Digitalisation: Virtually everywhere?
12th August 2021 at 4:07 pm
Every aspect of our lives appears to be dominated by digitalisation. We have computers at work and at home, and computers are in our pockets – smartphones with social media and many apps. Digitalisation controls traffic lights and many facets of mobility. It is in our houses and all places where we consume energy. Healthcare systems are digitalised to deliver patient care. Digitalisation is indeed everywhere! How is this represented in Horizon Europe?
For the fifth industrial revolution to thrive, where humans and machines are combined and artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly adopted and applied, research and innovation are required at the national, European, and global level.
| 1st Industrial Revolution | 2nd Industrial Revolution | 3rd Industrial Revolution | 4th Industrial Revolution | 5th Industrial Revolution |
| Mechanisation | Electrification | Automatisation, Globalisation | Digitalisation | Personalisation |
The EU has defined digital strategies in several policy documents, including in its Shaping Europe’s Digital Future priority announcement, Artificial Intelligence white paper, Digital Decade target setting and Space Strategy for Europe communication. Following these, Horizon Europe, the EU`s largest framework programme for research and innovation ever, facilitates the digitalisation process by supporting the discovery and development of innovative ICT technologies and their deployment in a wide range of application areas, such as in Health (Cluster 1) for personalised medicine and in Climate, Energy and Mobility (Cluster 5) for smart, individual solutions.
Although digitalisation is clearly a cross-cutting activity, there is one dedicated sub-programme in Horizon Europe that is focused on Digital, Industry and Space (Cluster 4). Having had a closer look at the two-year work programme for Cluster 4 (2021/2022), the European Commission has defined 6 destination areas under which more than 200 initiatives will be funded in a total of 84 call topics with € 2.9 billion. Researchers, companies, and other organisations can apply for grants, non-repayable funding, to progress in digital and industrial technologies to shape all sectors of the economy and society.
The Horizon Europe Cluster 4 programme offers over 80 call topics in 2021 alone for research and innovation in digitalisation. The table below shows the key facts and the anticipated number of funded projects.
Destination 1 – Climate Neutral, Circular and Digitised Production
| Call topic | Type | Title | Contribution per project* | Funded projects* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-01 | IA | AI enhanced robotics systems for smart manufacturing (IA) | EUR 8-10 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-02 | IA | Zero-defect manufacturing towards zero-waste (IA) | EUR 8-10 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-03 | IA | Laser-based technologies for green manufacturing (RIA) | EUR 5-7 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-05 | RIA | Manufacturing technologies for bio-based materials (RIA) | EUR 4-6 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-07 | IA | Artificial Intelligence for sustainable, agile manufacturing (IA) | EUR 4-6 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-08 | IA | Data-driven Distributed Industrial Environments (IA) | EUR 4-8 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-10 | IA | Digital permits and compliance checks for buildings and infrastructure (IA) | EUR 5 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-11 | RIA | Automated tools for the valorisation of construction waste (RIA | EUR 6-10 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-12 | RIA | Breakthrough technologies supporting technological sovereignty in construction (RIA) | EUR 8-10 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-14 | RIA | Deploying industrial-urban symbiosis solutions for the utilization of energy, water, industrial waste and by-products at regional scale (RIA) | EUR 8-12 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-16 | CSA | Hubs for Circularity European Community of Practice (ECoP) platform (CSA) | EUR 2 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-17 | IA | Plastic waste as a circular carbon feedstock for industry (IA) | EUR 12-18 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-18 | IA | Carbon Direct Avoidance in steel: Electricity and hydrogen-based metallurgy (IA) | EUR 6-18 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-19 | IA | Improvement of the yield of the iron and steel making (IA) | EUR 4-5 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-20 | IA | Reducing environmental footprint, improving circularity in extractive and processing value chains (IA) | EUR 12 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-21 | IA | Design and optimisation of energy flexible industrial processes (IA) | EUR 12-18 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-22 | IA | Adjustment of Steel process production to prepare for the transition towards climate neutrality (IA) | EUR 4-5 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-01 | IA | Rapid reconfigurable production process chains (IA) | EUR 8-10 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-02 | RIA | Products with complex functional surfaces (RIA) | EUR 4-6 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-04 | RIA | Excellence in distributed control and modular manufacturing (RIA) | EUR 4-6 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-05 | RIA | Intelligent work piece handling in a full production line (RIA) | EUR 4-6 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-06 | IA | ICT Innovation for Manufacturing Sustainability in SMEs (I4MS2) (IA) | EUR 