HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-DIGITAL-61

AI Foundation models in science (GenAI4EU) (RIA) -

Call text (as on F&T portal)

Expected Outcome:

Accelerate research and development in science, with focus on the domains of a) materials science, b) climate change science, c) environmental pollution science (including PFAS) and d) agricultural science ;
Advance AI technology (not limited to Generative AI) tailored for scientific needs and potentially adaptable to other tasks in the area of application;
Contribute to the development of foundation models in the areas of application, and pave the way for future funding of foundation models in a broader range of scientific disciplines;
Advance solutions to societal or scientific challenges;
Bridge existing knowledge gaps and induce interdisciplinarity by design across different fields necessary to advance the area of application; and
Support open-source and open science, especially for research communities with limited access to modern AI tools.

Scope:

Foundation models in science are an evolving idea in the scientific community and go beyond the Generative AI trend[[ Some examples in science include: Foundation model in materials science ([2401.00096] A foundation model for atomistic materials chemistry (arxiv.org), Helmholtz Foundation Models Initiative ( Helmholtz Foundation Model Initiative - Helmholtz Home), The Trillion Parameter Consortium (https://www.anl.gov/article/new-international-consortium-formed-to-create-trustworthy-and-reliable-generative-ai-models-for), NASA (NASA and IBM Openly Release Geospatial AI Foundation Model for NASA Earth Observation Data | Earthdata), the University of Michigan (Scientific Foundation Models (scifm.ai))]]. The purpose of this topic is to tap into their potential, and to advance the development of AI technology specifically tailored for the needs of science.

A foundation model[1] can integrate information from various modalities of data. This model can then be adapted to a wide range of downstream, more specialized tasks. To build downstream applications, the foundation model is fine-tuned with additional training and task-specific examples. Therefore, a foundation model is itself incomplete but serves as the common basis from which many task-specific models can be built via adaptation.

In science, such foundation models could be trained on data from a specific scientific field and then be fine-tuned for a variety of tasks and used by a wider community in the field.

Proposals should address one of the following scientific domains:

(A) Materials science: the development of new, innovative and advanced materials is essential for EU’s economic security and for achieving a competitive and sustainable industry (especially sectors such as energy, mobility, construction, health and electronics). Employing AI in the process of materials design, characteristics and discovery could significantly accelerate and scale potential innovative solutions.
(B) Climate change science: advancing climate research is critical for achieving the EU's climate neutrality and resilience goals. AI foundation models can contribute to more accurate insights into climate dynamics, enhanced predictions of extreme weather events, regional impacts and the evolution of climate tipping points.
(C) Environmental pollution sciences: advancing environmental sciences can support the detection and characterisation of pollution sources, as well as their pathways, distribution and impacts to the environment and human health. This is particularly relevant in the case of pollutants of concern, emerging and/or less known pollutants.
(D) Agricultural sciences: advancing agricultural sciences research is critical to achieve a competitive, resilient and sustainable agricultural system. AI foundation models can contribute to enhance crop, livestock, soil and water management.

Proposals should focus on 1) developing foundation models (not limited to Generative AI) for science in the chosen domain; 2) showing a foundation model’s usefulness by adapting it to subtasks/scientific problems in the chosen domain; and 3) illustrating other possible areas of application.

The foundation models should provide researchers with access to essential AI-enabled capabilities for scientific discovery; employ the machine learning algorithms, models and architectures best suited for the chosen domain; be adaptable to different problems in the domain[2]; and be based on a robust and reliable architecture, as any potential errors and problems would be propagated to the downstream applications.

The foundation models should be placed at the disposal of the scientific community as open models, including the source code and, where possible, training datasets and other associated assets needed for full reusability of the foundation models (unless justified otherwise). This will serve a wider scientific community, thus broadening access to such scientific infrastructure and facilitating the use and adaptation of the model to different problems. Proposers should provide a clear documentation on the use and limitations of the model, alongside case studies demonstrating the model's application to a variety of tasks/problems in the chosen domain.

Multidisciplinary research activities should involve both AI and domain scientists, and address some of the following:

Conceptualisation and planning: the scope, objectives and expected outcomes of the foundation model;
Suitable interfaces for domain experts without computer science background to contribute to and utilise the outcomes;
Data identification, collection and management of (preferably diverse, multimodal) datasets through semantically annotation data schemas;
Model development, validation, testing under relevant operational and environmental conditions (such as thermal gradients, fatigue, corrosion, etc.) and, as appropriate, model evaluation and benchmarking, for example DOME[3];
Integration of domain knowledge into the model (for example through machine readable representations like RDF (Resource Description Framework).

