La Commissione europea ha pubblicato le Industry Calls di Horizon Europe 2026 nell’ambito del Cluster 4 – Digital, Industry and Space, mettendo a disposizione oltre 570 milioni di euro per progetti di ricerca e innovazione industriale.
Le opportunità coprono materiali avanzati, processi produttivi, intelligenza artificiale, materie prime e decarbonizzazione, con procedure single stage e two-stage e un forte coinvolgimento delle partnership europee.
HORIZON-CL4-2026-01 – Single stage
Budget: € 319 milioni – Apertura: 06/01/2026 – Scadenza: 21/04/2026
Destination: Leadership in materials and production for Europe
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-23: Accelerating the discovery and development of chemicals and innovative advanced materials through digitalisation and artificial intelligence (IA)
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-24: Cooperation on innovative advanced materials with Japan (CSA)
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-01: Advanced manufacturing for key products (IA)
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-04: Optimise the usage of resources in a circular economy (RIA)
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-05: Circular innovative advanced materials: facilitating the transition from design to markets (RIA)
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-31: Efficient capture / purification / utilisation of CO2 for the production of competitive products (RIA)
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-41: Enhancing industry-academia knowledge exchange in Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) (CSA)
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-44: Attracting management talent for capacity building for Technology Infrastructures staff members (CSA)
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-45: Pilot access schemes to Technology Infrastructures for European startups, scaleups and innovative SMEs (CSA)
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-46: Mapping and service finder for Technology Infrastructures (CSA)
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-48: ‘Proof of market’ to improve valorisation and commercialisation of Horizon generated R&I results (IA)
Raw Materials
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-11: Innovative technologies and tools for exploration and data modelling of raw materials (RIA)
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-12: Technologies for innovative extraction of critical raw materials (RIA)
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-13: Monitoring of secondary raw materials (CSA)
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-14: Improving availability of secondary raw materials through recycling (IA)
HORIZON-CL4-2026-02 – Two-stage
Budget: € 98 milioni – Apertura: 16/12/2025 – Scadenza 1ª fase: 17/03/2026
Destination: Leadership in materials and production for Europe
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-02-MAT-PROD-21: Development of safe and sustainable alternatives to substances of concern (IA)
Destination: Achieving open strategic autonomy in digital and emerging enabling technologies
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-02-DIGITAL-EMERGING-51: AI improved advanced manufacturing and production processes in factories (RIA)
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-02-DIGITAL-EMERGING-53: Innovative AI methods and technologies for the process industries (RIA)
HORIZON-RAISE-2026-01
Budget: € 27,8 milioni – Apertura: 06/01/2026 – Scadenza: 21/04/2026
- HORIZON-RAISE-2026-01-01: Thematic Networks of Excellence for AI in Science (RAISE pilot)
- HORIZON-RAISE-2026-01-02: Thematic Networks of Excellence for AI in Science – Agriculture and Environmental Pollution (RAISE pilot)
HORIZON-CID-2026-01
Budget: € 125 milioni – Apertura: 18/12/2025 – Scadenza: 15/09/2026
- HORIZON-CID-2026-01-01: R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal: Decarbonisation of energy intensive industries (IA)
- HORIZON-CID-2026-01-02: R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal: Clean Technologies for Climate Action
(Fonte: First)