies for sustainable and decarbonised extraction (RIA)

Code: 26431 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-02 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Actions under this topic should develop new sustainable concepts and technological solutions, including alternative approaches, for mining of complex or difficult to access mineral deposits, including mining wastes and abandoned mining sites, particularly addressing the challenges of accessibility, industrial viability, safety and environmental impacts, including water use and GHG intensity of extraction.

Coordination and knowledge sharing across materials development communities (CSA)

Code: 26428 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-39 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

There is a need to integrate and unify digital and materials competences and resources, including data, ontologies, characterisation and modelling, as well as robotics and machine learning, to accelerate the design, development, production and application of advanced materials with the desired manufacturing processes, properties, durability, and end of life. The lack of integration is a major challenge for the advanced materials design and development serving the innovation markets, including the related value chains. Such collaboration should be extended to the manufacturing industries and their digital marketplaces so that data and information to design new materials can be shared by all interested stakeholders in a faster way.

Expert network on Critical raw materials (CSA)

Code: 26423 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-07 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials (CRM) for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.

Integrated approach for impact assessment of safe and sustainable chemicals and materials (RIA)

Code: 26420 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-22 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Proposals should aim to develop integrated approaches for the assessment of health and environmental impacts together with the social and economic sustainability aspects of a chemical or material, all along their life-cycle. The proposals should also aim to foster the acceptance and effective uptake of the developed approaches within different sectors.

Recyclability and resource efficiency of Rare Earth based magnets (IA)

Code: 26418 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-09 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Projects outcomes will enable achieving the expected impacts of the destination by increasing access to primary raw materials and secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors.
Actions are expected to contribute to the implementation the EU action plan on Critical Raw Materials and the action plan on Rare Earth Magnets and Motors from the European Raw Materials Alliance.

Future Space Ecosystem and Enabling Technologies

Code: 26415 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-12 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

This topic aims at enabling efficient in-space services (e.g. maintenance, assembly, manufacture, logistics, warehousing and disassembly/reuse/recycling) by focussing on target-oriented development and qualification of innovative, game-changing technologies, key technology building blocks as well as new applications and services for the future space ecosystem.

Low cost high thrust propulsion for European strategic space launchers - technologies maturation including ground system tests

Code: 26410 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-21 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Copernicus for Atmosphere and Climate Change, including CO2

Code: 26408 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-31 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service evolution: the objective is to develop new and advanced modelling and data assimilation in CAMS global and regional systems in order to keep modelling and data assimilation aspects at the international state-of-the-art and benefit fully from ground-based and satellite observations, in particular from active remote-sensing networks with profiling capabilities (e.g. lidars, ceilometers, radars).

Copernicus Climate Change Service evolution: the objective is to develop innovative methodologies to characterise compound and cascading extreme weather events, including determining the potential frequency, intensity and impacts of these events in a changing climate.

The main objective of the research activities, is to perform R&D activities identified as priorities for the Copernicus CO2MVS capacity as identified by the European Commission’s CO2 monitoring Task Force

Copernicus for Marine Environment Monitoring

Code: 26405 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-34 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The objective is to implement an advanced and seamless monitoring and forecasting of the ocean from global/regional to coastal scales representative of high-resolution and high-dynamics phenomena (physics, biogeochemistry) to better constrain the coastal applications and models developed at national to local level for several applications.

Versatile light sources and systems as tools for manufacturing and medical application (Photonics Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 26401 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-53 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Proposals should address new versatile light sources and lasers, concept and systems for extended and new fields of applications.

Advanced imaging and sensing technologies (IA)(Photonics Partnership)

Code: 26397 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-57 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Innovative hardware and software approaches, or to explore novel techniques with potential to outperform the current standards.

Drivers and success factors for progress towards Industry 5.0 (RIA)

Code: 26395 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-52 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Fostering knowledge valorisation through societal and cultural interactions (CSA)

Code: 26393 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-33 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This action aims to strengthen and further develop existing or new schemes promoting arts-industrial technologies-citizens interactions, that increase uptake of new technologies and innovative solutions through better societal understanding and acceptance, as well as co-creation delivering economic and societal benefits. While arts and technology are the main drivers, citizens and communities are empowered to develop, test, co-create and share the benefits of new innovative solutions that address their needs.