4-8 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-07 | RIA | Digital tools to support the engineering of a Circular Economy (RIA) | EUR 3-6 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-09 | IA | Demonstrate the use of Digital Logbook for buildings (IA) | EUR 4.5 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-10 | IA | Circular flows for solid waste in urban environment (IA) | EUR 12-18 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-11 | IA | Valorisation of CO/CO2 streams into added-value products of market interest (IA) | EUR 12-18 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-13 | IA | Raw material preparation for clean steel production (IA) | EUR 4-5 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-15 | RIA | New electrochemical conversion routes for the production of chemicals and materials in process industries (RIA)- | EUR 8-12 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-16 | IA | Modular and hybrid heating technologies in steel production (IA) | EUR 3 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-17 | IA | Integration of hydrogen for replacing fossil fuels in industrial applications (IA) | EUR 12-18 M | 3 |
Destination 2 – Increased Autonomy in Key Strategic Value Chains for Resilient Industry
| Call topic | Type | Title | Contribution per project* | Funded projects* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-01 | RIA | Ensuring circularity of composite materials (RIA) | EUR 8-9 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-03 | RIA | Identifying future availability of secondary raw materials (RIA) | EUR 13.5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-04 | IA | Developing climate-neutral and circular raw materials (IA) | EUR 12 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-05 | CSA | Building EU-Africa partnerships on sustainable raw materials value chains (CSA) | EUR 8 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-06 | RIA | Innovation for responsible EU sourcing of primary raw materials, the foundation of the Green Deal (RIA) | EUR 7.5 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-07 | IA | Building innovative value chains from raw materials to sustainable products (IA) | EUR 12 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-08 | CSA | Establishing EU led international community on sustainable-by-design materials to support embedding sustainability criteria over the life cycle of products and processes (CSA) | EUR 3-4 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-09 | IA | Promote Europe’s availability, affordability, sustainability and security of supply of essential chemicals and materials (IA) | EUR 7-10 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-10 | RIA | Paving the way to an increased share of recycled plastics in added value products (RIA) | EUR 5-7 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-11 | RIA | Safe- and sustainable-by-design polymeric materials (RIA) | EUR 4-5 M | 5 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-12 | RIA | Safe- and sustainable-by-design metallic coatings and engineered surfaces (RIA) | EUR 4-5 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-14 | IA | Development of more energy efficient electrically heated catalytic reactors (IA) | EUR 7-10 M | 8 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-16 | CSA | Creation of an innovation community for solar fuels and chemicals (CSA) | EUR 3-4 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-17 | RIA | Advanced materials for hydrogen storage (RIA) | EUR 4-6 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-20 | RIA | Antimicrobial, Antiviral, and Antifungal Nanocoatings (RIA) | EUR 4-6 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-25 | CSA | Biomaterials database for Health Applications (CSA) | EUR 2-4 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-26 | RIA | Sustainable Industry Commons (RIA) | EUR 2-4 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-27 | CSA | Innovation Radar, Tech Due Diligence and Venture Building for strategic Digital and Industrial Technologies (CSA) | EUR 2.5-4 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-28 | CSA | Re-opening industrial sites preparatory action – Promoting a sustainable strategy for Europe’s industrial future (CSA) | EUR 1 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-29 | IA | Innovate to transform’ support for SME’s sustainability transition (CSA) | EUR 5 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-31 | RIA | European Technological and Social Innovation Factory (RIA) | EUR 3-5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-02-32 | RIA | Social and affordable housing district demonstrator (IA) | EUR 2.5 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-01 | RIA | Circular and low emission value chains through digitalisation (RIA) | EUR 6-8 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-02 | RIA | Monitoring and supervising system for exploration and future exploitation activities in the deep sea (RIA) | EUR 14 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-03 | CSA | Streamlining cross-sectoral policy framework throughout the extractive life-cycle in environmentally protected areas | EUR 2.4 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-04 | IA | Developing digital platforms for the small scale extractive industry (IA) | EUR 5 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-05 | RIA | Technological solutions for tracking raw material flows in complex supply chains (RIA) | EUR 13.5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-06 | IA | Sustainable and innovative mine of the future (IA) | EUR 12 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-07 | IA | Innovative solutions for efficient use and enhanced recovery of mineral and metal