Horizon Europe Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation with a budget of €95.5 billion. It tackles climate change, helps to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and boosts the EU’s competitiveness and growth. The programme facilitates collaboration and strengthens the impact of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing EU policies while tackling global challenges. It supports creating and better dispersing of excellent knowledge and technologies. It creates jobs, fully engages the EU’s talent pool, boosts economic growth, promotes industrial competitiveness and optimises investment impact within a strengthened European Research Area. Legal entities from the EU and associated countries can participate.

The structure is based on 3 pillars:

Pilar I

• European Research Council
  • Work Programme 2021
  • Calls 2022
• Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Work Programme 
  • EoI MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship at UPF
• Research Infrastructures

Pilar II

• Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
  • Cluster 1: Health
  • Cluster 2: Culture, creativity and inclusive society  
  • Cluster 3:  Civil Security for Society  
  • Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space
  • Cluster 5: Climate, Energy and Mobility
  • Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Pilar III

• European Innovation Ecosystem

Informative Sessions

• Infodays Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Program (25-28/05/21)
• Webinar: Funding and Tender Portal per principiants (27/05/21)
• Horizon Europe Cluster 5 & 6 - Digital Matchmaking (31/05/21 - 04/06/21)
• InfoDay Cluster 1 Health organised by CDTI (01/06/21)
• Social Sciences and Humanities in Horizon Europe: diving into the opportunities (02/06/21);
• Horizon Europe Brokerage Event on Energy (03/06/21)
• European Research & Innovation Days 2021 organised by the European Commission (23-24/06/21)

Proposals preparation
The European Commission organised two informative sessions about how to prepare Horizon Europe proposals. The recordings are already available:

• How to prepare a successful proposal in Horizon Europe;
• A successful proposal for Horizon Europe: Scientific, technical excellence is key, but don’t forget the other aspec

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​Presentations from the informative session organised by the Research Service on May 13th 2021:

• General remarks
• Clusters

• Infodays Programa Ciutadania, Igualtat, Drets i Valors (25-28/05/21)
• Webinar: Funding and Tender Portal per principiants (27/05/21)
• Horizon Europe Cluster 5 & 6 - Digital Matchmaking (31/05/21 - 04/06/21)
• Jornada Informativa  Cluster 1 - Health (01/06/21);
• Social Sciences and Humanities in Horizon Europe: diving into the opportunities (02/06/21);
• Horizon Europe Brokerage Event on Energy (03/06/21)
• European Research & Innovation Days 2021 organitzat per la Comissió Europea (23-24/06/21)