R&I cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa (CSA)

Code: 26390 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-92 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

The scope of this topic fosters cooperation and prepare ground for joint research and innovation and raise greater awareness of R&I cooperation opportunities between the EU and sub-Saharan Africa.

Pilots for an innovative human-centric industry (RIA)

Code: 26388 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-51 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

The human-centric approach implies placing core human needs and interests at the heart of processes in industry, rather than taking the technology and its potential for increasing efficiency as a starting point.
A human-centric industry recognises and leverages the capabilities and creative potential of its workers through the synergistic combination with advanced (digital) technologies.

Affordable Housing District Demonstrator (IA)

Code: 26382 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-44 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Industrial symbiosis needs to be fostered amongst most relevant partners engaged in construction and renovation of social housing facilities. So the ultimate objective of the proposed action is to obtain a set of lighthouse affordable housing districts that each have followed a different approach, focussing on one or a combination of different innovative strands.

Bioinspired and biomimetic materials for sustainable textiles (IA)

Code: 26189 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-32 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 07/03/2023

This topic refers to the innovation market for Sustainable Textiles and will support citizens and their needs. Several materials specifications and related innovations needs will support this topic such as renewable and recyclable materials, alternative active ingredients, design for circularity.

Intelligent data acquisition and analysis of materials and products in existing built works (RIA)

Code: 26183 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-11 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 07/03/2023

There is a need to research new digitally powered techniques and technologies that would rapidly and accurately identify, analyse and record existing construction materials, products and components, facilitating their use in a circular economy and reducing life cycle impacts including embodied carbon.

Green and digital skills and training needs for a just transition (CSA)

Code: 26181 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-54 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Coordination and Support of Cognitive Computing Continuum research and policy (CSA)

Code: 26177 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01-06 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This topic will focus on the Coordination and Support of Cognitive Computing Continuum research and policy. It will
support the structure for the European Computing ecosystem: networking events and vision workshops for the academic and industrial computing community.

Toolbox for efficient IP licensing for market uptake and societal value creation (CSA)

Code: 26175 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-31 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

In line with the EU IP action plan and the Report on an intellectual property action plan to support EU’s recovery and resilience by the European Parliament, this action will promote better intellectual property management in research and innovation in view to materialise excellent research into innovation that is benefitting the society and businesses in the EU and beyond.

International Hub for Digital Partnerships in the Indo-Pacific (CSA)

Code: 26173 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-91 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This topic focuses on the support of R&I activities and concrete pilot projects (e.g. AI, digital identity) that are linked to the implementation of Digital Partnerships with Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Singapore as well as in the context of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) with India with a view to drive technology development and standardisation, or regulatory/legislative approaches. It will also support the digital dialogues with international partners, facilitate exchange of views and best practices, regulatory cooperation and where appropriate development of common principles regarding regulation, legislation and standards, developed bilaterally or agreed in international fora.

Advanced (nano and bio-based) materials for sustainable agriculture (RIA)

Code: 26171 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-34 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 07/03/2023

This topic refers to the innovation market for sustainable agriculture. The next generation of fertilisers, biocides and plant protection products for agriculture should need to be based on new delivery systems made from advanced (nano)materials (nanosubstances and nanoformulations of conventional substances) or and/or bio-based materials, to enable target-specific, precise and slow release of the product, reduction of load of active substances, ease of application, reduced risk for non-target organisms and operator exposure, reduced wash-off, reduced costs for farmers, etc.

Advanced materials for magnets in applications for the New Energies Market (RIA)

Code: 26169 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-37 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 07/03/2023

This topic refers to the innovation markets for New Energy and for Sustainable Transportation. Several materials specifications and related innovation needs will support this topic such as renewable energy and efficiency, renewable and recyclable materials, sustainable additives and catalysts, advanced surfaces, design for circularity. The topic should address several key policies of the European Union such as Circular Economy Action Plan, Zero Pollution Action Plan, A New Industrial Strategy for Europe also in view of critical and strategic raw materials for energy storage and conversion.

