A deep dive into specific issues and answers to commonly asked questions. This section is regularly updated
This infosheet on international cooperation provides an overview of all types of countries for Horizon Europe participation and its eligibilty.
This infosheet provides an overview of the timeline towards the next EU Framework Programme for research & innovation as well as an overview of position and discussion papers that have been published so far.
Certain calls for proposals require the submission of Ownership Control Declarations as mandatory annex to the application.
European Digital Infrastructure Consortia (EDICs) are a new instrument to implement Multi-Country Projects to achieve the objectives of Europe's Digital Decade.
The Commission takes ethics seriously and expect every consortium to self-reflect, but they equally invest in screenings and follow-up. Next to the medical field, ethical issues typically emerge in environmental, social science or security research.
Lump sum funding is gradually introduced in several EU funding programmes with the aim to reduce administration and financial errors. Lump sums grants have a budget defined at proposal stage and fixed in the grant agreement.
All basic information you need to find out whether EDF is something for you and how to get started in EDF
An overview of projects that have been selected for funding
The EU Defence Innovation Scheme (EUDIS) is a set of instruments enabled by the European Defence Fund (EDF) to strengthen defence innovation in the European Union.
Participation in the Digital Europe programme is open to eligible third countries, taking into account certain restrictions in specific cases.
The RUSTICA project obtained funding under Horizon 2020, more in particular under the topic ‘Closing nutrient cycles’. RUSTICA focuses on demonstration and implementation of circular bio-based nutrient valorisation chains, focusing on waste from the fruit and vegetable agro-food system. The project kicked off in 2021 and will run until 2024. It will use a strong multi-actor approach to co-create both socio-economic and technological knowledge in four case study regions in Europe and one in Colombia. The Flanders-based company DRANCO is one of the project partners and acts as technical project manager for the entire project. DRANCO participates in the project to develop its own technologies, to network and to help make the transition to a more circular based economy.