Accessibility statement

This statement applies to content published on the domain: ‘https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu’.

It does not apply to other content or websites published on any of its subdomains. These websites and their content will have their own specific accessibility statement.

This website is managed by the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible, including persons with disabilities.

You should be able to:

• zoom up to 200% without problems
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• navigate most of the website using a modern screen reader and speech recognition software (on your computer or phone)

This website is designed to comply with the technical standard for websites and mobile apps, EN 301 549 v.3.2.1. This closely follows level ‘AA’ of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1.

This website is partially compliant with technical standard EN 301 549 v.3.2.1 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA. See ‘Non-accessible content’ for more details.

The website was last tested on 18 December 2024.

This statement was prepared on 18 December 2024.

The statement is based on a review of a representative sample of web pages, using a combination of manual and automated testing.

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of the European Commission website. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers:

• Contact form: Write to us (please refrain from providing sensitive information in the form, e.g. any information that would reveal personal financial information, information related to your health, or any other sensitive topic).

We try to respond to feedback within 15 business days from the date of receipt of the enquiry by the responsible Commission department.

The ‘projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu’ website is designed to be compatible with the following most used assistive technologies:

• Chrome
• Edge
• Safari
• Internet Explorer
• Firefox

The accessibility of the European Commission website relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer:

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript

Despite our best efforts to ensure the accessibility of the European Commission website, we are aware of some limitations, which we are working to fix. Below is a description of known limitations and potential solutions. Please contact us if you encounter an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for the European Commission website:

1. Heading Hierarchy: ome headings do not follow the correct hierarchy, potentially causing confusion for screen reader users. We plan to fix this over the course of 2025.
2. Links and buttons: Some links and buttons lack an explicit label, or references elements are empty.  We plan to fix this over the course of 2025.
3. Videos and audio: Some captions are currently unavailable.
4. Documents: The current versions of some of our PDFs are not accessible to people with vision impairments or users who rely on keyboard navigation. We plan to fix this by April 2025.