Adaptive multi-scale modelling and characterisation suites from lab to production (RIA)

Code: 26166 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-12 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

To support the green and digital industrial transition, there is the need to develop innovative routes to accelerate the design and production of new advanced materials, improving the circular economy and developing alternative feedstocks to support the EU’s open strategic autonomy throughout value chains (and covering all aspects of sustainability). Industrial research for materials from laboratory to production requires the extension of current knowledge on materials behaviour to the entire value chain.

Localised and Urban Manufacturing, supporting creativity and the New European Bauhaus (RIA using FSTP)

Code: 26161 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-53 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Decentralised, local and urban manufacturing is characterised by small, versatile factories, close to customers, and to highly qualified workers, where various types of customised products are produced in small series for the cost price of mass-produced products.This topic is intended to integrate the New European Bauhaus initiative into the development and implementation of the decentralised manufacturing vision.

Provide for a strong and sustainable pool of experts for European Standardisation: attract the students of university/HEI

Code: 26134 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-63 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This action aims at providing for a robust and sustainable pool of European professionals ready to contribute to standardisation and support positioning EU as global standard-setter.
University/HEI teaching is key to build up the pool of standardisation experts.
Academics teaching can provide for standardisation-competent graduates, who are aware of the benefits of standardisation and thus ready, as young professionals, to make Europe’s voice heard in international standardisation.

Pre-normative research and standardisation in industrial ecosystems (CSA)

Code: 26132 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-64 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

The scope of this topic is to boost the interactions between research projects and pre-normative work in the various ecosystems, and to increase the European contribution and presence in the subsequent formal European and international standardisation processes in line with the objectives of the standardisation strategy.

R&I cooperation with Latin America (Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and other countries in the BELLA network or members of RedClara) (CSA)

Code: 26130 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-93 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Joint EU-LAC cooperation on digital transformation has led to the successful completion of the BELLA programme, which supported the construction of a new submarine fibre-optic cable linking Lisbon (Portugal) with Fortaleza (Brazil) as well as an onward terrestrial connection with several countries in the region. The new connection provides for the long-term interconnectivity needs of European and Latin American research and innovation communities, but its full potential has not been exploited so far.

Smart sensors for the Electronic Appliances market (RIA)

Code: 26114 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-33 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 07/03/2023

Sensors are a key technology for electronic appliances serving our society. This topic refers to the innovation market for electronics appliances, in support of citizens and their various needs (be it in health care, home &personal care, food or textiles). Several materials specifications and related innovations needs will support this topic such as renewable and recyclable materials, alternative active ingredients and design for circularity.

End-to-end Earth observation systems and associated services

Code: 26107 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-11 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

This topic will contribute to develop and deploy global space-based services, applications and data, and therefore contributes to foster the European space sector competitiveness, as stated in the expected impact of this destination.

Scientific exploitation of space data

Code: 26103 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-71 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Exploitation of all acquired and available data provided by space missions in their operative, post-operative or data exploitation phase ensuring complementarity with activities already supported by ESA or national agencies during development phases.

Quantum Space Gravimetry Phase-A Study

Code: 26090 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-63 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The final objective of this call is the selection of a Quantum Space Gravimetry pathfinder mission. The scope of this topic covers in particular the system and operations concept of the pathfinder mission leading to a technical solution deployable before the end of the decade. A particular attention will be drawn on the analysis of the critical technologies and components necessary to deploy this mission, and proposals shall address the technological maturation necessary to meet this objective, based on EU solutions.

Copernicus in-situ component

Code: 26088 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-33 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The approach followed under this topic, should foster the exploitation of exiting in situ data capacities to close observation gaps in combination with new observing infrastructure and innovative processing/modelling techniques. The proposed developments should be interoperable, modular and scalable, should support the automatization of different processes orchestration, and proposals should provide a proof-of-concept or a prototype that can be easily adapted by at least one of the Copernicus Services and / or an observing network or similar delivering critical in situ data to Copernicus.

New space transportation solutions and services

Code: 26085 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-22 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

There are emerging opportunities in space transportation out of which some are recently started to being seized by European actors characterised by new uses of space (e.g. small satellites, larger constellations and payload recovery) new destinations (e.g. direct GEO, re-entry from LEO).