Proposals should:

Prove access to high quality (multimodal) data needed for the development of the model. If in the process of developing the model, there is a need to create new data sets or adapt existing ones, they should follow the FAIR[4] principles. Describe the data curation and quality control procedures that will be used to ensure the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of the training data.
Contribute to efforts to reach common standards for data formats, metadata, taxonomies and ontologies.
Demonstrate a strategy[5] to access the computational resources needed for model training, evaluation/testing and inference.
Propose a model architecture that is designed with transparency in mind
Ideally, employ methodologies for integrating domain/interdisciplinary knowledge into the model and seek synergies with solutions that facilitate the managing and making sense of vast amounts of data (for example knowledge graphs).
Identify at least four possible use cases and scientific challenges that can be addressed with the model and its adaptations.[6]
Identify and assess the potential risks of misuse of the foundation model.
Propose a plan to make the model public, maintain and evolve it and promote it to the scientific community on a regular basis, in order to give visibility to the concept, discuss key findings and anticipate the technology evolution – possibly in synergy with other relevant projects.

Proposals should involve expertise in Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), in the cases where legal and ethical experts should be involved to address data privacy, sharing agreements, and compliance with regulations.

Synergies with the selected projects from HORIZON-INFRA-2025-01-EOSC-06: Using Generative AI (GenAI4EU) for Scientific Research via EOSC are encouraged, where relevant. Proposals are encouraged to collaborate with established infrastructures such as the WeatherGenerator[7] project.

International cooperation is encouraged, where the EU has reciprocal benefit, like the Trillion Parameter Consortium.[8]

In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research and innovation content is not a mandatory requirement.

[1] Foundation models is a term defined by the Center of Research on Foundation Models of Stanford University in: “On the Opportunities and Risks of Foundation Models”, https://arxiv.org/pdf/2108.07258.pdf

[2] An example in materials science, for inspiration only: *2401.00096.pdf (arxiv.org)

[3] https://dome-ml.org/

[4] Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable data.

[5] In case the project plans to use the EuroHPC network, the EU-funded project EPICURE offers an application support service for EuroHPC: Epicure - European Commission (europa.eu)

[6] For materials science, examples include, but are not limited to: (for materials science) alternatives to hazardous materials like PFAS, materials that lower environmental footprint, materials for quantum technology, for higher capacity batteries, for more efficient photovoltaic devices, etc.; (for climate science) enhanced prediction of climate and weather extremes, early warning systems, forecasting of climate-driven migration, and monitoring of the global carbon budget, monitoring and measuring adaptation effectiveness; (for environmental pollution sciences) solutions for the detection and assessment of pollution, including pollutants of emerging concern; (for agricultural sciences) enhanced prediction of impact of plant pests, monitoring of animal health and welfare, monitoring of soil health or of water management in agriculture.

[7] https://weathergenerator.eu/

[8] Ref. Trillion Parameter Consortium (TPC) - Generative AI for Science and Engineering

News flashes

2026-10-08

CALL UPDATE: FLASH EVALUATION RESULTS

HORIZON-CL4-2025-01

Published: 06.05.2025

Deadline: 23.09.2025

Available call budget: 539 MEUR: 494 MEUR (year 2025) and 45 MEUR (year 2027).

We recently informed the applicants of proposals, placed in Reserve Lists, and applicants of proposals, not retained for funding, about the evaluation results for their proposals. Applicants of proposals, retained for funding, will be informed on the week of 5 January 2026.

For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.

The results of the evaluation for each topic are as follows:

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-01

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-02

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)

Number of inadmissible proposals

Number of ineligible proposals

Number of above-threshold proposals

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR

€ 497,061,293.81

€ 420,920,000.05

Number of proposals retained for funding

Number of proposals in the reserve list

Funding threshold 1

14.0

14.5

Ranking distribution (above-threshold proposals):

Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14

Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13

Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-05

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-31

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)

Number of inadmissible proposals

Number of ineligible proposals

Number of above-threshold proposals

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR

€ 341,794,971.09

€ 86,551,398.47

Number of proposals retained for funding

Number of proposals in the reserve list

Funding threshold 1

13.5

12.5

Ranking distribution (above-threshold proposals):

Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14

Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13

Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-32

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-33

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)

Number of inadmissible proposals

Number of ineligible proposals

Number of above-threshold proposals

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR

€ 164,758,955.97

€ 225,767,835.51

Number of proposals retained for funding

Number of proposals in the reserve list

Funding threshold 1

13.0

14.0

Ranking distribution (above-threshold proposals):

Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14

Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13

Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-34

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-36

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)

Number of inadmissible proposals

Number of ineligible proposals

Number of above-threshold proposals

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR

€ 74,512,631.79

€ 136,077,018.16

Number of proposals retained for funding

Number of proposals in the reserve list

Funding threshold 1

12.5

14.5

Ranking distribution (above-threshold proposals):

Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14

Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13

Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-37

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-38

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)

Number of inadmissible proposals

Number of ineligible proposals

Number of above-threshold proposals

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR

€ 244,556,653.00

€ 998,733.23

Number of proposals retained for funding

Number of proposals in the reserve list

Funding threshold 1

14.0

12.0

Ranking distribution (above-threshold proposals):

Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14

Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13

Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-39

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-31

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)

Number of inadmissible proposals

Number of ineligible proposals

Number of above-threshold proposals

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR

€ 5,999,359.37

€ 112,586,512.84

Number of proposals retained for funding

Number of proposals in the reserve list

Funding threshold 1

14.5

Ranking distribution (above-threshold proposals):

Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14

Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13

Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-44

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-45

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)

Number of inadmissible proposals

Number of ineligible proposals

Number of above-threshold proposals

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR

€ 6,148,252.46

€ 52,450,095.00

Number of proposals retained for funding

Number of proposals in the reserve list

Funding threshold 1

13.0

Ranking distribution (above-threshold proposals):

Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14

Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13

Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-52

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-61

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)

Number of inadmissible proposals

Number of ineligible proposals

Number of above-threshold proposals

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR

€ 142,641,614.93

€ 267,406,667.69

Number of proposals retained for funding

Number of proposals in the reserve list

Funding threshold 1

13.5

15.0

Ranking distribution (above-threshold proposals):

Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14

Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13

Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-62

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-63

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)

Number of inadmissible proposals

Number of ineligible proposals

Number of above-threshold proposals

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR

€ 193,264,925.61

€ 55,540,848.02

Number of proposals retained for funding

Number of proposals in the reserve list

Funding threshold 1

12.5

14.0

Ranking distribution (above-threshold proposals):

Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14

Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13

Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-64

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-DIGITAL-61

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)

Number of inadmissible proposals

Number of ineligible proposals

Number of above-threshold proposals

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR

€ 115,922,011.89

€ 212,506,125.64

Number of proposals retained for funding

Number of proposals in the reserve list

Funding threshold 1

11.0

12.5

Ranking distribution (above-threshold proposals):

Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14

Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13

Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-DIGITAL-62

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-60

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)

Number of inadmissible proposals

Number of ineligible proposals

Number of above-threshold proposals

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR

€ 17,787,354.82

€ 1,500,000.00

Number of proposals retained for funding

Number of proposals in the reserve list

Funding threshold 1

15.0

13.5

Ranking distribution (above-threshold proposals):

Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14

Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13

Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-61

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-62

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)

Number of inadmissible proposals

Number of ineligible proposals

Number of above-threshold proposals

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR

€ 991,616.12

€ 26,266,303.08

Number of proposals retained for funding

Number of proposals in the reserve list

Funding threshold 1

12.0

15.0

Ranking distribution (above-threshold proposals):

Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14

Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13

Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-63

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-64

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)

Number of inadmissible proposals

Number of ineligible proposals

Number of above-threshold proposals

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR

€ 5,947,260.31

€ 13,901,610.30

Number of proposals retained for funding

Number of proposals in the reserve list

Funding threshold 1

14.5

14.0

Ranking distribution (above-threshold proposals):

Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14

Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13

Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-65

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-66

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)

Number of inadmissible proposals

Number of ineligible proposals

Number of above-threshold proposals

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR

€ 5,999,978.08

€ 5,999,731.50

Number of proposals retained for funding

Number of proposals in the reserve list

Funding threshold 1

15.0

13.5

Ranking distribution (above-threshold proposals):

Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14

Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13

Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10

1 Proposals with the same score were ranked according to the priority order procedure set out in the call conditions (for HE, in the General Annexes to the Work Programme or specific arrangements in the specific call/topic conditions).

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Feedback from the Independent Observer, “Twin-Transition” topics

According the observed Consensus meetings (CM) and Panel meetings, the evaluation procedures were carried with transparency, efficiency, fairness, consistency, impartiality with homogenous criteria in compliance with the applicable evaluation rules for each stage of the selection exercise (IER, CR, Quality Check, Panel ranking): the evaluation process was carried out in full accordance with the Horizon Europedocuments on proposal evaluation.

