Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020). It is the successor of FP7, the seventh Framework Programme.
For the European policy maker, Horizon 2020 is a means to implement the Innovation Union and the Europe 2020 strategy, designed to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness thanks to a wide variety of funding instruments, research domains, and other targeted measures. For European and Luxembourg research organisations or innovative companies, Horizon 2020 is a unique opportunity to join European-wide or international teams to further their research agenda. The programme offers interesting funding opportunities.
European Research Council (ERC)
Providing attractive long-term funding to excellent investigators
Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Fostering new ideas, nurturing emerging themes and communities
Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions
Providing training, career and knowledge-exchange opportunities through mobility programmes for researchers and research staff
Research infrastructures (RI)
Developing new world-class Research Infrastructures
Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
Dedicated support for research, development and demonstration
Access to risk finance
Overcome deficits in the availability of debt and equity finance for R&D and innovation-driven companies and projects at all stages of development
Innovation in SMEs
SME-tailored support to stimulate all forms of innovation
Health
Food & Bioeconomy
Energy
Transport
Environment
Social sciences
Security
