Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) – in addition to the private investment that this money will attract. It promises more breakthroughs, discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to the market.

By coupling research and innovation, Horizon 2020 is helping to achieve this with its emphasis on excellent science, industrial leadership and tackling societal challenges. The goal is to ensure Europe produces world-class science, removes barriers to innovation and makes it easier for the public and private sectors to work together in delivering innovation.

Horizon 2020 is open to everyone, with a simple structure that reduces red tape and time so participants can focus on what is really important. This approach makes sure new projects get off the ground quickly – and achieve results faster.

Horizon 2020 programme sections

Excellent Science

The Excellent Science pillar has main four specific objectives:

  1. European Research Council
  2. Future and emerging technologies
  3. Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions
  4. European Research Infrastructures, including e-Infrastructures
 

Industrial Leadership

It consists of three specific objectives:

  1. Leadership in Enabling and Industrial Technologies
  2. Access to Risk Finance
  3. Innovation in SMEs
 

Societal Challenges

Funding will focus on the following challenges:

  1.  Health, demographic change and wellbeing;
  2.  Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research, and the Bioeconomy;
  3.  Secure, clean and efficient energy;
  4.  Smart, green and integrated transport;
  5.  Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials;
  6.  Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies;
  7.  Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens.

 

Source: ec.europa.eu

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