The IT utilised systems (SEP and CIRCABC) worked very well, and they are clear and useful for the evaluation procedures with many supporting documents to help the expert’s work. Webex tool was used for the meetings, and it worked very well permitting a good interaction level for the experts during their discussion about each evaluated proposal.

In this way all the procedures to select the best proposals were very adequate to define the final ranking to select the best projects to be financed according to the call’s indications.

Feedback from the Independent Observer, “Materials” topics

Evaluation of proposals was successfully carried out in a fair and transparent manner considering that this was a record year with the large number of proposal submissions, 639 proposals (total in all topics), that required a great effort on the part of the HADEA team to engage 490 experts as evaluators, as to ensure the most efficient approach and running of the evaluation period.

The whole process was orchestrated well in a very professional manner and the HADEA team performed a good job in the short period of three weeks to accomplish the evaluations, the cross readings and the ranking panels to the satisfaction of all involved.

Feedback from the Independent Observer, “Human” and “Digital” topics

The independent observer was appointed to assist HaDEA on the evaluation process for HUMAN and DIGITAL topics in order to, inter alia, examine the quality and consistency of application the evaluation criteria and verify compliance with the procedures set out in the applicable rules. The representative sample of observations the observer made provided a good basis to draw valid conclusions.

The observed process was well designed, coordinated and implemented. It was efficient and transparent. The process was carried out in full compliance with the applicable rules and procedures.

The evaluation criteria and scoring system were properly applied across all topics.

All eligible proposals went through several evaluation steps, starting from individual evaluations conducted independently by 3 to 5 assigned experts (depending on the topic and type of action), through a detailed consensus discussion, and - for those topics where different sets of evaluators were assessing different proposals within the topic - cross-reading and panel review. The implementation of this multi-step procedure ensured the maximum degree of impartiality and fairness throughout the entire process.

Evaluation reports were reviewed by experienced quality controllers for consistency and quality.

The quality of the observed evaluation was very good. It was a well-designed, well-structured and properly implemented process, resulting in an impartial and fair outcome.

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2026-10-08

CALL UPDATE: PROPOSAL NUMBERS

Call HORIZON-CL4-2025-01 has closed on the 23/09/2025.

639 proposals have been submitted.

The breakdown per topic is:

Topic ID

Topic title

Action type

Proposals submitted

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-01

Integrated approaches for remanufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA)

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-02

Physical and cognitive augmentation in advanced manufacturing (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA)

RIA

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-05

Advanced manufacturing technologies for leadership of EU manufacturers in products for the net-zero industry (Made in Europe Partnership) (IA)

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-31

From heat-driven processes to the use of mechanical and electric forces (Processes4Planet Partnership) (IA)

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-32

Green and resilient flexible production processes (Processes4Planet Partnership) (IA)

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-33

Integrated use of renewable energy carriers in industrial sites (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA)

RIA

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-34

Smart integration of net zero technologies into Energy Intensive industries (Processes4Planet and Made in Europe Partnerships) (IA)

TWIN-TRANSITION-36

Safe and clean processing technologies and products (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA)

RIA

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-37

Solving issues in carbon-neutral iron and steel making processes with diverse input materials of varying quality (Clean Steel Partnership) (RIA)

RIA

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-38

Synergies and mutual learning with national and regional initiatives in Europe on Industrial decarbonisation (Processes4Planet and Clean Steel Partnerships) (CSA)

CSA

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-39

Towards human-centric, sustainable and resilient energy-intensive industries (Processes4Planet and Clean Steel Partnerships) (CSA)

CSA

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-31

Digitally enabled local-for-local textile and apparel production (Textiles for the Future Partnership) (IA)

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-44

Innovative Advanced Materials Innovation Procurement (CSA)

CSA

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-45

Materials Commons for Europe (IA)

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-52

Accelerate the uptake of life-cycle assessment (LCA) for Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) chemicals and materials and resulting products (RIA)

RIA

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-61

Technologies for critical raw materials and strategic raw materials from end-of-life products (IA)

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-62

Strategic Partnerships for Raw Materials: Innovative approaches for sustainable production of Critical Raw Materials (IA)

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-63

Innovative solutions for the sustainable production for semiconductor raw materials (IA)

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-64

EU Co-funded Partnership on raw materials for the green and digital transition (Programme Co-fund action)

COFUND

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-DIGITAL-61

AI Foundation models in science (GenAI4EU) (RIA)

RIA

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-DIGITAL-62

Facilitated cooperation for AI in Science (CSA)

CSA

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-60

Horizon Standardisation Booster (CSA)

CSA

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-61

Standardisation landscape analyses tool (CSA)

CSA

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-62

Artificial Intelligence for knowledge valorisation (CSA)

CSA

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-63

Value creation pilots for scaling up innovative solutions (CSA)

CSA

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-64

Pilot initiatives on Technology Infrastructures (CSA)

CSA

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-65

Network of Industry 5.0 system innovation hubs in connected Regional Innovation Valleys (IA)

HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-66

Assessment of Technology Infrastructure needs in Ukraine (CSA)

CSA

Total:

639

Evaluation results are expected to be communicated around mid-January 2026.