by-products from processing of raw materials (IA) | EUR 12 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-08 | RIA | Earth observation technologies for the mining life cycle in support of EU autonomy and transition to a climate-neutral economy (RIA) | EUR 4.5 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-10 | RIA | Innovative materials for advanced (nano)electronic components and systems (RIA) | EUR 3-5 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-11 | RIA | Advanced lightweight materials for energy efficient structures (RIA) | EUR 3-5 M | 5 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-12 | RIA | Functional multi-material components and structures (RIA) | EUR 4-6 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-13 | RIA | Smart and multifunctional biomaterials for health innovations (RIA) | EUR 3-5 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-14 | IA | Membranes for gas separations – membrane distillation (IA) | EUR 6-8 M | 6 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-16 | IA | Building and renovating by exploiting advanced materials for energy and resources efficient management (IA) | EUR 5-7 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-19 | RIA | Advanced materials modelling and characterisation (RIA) | EUR 4-6 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-20 | IA | Climate Neutral and Circular Innovative Materials Technologies Open Innovation Test Beds (IA) | EUR 10-12 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-21 | CSA | Leveraging standardisation in Digital Technologies (CSA) | EUR 4.5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-23 | RIA | Safe- and sustainable-by-design organic and hybrid coatings (RIA) | EUR 3-5 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-24 | RIA | Novel materials for supercapacitor energy storage (RIA) | EUR 4-6 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-25 | IA | Optimised Industrial Systems and Lines through digitalisation (IA) | EUR 4-5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01-26 | CSA | Innovate to transform’ support for SME’s sustainability transition (CSA) | EUR 5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-02-01-PCP | PCP | Boosting green economic recovery and open strategic autonomy in Strategic Digital Technologies through pre-commercial procurement (PCP action) | EUR 9 M | 1 |
Destination 3 – World Leading Data and Computing Technologies
| Call topic | Type | Title | Contribution per project* | Funded projects* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01-01 | RIA | Technologies and solutions for compliance, privacy preservation, green and responsible data operations (RIA) | EUR 8-11 M | 5 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01-03 | IA | Technologies for data management (IA) | EUR 5 M | 6 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01-05 | RIA | Future European platforms for the Edge: Meta Operating Systems (RIA) | EUR 8-12 M | 5 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01-07 | CSA | Coordination and Support of the ‘Cloud-Edge-IoT’ domain (CSA) | EUR 1.5 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01-08 | CSA | Roadmap for next generation computing and systems technologies (CSA) | EUR 2 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-01 | RIA | Methods for exploiting data and knowledge for extremely precise outcomes (analysis, prediction, decision support), reducing complexity and presenting insights in understandable way (RIA) | EUR 8-12 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-02 | RIA | Cognitive Cloud: AI-enabled computing continuum from Cloud to Edge (RIA) | EUR 4-6 M | 10 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-03 | RIA | Programming tools for decentralised intelligence and swarms (RIA) | EUR 4-8 M | 5 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-04 | IA | Technologies and solutions for data trading, monetizing, exchange and interoperability (IA) | EUR 10-13 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DATA-01-05 | RIA | Extreme data mining, aggregation and analytics technologies and solutions (RIA) | EUR 5 M | 6 |
Destination 4 – Digital and Emerging Technologies for Competitiveness and Fit for The Green Deal
| Call topic | Type | Title | Contribution per project* | Funded projects* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-01 | RIA | Ultra-low-power, secure processors for edge computing (RIA) | EUR 8-10 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-05 | CSA | Open Source Hardware for ultra-low-power, secure processors (CSA) | EUR 2 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-06 | IA | Advanced optical communication components (IA) | EUR 4-6 M | 6 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-07 | RIA | Advanced Photonic Integrated Circuits (RIA) | EUR 3-5 M | 8 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-09 | IA | AI, Data and Robotics for the Green Deal (IA) | EUR 3-5 M | 7 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-10 | IA | AI, Data and Robotics at work (IA) | EUR 3-5 M | 6 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-11 | RIA | Pushing the limit of robotics cognition (RIA) | EUR 5 M | 9 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-12 | RIA | European Network of Excellence Centres in Robotics (RIA) | EUR 11.5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-13 | CSA | Academia-Industry Forum on Emerging Enabling Technologies (CSA) | EUR 2.5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-14 | RIA | Advanced spintronics: Unleashing spin in the next generation ICs (RIA) | EUR 2-3 M | 6 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-21 | RIA | Next generation quantum sensing technologies (RIA) | EUR 6.75 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-23 | RIA | International cooperation with Canada (RIA) | EUR 1.33 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-26 | CSA | Coordination of European Smart Network actions (CSA) | EUR 3 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-27 | RIA | Development of technologies/devices for bio-intelligent manufacturing (RIA) | EUR 5-7 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-30 | RIA | Investing in new emerging quantum computing technologies (RIA) | EUR 5 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-31 | RIA | Functional electronics for green and circular economy (RIA) | EUR 3-5 M | 9 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-32 | CSA | Support and coordination of the Quantum Technologies Flagship Initiative (CSA) | EUR 6.4 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-10 | RIA | Quantum sensing technologies for market uptake (IA) | EUR 5-7 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-15 | FPA | Framework Partnership Agreement for developing the first large-scale quantum computers (FPA) | – | 0 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-16 | RIA | Basic Science for Quantum Technologies (RIA) | EUR 2-3 M | 5 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-17 | FPA | Framework Partnership Agreement for developing large scale quantum simulation platform technologies (FPA) | – | 0 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02-19 | FPA | Framework Partnership Agreements in Quantum Communications (FPA) | – | 0 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-03 | RIA | Advanced multi-sensing systems (RIA) | EUR 3-5 M | 10 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-05 | IA | AI, Data and Robotics for Industry optimisation (including production and services) (IA) | EUR 3-5 M | 5 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-06 | RIA | Pushing the limit of physical intelligence and performance (RIA) | EUR 4 M | 7 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-07 | IA | Increased robotics capabilities demonstrated in key sectors (IA) | EUR 6 M | 6 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-26 | RIA | Open source for cloud-based services (RIA) | EUR 4-6 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-30 | RIA | European Enabling technologies for Beyond 5G/6G RAN disaggregated architectures (RIA) | EUR 13 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-35 | RIA | Advanced characterisation methodologies to assess and predict the health and environmental risks of nanomaterials (RIA) | EUR 2-3 M | 5 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-38 | CSA | International cooperation in semiconductors (CSA) | EUR 3 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-39 | RIA | Ultra low energy and secure networks (RIA) | EUR 13 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-17 | RIA | New generation of advanced electronic and photonic 2D materials-based devices, systems and sensors (RIA) | EUR 16.5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-18 | RIA | 2D materials-based devices and systems for energy storage and/or harvesting (RIA) | EUR 9 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-19 | RIA | 2D materials-based devices and systems for biomedical applications (RIA) | EUR 6 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-20 | IA | 2D-material-based composites, coatings and foams (IA) | EUR 9 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-22 | CSA | Supporting the coordination of the Graphene Flagship projects (CSA) | EUR 3 M | 1 |
Destination 5 – Open Strategic Autonomy in Developing, Deploying and Using Global Space-Based Infrastructures, Services, Applications and Data
| Call topic | Type | Title | Contribution per project* | Funded projects* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-11 | RIA | End-to-end satellite communication systems and associated services | EUR 4-6 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-12 | RIA | Future space ecosystems: on-orbit operations, new system concepts | EUR 1-2 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-21 | RIA | Reusability for European strategic space launchers – technologies and operation maturation including flight test demonstration | EUR 30-39 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-22 | RIA | Low cost high thrust propulsion for European strategic space launchers – technologies maturation including ground tests | EUR 15-19 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-23 | RIA | New space transportation solutions and services | EUR 1-1.5 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-41 | RIA | Copernicus Climate Change Service evolution | EUR 10-11 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-42 | RIA | Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service evolution | EUR 6-7.5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-43 | RIA | Copernicus Security and Emergency Services evolution | EUR 4-5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-44 | RIA | Copernicus evolution for cross-services thematic domains | EUR 3 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-62 | RIA | Quantum technologies for space gravimetry | EUR 15-17 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE-01-81 | RIA | Space technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness | EUR 2-3 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-11 | RIA | Future space ecosystems: on-orbit operations, preparation of orbital demonstration mission | EUR 20-26 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-12 | IA | Technologies and generic building blocks for Electrical Propulsion | EUR 1-2 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-13 | IA | End-to-end Earth observation systems and associated services | EUR 2-3 