Quantum Communication Technologies for space systems

Code: 26080 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-62 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The scope of this topic is the development of the critical components and technologies necessary to build a space quantum key distribution system. Based on the principle that any component used to generate, store, transmit, receive, decode, or use quantum information is considered a critical component, the scope of this topic covers all the critical hardware and software components necessary for the quantum key distribution function to be implemented via a satellite payload, as well as the corresponding optical ground station.

Copernicus for Emergency Management

Code: 26075 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-32 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Innovative methods and technologies for emergency related applications to derive advanced products and open new opportunities for an operational deployment addressing the needs of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service.
Actions aimed at service evolution should be developed in response to specific policy and user requirements while seizing the opportunities provided by the evolution in technology.

Future Space Ecosystem: Management and Coordination Activity

Code: 26071 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-13 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

This support activity aims at enabling a sustainable, highly automated, flexible and economically viable space infrastructure in a holistic approach, prepared to maximise commercial opportunities in space and on earth: the future space ecosystem.
This requires a targeted evolution of the Future Space Ecosystem (FSE) roadmap that identifies and describes pathways to innovative and promising applications and services in the fields of in-space services. It shall consider new space approaches, enabling technologies (e.g. electric propulsion, automation & robotics, AI, high-performance and reliable avionics) and synergies with terrestrial sectors, strengthened by continuous market and trend analyses.

Space technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness

Code: 26069 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-72 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

The scope is focused on the research and innovation to mature critical space technologies that currently have dependency issues for use in the EU space programme components and discussed within the frame of the European Commission-ESA-EDA Joint Task Force (JTF).

Modern, flexible and efficient European test, production and launch facilities

Code: 26062 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01-23 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 22/12/2022 | End submission calls: 28/03/2023

Piloting communities of expert facilitators to improve industry-academia-public sector co-creation (CSA)

Code: 25709 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-32 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

This action will pilot communities of expert facilitators for increasing knowledge exchange and co-creation between industry, academia and public sector and help matching the supply and demand for innovation. This action will link professionals in industry-academia-public sector collaboration, build communities of expert facilitators for industry-academia co-creation and disseminate best practices and know-how for demand-driven industry-academia collaboration across Europe. This will include training a wider community of expert facilitators in higher education institutions across Europe.

Novel paradigms and approaches, towards AI-driven autonomous robots (AI, data and robotics partnership) (RIA)

Code: 25703 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Recycling technologies for critical raw materials from EoL products (IA)

Code: 25700 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-05 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 20/04/2023

Projects outcomes will enable the increase of access to secondary raw materials, in particular critical raw materials for EU industrial value chains and strategic sectors which will alleviate critical raw materials dependency.
Actions should focus on the whole chain of recycling processes and procedures – from collection, logistics, characterisation, sorting, cleaning, refining and purification of secondary raw materials and quality of produced outputs.

Boosting industrial symbiosis by standardisation (CSA)

Code: 25698 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-62 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

• Reinforcing the links between standardisation and research and innovation in circular value chains, ensuring that standardisation facilitates cross-sector interoperability at all levels.
• Facilitating the market entry of innovative solutions, which could aid the circularity of resources and zero pollution.
• Identifying the major bottlenecks for standardisation related framework conditions to support industrial symbiosis.
• In order to support the implementation of the ERA Industrial technology roadmap for low carbon technologies, helping the development of agile and green standards to ensure interoperability in the domain of industrial symbiosis.

Pervasive photonics - multi-technology integration for digital infrastructure, sensors and internet of things (Photonics partnership)(RIA)

Code: 25684 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-51 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

• Improved key metrics for communications (speed, power consumption, density) or for sensing (sensitivity, compactness, power consumption), making photonics ubiquitous in digital systems
• New photonic-enabled sensing functions, not feasible with a technology platform based on a single material, or computing paradigms enabling new systems architectures (e.g. neuromorphic computing)
• Maintaining European technology leadership in the face of strong global competition

Collaboration with NSF on fundamental research on new concepts for distributed computing and swarm intelligence (CSA)

Code: 25680 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01-07 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Proposal are expected to contribute for the support of the structure for the EU-NSF cooperation: networking events, exchange and fellowship programmes, and vision workshops for the academic and industrial computing community, at least one annual EU-US workshop.

