Cluster 4
Digital, Industry & Space
Progress in digital and industrial technologies, including in space, shape all sectors of the economy and society. They transform the way industry develops, create new products and services and are central to any sustainable future.
Your NCP contacts for this programme
Mark Antonissen
mark.antonissen@vlaio.be
+32 2 432 43 05
Nico Deblauwe
nico.deblauwe@vlaio.be
+32 2 432 43 00
Ria De Breucker
Ria.debreucker@vlaio.be
+32 2 553 13 77
About this programme
This cluster will try to stimulate European growth in the key areas of digital, industry & space and make sure most of its future production (entire value chain) will be happening in the EU so the member states become less dependent of third countries. Increased sustainability of the delivered products is at the heart of these efforts.
As a result, actions under this cluster will support key enabling technologies that are strategically important for Europe’s industrial future. They have selected 6 focus areas or destinations that reflect these strategic domains:
- Climate neutral circular and digitized production
- Increased autonomy in key strategic value chains for resilient industry
- World leading data and computing technologies
- Digital and emerging technologies for competitiveness and fit for the Green Deal
- Open strategic autonomy in developing, deploying and using global space-based infrastructures, services, applications and data
- A human-centered and ethical development of digital and industrial technologies.
Areas of activity
- Manufacturing technologies
- Advanced materials
- Next generation internet
- Circular industries
- Space, including Earth Observation
- Emerging enabling technologies
- Key digital technologies, including quantum technologies
- Artificial Intelligence and robotics
- Advanced computing and Big Data
- Low-carbon and clean industry
- Emerging enabling technologies
Latest news
Digital, Industry & Space Semiconductors
Chips JU updated work programme
The Chips Joint Undertaking has published an update of its 2023-2027 Multiannual Work Programme, with significant updates to its strategic initiatives for 2025. The Chips JU manages calls for funding both under Horizon Europe and Digital Europe. An overview of the updates can be found on the Chips JU website, as is the work programme. read more
Culture and society Digital, Industry & Space New European Bauhaus
STARHAUS Open Calls on Open Innovation and Creativity
STARHAUS is an innovative project funded by Horizon Europe. This project aims to facilitate the widespread community adoption of sustainable customized fast moving consumer goods through a human-centered approach for a decentralized, localized and urban manufacturing. The STARHAUS project has recently launched two open calls via Cascade Fundi... read more
Security Digital, Industry & Space
Innovation Prize Open Call - GOBEYOND
The call is open to applications from academic institutions, innovation and technological centres and SMEs. The objective is to select the most innovative solution, which will be integrated into the GOBEYOND MR-IEWS (Multi-Risk Impact-based Early Warning System). The proposed solution should provide algorithms or developments to complement and im... read more
Digital, Industry & Space AI, data & cloud Deployment: Best use of technologies
Looking for Virtual World - Metaverse - Extended Reality Initiatives
The OpenVerse project aims at integrating knowledge, experts and actors around the creation of inclusive, open and ethically responsible European Virtual Worlds. This is done in alignment with the European Commission’s strategy on Web 4.0 and Virtual Worlds. As part its work, OpenVerse is conducting a landscaping exercise of initiatives... read more
Upcoming events
Health Digital, Industry & Space Climate, Energy, Mobility AI, data & cloud Deployment: Best use of technologies
Towards sustainability and healthy living with the use of AI and other digi...
Digital, Industry & Space Climate, Energy, Mobility EIC Digital Europe
Innovation Fund National Infoday 2025
Digital, Industry & Space Semiconductors
Chips - ECS Brokerage Event 2025
Digital, Industry & Space Defence EDF
SPACE 4 DEFENCE: European Defence Fund Industry & Matchmaking Day - Space4D...
Digital, Industry & Space Climate, Energy, Mobility EIC
World Sustainable Energy Days 2025
Digital, Industry & Space AI, data & cloud
SAVE THE DATE - EU Open Data Days 2025
Work Programme & Calls
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Testimonial
EURHISFIRM - Long-term data for Europe
EURHISFIRM designs a world-class research infrastructure (RI) to connect, collect, collate, align, and share detailed, reliable, and standardized long-term financial, governance, and geographical data on European companies. EURHISFIRM enables researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders to develop and evaluate effective strategies to promote investment, economic growth and job creation. The RI provides the tools for long-term analysis highlighting the dynamics of the past and the way those dynamics structure our present and future.
The EURHISFIRM European project received € 3.4 million in financing from the European Commission through the H2020-INFRADEV-2017-1 research infrastructures call. The project started with a consortium of eleven research organisations (including University of Antwerp) from seven European countries.