A.R.

2026-10-08

Reminder on proposal part B page limit and formatting conditions

1. Proposal part B page limit

The title, list of participants and sections 1, 2 and 3, together, should not be longer than page limit, indicated in a proposal part B template inside the Submission System. All tables, figures, references and any other element pertaining to these sections must be included as an integral part of these sections and are thus counted against this page limit.

The page limit will be applied automatically. At the end of a proposal part B template inside the Submission System you can see the structure of the actual proposal that you need to submit, please remove all instruction pages that are watermarked.

If you attempt to upload a proposal longer than the specified limit before the deadline, you will receive an automatic warning and will be advised to shorten and re-upload the proposal. After the deadline, excess pages (in over-long proposals/applications) will be automatically made invisible, and will not be taken into consideration by the experts. The proposal is a self-contained document. Experts will be instructed to ignore hyperlinks to information that is specifically designed to expand the proposal, thus circumventing the page limit.

Please, do not consider the page limit as a target! It is in your interest to keep your text as concise as possible, since experts rarely view unnecessarily long proposals in a positive light.

2.Proposal part B formatting conditions

The following formatting conditions apply (as listed in a proposal part B template inside the Submission System) and will be checked by the Agency during an admissibility check of submitted proposals.

The reference font for the body text of proposals is Times New Roman (Windows platforms), Times/Times New Roman (Apple platforms) or Nimbus Roman No. 9 L (Linux distributions).

The use of a different font for the body text is not advised and is subject to the cumulative conditions that the font is legible and that its use does not significantly shorten the representation of the proposal in number of pages compared to using the reference font (for example with a view to bypass the page limit).

The minimum font size allowed is 11 points. Standard character spacing and a minimum of single line spacing is to be used. This applies to the body text, including text in tables.

Text elements other than the body text, such as headers, foot/end notes, captions, formula's, may deviate, but must be legible.

The page size is A4, and all margins (top, bottom, left, right) should be at least 15 mm (not including any footers or headers).

Proposal part B template inside the Submission System document is tagged. Do not delete the tags; they are needed for our internal processing of information, mostly for statistical gathering. In that light, please do not move, delete, re-order, alter tags in any way, as they might create problems in our internal processing tools. Tags do not affect or influence the outcome of your application.

2026-10-08

Please note that due to a technical issue, during the first days of publication of this call, the topic page did not display the description of the corresponding destination. This problem is now solved. In addition to the information published in the topic page, you can always find a full description of destinations:

* destination 1: Achieving global leadership in climate-neutral, circular and digitised industrial and digital value chains;

* destination 2: Achieving technological leadership for Europe's open strategic autonomy in raw materials, chemicals and innovative materials;

* destination 4: Achieving open strategic autonomy in digital and emerging enabling technologies;

* destination 6: Digital and industrial technologies driving human-centric innovation,

that are relevant for the call in the Work Programme 2025 part for “Industry”. Please select from the work programme the destination relevant to your topic and take into account the description and expected impacts of that destination for the preparation of your proposal.

2026-10-08

The submission session is now available for: HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-52, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-64, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-37, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-65, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-66, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-DIGITAL-61, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-31, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-02, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-44, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-64, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-63, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-34, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-61, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-32, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-38, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-63, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-36, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-DIGITAL-62, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-31, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-05, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-61, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-39, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-01, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-62, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-MATERIALS-45, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-TWIN-TRANSITION-33, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-60, HORIZON-CL4-INDUSTRY-2025-01-HUMAN-62

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Call status: Closed
Opening date: 2025-05-22 (1 year ago)
Closing date: 2025-09-23 (1 year ago)
Procedure: single-stage

Budget: 30,000,000
Expected grants: 5
Contribution: 6,000,000 - 6,000,000

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This topic is part of the European Commission's "AI in Science" Strategy published on 8 Oct. 2025 and will become part of RAISE, the Resource for AI Science in Europe. (source: see https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/document/c1afd7d0-ff65-4f84-be48-b0e0949596c5_en)

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