Cognitive Computing Continuum: Intelligence and automation for more efficient data processing (AI, data and robotics partnership) (RIA)

Code: 25674 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01-04 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Focus should be on autonomous and AI-enabled management schemes and data processing methods that enable this transition to a compute continuum with strong capacities at the edge and fog/IoT edge in an energy efficient and trustworthy manner.

Integration of data life cycle, architectures and standards for complex data cycles and/or human factors, language (AI, data and robotics partnership) (RIA)

Code: 25672 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2023-DATA-01-02 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 08/12/2022 | End submission calls: 29/03/2023

Proposals should address the entire data life cycle from data generation/collection to the final use and disposal/deletion of data (especially when required by applicable legislation, for example the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

CASSINI Prize for digital space applications

Code: 23782 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-EUSPA-2022-MARITIME-PRIZE | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 05/07/2022 | End submission calls: 03/05/2023

The objectives of this Prize are:

• to stimulate the development of innovative solutions using EU Space Programme data;
• to solve problems or meet customer needs related to the detection, monitoring and tracking of plastic pollution, such as microplastics, plastic litter as well as of larger plastic items, in rivers, shores and coastal zones and to support its removal in order to support the prevention of ocean pollution;
• to attract dynamic innovators, to mobilise private investment.

Supporting the coordination of the Graphene Flagship projects (CSA)

Code: 18864 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-22 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposals should address the need to guarantee a sustained European leadership in 2DM, capitalise upon the investments made so far in graphene, exploit synergistically the scientific, technological and innovation outcomes of these investments and deliver benefits to the European society.

2D materials-based devices and systems for biomedical applications (RIA)

Code: 18861 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-19 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposal results are expected to contribute to new technology solutions exploiting the unique properties of 2D materials (2DM) that would reduce cost and increase the efficacy of diagnostics or therapies, or provide new diagnostics or therapies for which there is currently no solution. It would strengthen Europe’s industrial position in, early diagnostics, disease prediction and prevention, disease monitoring and reducing hospitalization time.

Pushing the limit of physical intelligence and performance (RIA)

Code: 18857 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-06 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposals are expected to focus on technology and systems that significantly extend the physical capability of robots beyond the state of the art.

AI, Data and Robotics for Industry optimisation (including production and services) (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

Code: 18855 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-05 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposals should focus on demonstrating the added value of AI and/or Data and/or Robotics technologies to optimise value-chains, products, services or associated processes, including knowledge automation (including capturing and elicitation), to increase competitiveness, environmental sustainability, and where relevant, working conditions, for example, through added flexibility, configurability, adaptability, etc.

New generation of advanced electronic and photonic 2D materials-based devices, systems and sensors (RIA)

Code: 18848 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-17 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposal results are expected to contribute to new technological solutions with improved performance and reduced energy consumption providing significant advances towards the integration of 2D materials (2DM) technology, and the emergence of competitive value chains in graphene in Europe.

2D-material-based composites, coatings and foams (IA)

Code: 18845 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-20 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposal results are expected to contribute to new multifunctional recyclable materials enabling solutions to environmental challenges.

Increased robotics capabilities demonstrated in key sectors (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

Code: 18838 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-07 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposals results are expected to contribute to at least one of the following expected outcome:

• Demonstrators able to show the added value of robotics and their performances in addressing challenges in major application sectors, or in dangerous, dull, dirty tasks or those strenuous for humans or in extreme environments.
• Systems able to demonstrate beyond human performance in complex tasks, with high impact in key sectors, that show extended levels of adaptation and flexibility.
• Systems able to show high levels of reactivity and responsiveness and intelligibility when performing human-robot and robot-robot interactions in major application sectors.

2D materials-based devices and systems for energy storage and/or harvesting (RIA)

Code: 18834 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-18 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposal results are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

• Demonstrated added value of 2D materials (2DM) for energy storage devices and systems in applications where Europe can build competitive value chains.
• New technology solutions for portable energy sources outperforming alternative technologies e.g. in terms of energy and power density, operational safety, long-term stability, mechanical flexibility, light weight, thin thickness, and low cost that will enable the rapid development of power-demanding smart devices, Internet of Thing (IoT) sensors and wearable electronics.

