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
- Advanced manufacturing
- Advanced materials and chemicals
- Artificial intelligence (AI)
- Energy intensive process industries
- ERA Common Industrial Technologies Roadmaps
- EU valorisation policy
- Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard
- Industry 5.0
- Metrology
- Technology Infrastructures
- The future of work
- Transitions Performance Index (TPI)
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
EU-funded researchers are improving the tracking and certification of biological waste to help give it a second life as new bio-based products.
- Project locations
- Spain, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Sweden
From solar energy beamed from space to genetic brain maps and live self-repairing bridges, research in 2025 is promising.
- Project locations
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
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
All scientific publications from Horizon Europe and H2020 are accessible via OpenAIRE.
Today, the EU is at the heart of scientific research and innovation in new, bio-based manufacturing solutions that will bolster the industrial competitiveness and sustainability of our economies.
Latest
Research and innovation news alert: The Commission has launched a call for evidence to gather input for the upcoming Strategy for European Life Sciences.
Today, the Commission published a report with recommendations on Technology Infrastructures (TIs), to ensure that they can effectively support industries, small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) and start-ups in sustainable growth and technological leadership.
