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HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-10

Horizon scanning and foresight in future enabling digital technologies (CSA) -

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Expected Outcome:

  • European leadership in foresight activities on future enabling technologies and their transformational potential in industrial, societal and environmental terms.
  • Increased collaboration between academia, industry players and other relevant stakeholders in iterative and multidisciplinary approaches for co-creating the enabling technologies of the future.
  • Alignment with national or regional initiatives creating an expanding innovation ecosystem, anchored in local contexts across Europe, for selected emerging technologies.
  • Accelerating the pick-up of novel advanced technology by industry and society.

Scope:

Proposals should establish a forum for emerging interdisciplinary areas and new technological visions.

Proposals should enable and support a broad range of participants (across disciplines in science and engineering, RTOs, industry sectors, stakeholders) to meet, mutually inspire, cooperate and identify together innovative ideas for future enabling digital technologies covering from fundamental research up to proof of concept.

Proposals should involve and be driven by representatives of the relevant actors of the field (e.g., academia, RTOs, industry including SMEs).

Proposals should consider civil society engagement for seeking wider input.

Proposals should connect with analogous EC-internal activities, either ongoing (e.g. FOSI4EIC involving EISMEA and JRC) or foreseen, such as the Competitiveness Coordination Tool and the technology observatory envisaged in the FP10 regulation.

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Call status: Forthcoming
Opening date: 2026-11-17 (1 month from now)
Closing date: 2027-03-18 (5 months from now)
Procedure: single-stage

Budget: 4,000,000
Expected grants: 1
Contribution: 4,000,000 - 4,000,000
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HORIZON-CL4-2027-04

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NCP training info
Added 2 days ago by Nico Deblauwe
EC-internal activities(in call text) -> check e.g. https://knowledge-for-policy.ec.europa.eu/tech-foresight_en
NCP training info
Added 2 days ago by Nico Deblauwe
Similar project from a previous call: https://forging-hub.eu/
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Eligibility for this topic is restricted under art. 22.6 of the Horizon Europe regulation (see [1]). Under art. 22.6, any entities considered high-risk suppliers of mobile network communication equipment are expressly excluded from participating. This currently concerns companies Huawei and ZTE (see [2]) as well as any entities fully or partially owned / controlled by them. [1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/695/oj/eng [2] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/communication-commission-implementation-5g-cybersecurity-toolbox

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  1. Call published

    16 Dec 2025 · 9 months ago

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  2. Work programme published Estimated

    17 Sep 2026 · 3 weeks ago

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  3. Call opens

    17 Nov 2026 · 1 month from now

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  4. Call closes

    18 Mar 2027 · 5 months from now

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  5. Outcome expected Estimated

    18 Aug 2027 · 10 months from now

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  6. Grant agreement signed Estimated

    18 Nov 2027 · 1 year from now

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