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-21 | RIA | Multi sites flexible industrial platform and standardised technology for improving interoperability of European access to space ground facilities | EUR 1-2 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-41 | RIA | Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service evolution | EUR 8-10 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-42 | RIA | Copernicus Anthropogenic CO₂ Emissions Monitoring & Verification Support (MVS) capacity | EUR 5-6 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-43 | RIA | Copernicus Land Monitoring Service evolution | EUR 4-5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-62 | RIA | Space Weather | EUR 0.5-1 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-72 | CSA | Education and skills for the EU space sector | EUR 2-3 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-81 | RIA | Space technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness | EUR 2-3 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01-82 | RIA | Space science and exploration technologies | EUR 1-1.5 M | 6 |
Destination 6 – A Human-Centred and Ethical Development of Digital and Industrial Technologies
| Call topic | Type | Title | Contribution per project* | Funded projects* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-01 | RIA | Verifiable robustness, energy efficiency and transparency for Trustworthy AI: Scientific excellence boosting industrial competitiveness (RIA) | EUR 4 M | 9 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-02 | CSA | European coordination, awareness, standardisation & adoption of trustworthy European AI, Data and Robotics (CSA) | EUR 4-9 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-03 | RIA | European Network of AI Excellence Centres: Pillars of the European AI lighthouse (RIA) | EUR 9 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-04 | RIA | Trust & data sovereignty on the Internet (RIA) | EUR 12 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-05 | RIA | Trustworthy open search and discovery (RIA) | EUR 8.5 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-06 | IA | Innovation for Media, including eXtended Reality (IA) | EUR 8-9 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-07 | CSA | Next Generation Internet community-building and outreach (CSA) | EUR 2 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-08 | CSA | NGI International Collaboration – Transatlantic fellowship programme (CSA) | EUR 2 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-09 | CSA | NGI Tech Review (CSA) | EUR 1.5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-13 | RIA | eXtended Reality Modelling (RIA) | EUR 4.8 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-14 | RIA | eXtended Reality for All – Haptics (RIA) | EUR 6 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-17 | CSA | Awareness raising on Intellectual property (IP) management for European R&I (CSA) | EUR 1 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-18 | CSA | Fostering standardisation to boost European industry’s competitiveness (CSA) | EUR 1 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-19 | IA | Testing innovative solutions on local communities’-demand (IA) | EUR 5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-20 | CSA | Piloting a new industry-academia knowledge exchange focussing on companies’ needs (CSA) | EUR 2 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-21 | RIA | Art-driven use experiments and design (RIA) | EUR 2.8 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-24 | RIA | Tackling gender, race and other biases in AI (RIA) | EUR 3-3.5 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-25 | IA | eXtended Collaborative Telepresence (IA) | EUR 5-8 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-26 | RIA | Workforce skills for industry 5.0 (RIA) | EUR 5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-27 | RIA | AI to fight disinformation (RIA) | EUR 6.5 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-28 | CSA | eXtended Reality Ethics, Interoperability and Impact (CSA) | EUR 2.5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-29 | CSA | Support for transnational activities of National Contact Points in the thematic area of Digital (CSA) | EUR 2.5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-30 | CSA | Support for transnational activities of National Contact Points in the thematic area of Industry (CSA) | EUR 1.5 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-31 | CSA | Support for transnational activities of National Contact Points in the thematic area of Space (CSA) | EUR 1 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-01 | RIA | AI for human empowerment (RIA) | EUR 4 M | 4 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-02 | RIA | European Network of AI Excellence Centres: Expanding the European AI lighthouse (RIA) | EUR 11.5 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-03 | RIA | Internet architecture and decentralised technologies (RIA) | EUR 11 M | 2 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-05 | RIA | Next Generation Safer Internet: Technologies to identify digital Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) (RIA) | EUR 2 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-07 | RIA | NGI International Collaboration – USA and Canada (RIA) | EUR 6 M | 1 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-14 | RIA | eXtended Reality Technologies (RIA) | EUR 5-8 M | 3 |
| HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-19 | IA | eXtended Reality Learning – Engage and Interact | EUR 5-8 M | 3 |
* The EU contribution and number of funded projects are estimations based on the available information and our experience.
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