AI for human empowerment (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 18830 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-02-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

Proposals under this topic have a focus to one of the two following research objectives:
Reach truly mixed human-AI initiatives for human empowerment.
Trustworthy hybrid decision-support, including approaches for mixed and sliding decision-making, for context interpretation, for dealing with uncertainty, transparent anticipation, reliability, human-centric planning and decision-making, interdependencies, and augmented decision-making.

European Network of AI Excellence Centres: Expanding the European AI lighthouse (RIA)

Code: 18785 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-02-02 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 16/06/2022 | End submission calls: 16/11/2022

It is essential to reinforce and build on Europe’s assets in technologies such as AI, with huge potential socio-economic impact, including its world-class researcher community, in order to stay at the forefront of technological developments.
Proposals will mobilise the best European teams in AI community to join forces to address major technical as well as sector- or societal-driven challenges: strengthening excellence, networking, multidisciplinarity, academia-industry synergies.

Pushing the limit of physical intelligence and performance (RIA)

Code: 16965 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-06 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Proposals are expected to focus on technology and systems that significantly extend the physical capability of robots beyond the state of the art.

European Enabling technologies for Beyond 5G/6G RAN disaggregated architectures (RIA)

Code: 16959 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-30 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Proposals are expected to contribute to all of the following expected outcomes:

• Availability of European capabilities for enabling hardware, computing, signal processing technologies for beyond 5G (B5G) and future 6G infrastructures in the context of disaggregated, virtualized networks, for both small cell networks and cloud-based macro RANs.
• Availability of European capabilities for B5G/6G computing based on new computing architectures for Base station including accelerators (e.g. FPGA’s) capable of supporting even the most demanding 5G/6G processes in cloud servers and white box base stations or routers.

Advanced characterisation methodologies to assess and predict the health and environmental risks of nanomaterials (RIA)

Code: 16957 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-35 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The development of reliable and practical tools to ensure the safe and sustainable use of nanomaterials has not kept pace with the rapid commercialization of nanotechnology-enabled products. The dynamic nature of many nanomaterials in complex environmental matrices is recognized as a major challenge for their detection, quantification and characterization. Consequently, there is an urgent need to establish appropriate methods for cost-efficient assessment and prediction of the health and environmental effects of nanomaterials.

Ultra low energy and secure networks (RIA)

Code: 16955 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-39 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The research covers enabling technologies for the long term objective of
i) ultra low energy networks and corresponding EU industrial capability for end-to-end all-optical communications with no electro-optical conversion
ii) ultra high security over fibre nets (e.g quantum grade beyond today’s range limitation).
Complementary protocol level work may be considered to alleviate IP limitations, making networks deterministic, drastically reducing energy needs whilst increasing performances in terms of security, control by applications of differentiated features, and implementability as “Network on a Chip”.

AI for human empowerment (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 16952 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-01 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Innovative and promising approaches are encouraged, including human-in the loop approaches for truly mixed human-AI initiatives combining the best of human and machine knowledge and capabilities, tacit knowledge extraction (to design the next generation AI-driven co-creation and collaboration tools embodied e.g. in industrial/working spaces environments).
Build the next level of perception, visualisation, interaction and collaboration between humans and AI systems working together as partners to achieve common goals, sharing mutual understanding and learning of each other’s abilities and respective roles.

Next Generation Safer Internet: Technologies to identify digital Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) (RIA)

Code: 16948 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-05 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The proposals aim to develop mature tools that support the analytical work of LEAs and Hotlines, based on relevant classifiers that correspond to typical elements/characteristics of CSAM. The tools should allow identification, categorisation and prioritisation of digital CSAM from large data sets. The solutions should be robust enough and provide sufficient information to help Hotline analysts and law enforcement officers in their assessments.

NGI International Collaboration - USA and Canada (RIA)

Code: 16945 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-07 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The aim of the topic is to reinforce EU cooperation and strategic partnerships with the US and Canada in the area of Next Generation Internet, and to establish a continuous dialogue among the actors involved in the US, Canadian and EU programmes, in particular as far as internet standardisation is concerned. The focus should be on trust and data sovereignty, in particular digital identity, and on internet architecture renovation and decentralised technologies.

