Strategies and policies supported by EU research and innovation
Research and innovation are crucial for driving a sustainable, equitable, and prosperous transformation of industries across value chains in Europe. This transformation will help safeguard competitiveness, create jobs and improve our lives while staying within the limits of our planet's resources.
Industrial research and innovation has a direct impact on the following European Commission priorities: A European Green Deal, An Economy that works for People, A Europe fit for the digital age.
Industrial research and innovation is supported under Cluster 4 ‘Industry, Digital and Space’ in Horizon Europe.
Public research and innovation investments trigger private investments, which are monitored through the yearly Industrial Research and Development Scoreboard.
The European Commission and EU countries are jointly developing the EU valorisation policy to strengthen innovation ecosystems for knowledge circulation ensuring that research and innovation results have a positive impact on society.
Policy focus
Funding opportunities
Calls for proposal in industrial research are mainly represented in cluster 4 of the programme, Digital, Industry and Space
Discover the range of EU Programmes implemented through the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework, divided by heading and cluster. Access specific information on programmes, from reference documents to eligibility criteria and guidelines for participants or projects and results.
Collaboration and jobs
Researcher jobs in related fields
Find partners for open calls for proposal and view profiles of organisations that have previously received funding through the funding and tenders portal
Projects and results
The Commission's primary portal for results of EU-funded research projects
Stories of particularly successful EU-funded research projects
Access to real-time programme data with the ability to filter by country, region, theme and more
Commission initiative to identify high potential innovations and innovators in EU-funded research and innovation framework programmes
Success stories
Developing new solutions to reuse composite materials and recover their residual properties.
- Project locations
- Italy, Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom
Innovative technology developed by the EU-funded ETEKINA project recycles factory heat, lowering environmental impact and running costs.
- Project locations
- Italy, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Scientific publications, tools and databases
Single point of access to open data produced by the EU institutions - all data free to use for commercial and non-commercial purposes
You can access all scientific publications from Horizon 2020 via OpenAIRE
Advanced materials are engineered materials with innovative properties and functionalities.
Latest
Research and innovation news alert: The first day features the opening ceremony at 14:00 CET, a journey through the 40-year-old history of the EU R&I framework programme and discussions about its future, and culminates with the announcement of the Women Innovators Prize Ceremony at 17:00 CET.
Research and innovation news alert: Both codes of practice provide guidance for researchers and innovators on how to actively engage with other players to jointly produce and valorise knowledge for the benefit of the economy and society.
Today, the Commission has proposed an encompassing strategy to move towards EU industrial leadership in advanced materials, a key enabling technology highly relevant for the twin green and digital transition.
