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
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
2024 marks 40 years since the launch of the EU’s first funding programme dedicated to science, research and innovation. This booklet presents a symbolic 40 stories to illustrate the breadth of R&I made possible through EU R&I funding and some of the results achieved over the last 40 years. It covers...
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Research and innovation (R&I) will be at the centre of the EU's economy in the coming years, aimed at boosting innovation and scientific excellence in the race to a clean and digital economy, and contributing to the EU's sustainable competitiveness and prosperity.
The Industry 5.0 Community of Practice session today brought together stakeholders to discuss the next steps in building a sustainable, human-centric, and resilient EU industry.