Increased robotics capabilities demonstrated in key sectors (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

Code: 16943 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-07 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Proposals will integrate novel robotics technologies into solutions that are capable of autonomously taking over dangerous, dull and dirty jobs, or that are capable of achieving tasks beyond human capabilities, in a range of innovative applications in key sectors or that are capable of reaching the level of reactivity, flexibility and adaptivity and natural intelligibility required for smooth and beneficial human-robot, as well as robot-robot collaboration and interaction.

eXtended Reality Learning - Engage and Interact (IA)

Code: 16940 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-19 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

eXtended Reality, combining human-machine interactions with real, mix, augmented and virtual environments, allows for higher engagement with teaching material and more efficient interaction with complex problems or new environments. Proposals will make use of XR technologies to develop and test virtual tools for teaching and learning.

eXtended Reality Technologies (RIA)

Code: 16935 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-14 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

New digital interaction technologies are playing an essential role in the transformation by enabling us to interact naturally and intuitively with digital information in the physical world. This topic asks for research and innovation proposals to develop and demonstrate novel eXtended Reality technologies, combining human-machine interactions and real, mixed, augmented and virtual environments, aiming to augment the capabilities of users and machines and to provide seamless and persistent physical-digital experiences, while guaranteeing the privacy and rights of individuals and companies and ensuring safe, secure and trustworthy interactions.

International cooperation in semiconductors (CSA)

Code: 16933 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-38 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Within the context of semiconductor and semiconductor-based photonics (e.g. Silicon photonics), the CSA will support the EC.

AI, Data and Robotics for Industry optimisation (including production and services) (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

Code: 16923 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-05 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

Proposals are expected to integrate and optimise AI, data and robotics solutions in order to demonstrate, by addressing use-cases scenarios in actual or highly realistic operating environments, how they optimise production and service use cases.

Advanced multi-sensing systems (Photonics Partnership) (RIA)

Code: 16921 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The proposals will enable breakthroughs in sensor systems by combining component development, system integration, packaging and cost-effective manufacturing processes. They should propose innovative approaches capable of acquiring, processing and interpreting vast amounts of sensory input data, where relevant, while reducing significantly overall energy consumption. 

Internet architecture and decentralised technologies (RIA)

Code: 16919 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The Internet architecture has developed as a mix of centralised, networked and devicebased technologies with design choices largely coming from the past. At the same time, ever-larger fractions of the internet as we know it today are operated by a small number of platforms controlling end-users’ data, online transactions and infrastructure, effectively leading to a concentration and centralisation of the Internet.

Open source for cloud-based services (RIA)

Code: 16913 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-26 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 21/12/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The objective of this topic is to complete the continuous path from flagship projects at the component level, such as the EPI, and cloud services. Emphasis is on the software and hardware interfaces between the aforementioned new processing architectures and cloud applications with the aid of relevant widely available ICT industry standards and Open Source stacks.

Extreme data mining, aggregation and analytics technologies and solutions (RIA)

Code: 16451 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-05 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/11/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

The actions under this topic are expected to provide ground-breaking advances in the performance, speed and/or accuracy as well as usefulness of data discovery, collection, mining, filtering and processing in view of coping with “extreme data”: (defined as data that exhibits one or more of the following characteristics, to an extent that makes current technologies fail: increasing volume, speed, variety; complexity/diversity/multilinguality of data; the dispersed data sources; sparse/missing/insufficient data/extreme variations in values).

Programming tools for decentralised intelligence and swarms (RIA)

Code: 16447 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-03 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 03/11/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022

This topic focuses on the development of agile and secure architectures, dynamic programming environments and tools for the compute continuum from the device and edge perspective, including energy-efficient, lightweight AI-based approaches, tools for decentralised device and edge intelligence, innovative mesh architectures with mixed topologies to support concepts like tactile internet and swarm intelligence.

Technologies and solutions for data trading, monetizing, exchange and interoperability (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA)

Code: 16443 | Identifier Code: HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-04 | Programme name: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Sub-program: Digital, Industry & Space (Cluster 4)(2021-2027) | Start submission calls: 23/11/2021 | End submission calls: 05/04/2022