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

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

    Opens 17 Nov 2026Live official EU data

    DIGITAL · HORIZON-CSA · Needs partners

    18 Mar 2027
    Deadline
    17 Nov 2026
    Opens for applications
    €4M
    Indicative, per project
    ~1
    Grants expected
    231
    Past winners in this family

    What this call funds

    This call funds a coordination and support action to map and anticipate emerging digital technologies that could transform industry, society and the environment. It wants a project that brings together academia, research organisations, industry and civil society to spot promising new tech directions early, connect with national and EU foresight efforts, and help speed up the adoption of novel technologies.

    deep tech · research excellence · artificial intelligence · digital twins

    Who wins this

    A consortium of research organisations, academic institutions and industry players, including SMEs, that wants to run a forum or network for technology foresight and horizon scanning in digital technologies.

    Could you win this call?

    Only the website is required.

    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €4M
    Funding model
    Lump sum. Paid per completed work package, with no financial reporting of actual costs
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
    Partners
    Required. The call asks for a consortium: a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
    Eligible applicants
    research organisation, industry, SME, academia
    Also required
    Eligible costs are funded as lump sums, and detailed admissibility, eligibility and evaluation conditions are set out in the Work Programme General Annexes rather than in this topic text.
    Sectors
    AI/ML · Deep Tech · Manufacturing · Aerospace
    Eligible countries (45)
    Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Israel, Türkiye, Ukraine, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Georgia, Armenia, Moldova, Tunisia, New Zealand
    Read the full conditions from the official call ›

    General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions Subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks. Described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants The granting authority may, up to 4 years after the end of the action, object to a transfer of ownership or to the exclusive licensing of results, as set out in the specific provision of Annex 5. Eligible costs will take the form of a lump sum as defined in the Decision of 7 July 2021 authorising the use of lump sum contributions under the Horizon Europe Programme – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2021-2027) – and in actions under the Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2021-2025) [[This decision is available on the Funding and Tenders Portal, in the reference documents section for Horizon Europe, under ‘Simplified costs decisions’ or through this link: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/guidance/ls-decision_he_en.pdf ]]. Described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions

    Who has won calls like this

    Organisations that most often win this call family · 231 past winners

    FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV · DE
    50 wins
    led 11
    CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE CNRS · FR
    43 wins
    led 6
    COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR
    32 wins
    led 3
    INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM · BE
    29 wins
    led 7
    TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY · FI
    17 wins
    led 4
    POLITECNICO DI MILANO · IT
    16 wins
    led 4

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