Horizon Europe 2026–27 Work Programmes: express your interest on ERRIN’s Project Development Tool

Horizon Europe 2026–27 Work Programmes: express your interest on ERRIN’s Project Development Tool

The European Commission has adopted the 2026 and 2027 Horizon Europe Work Programmes, outlining €14 billion in funding for research and innovation projects across the EU.   

The calls are now available also on ERRIN’s Project Development Tool. We invite ERRIN members and interested organisations to navigate the tool, express interest, search for project coordinators and seek partners here.   

A major novelty of the Work Programme 2026–2027 are horizontal calls, which address cross-cutting challenges across different research and innovation areas. These include the Clean Industrial Deal, supported by €540 million from Horizon Europe to accelerate clean technology deployment for industrial decarbonisation, as well as a €90 million call to advance trustworthy AI in science across fields such as materials, agriculture and healthcare. 

In addition to the new horizontal calls, the New European Bauhaus Facility will contribute to addressing cross-cutting challenges. It will allocate over €210 million in 2026–2027 to revitalise neighbourhoods through design for sustainability and inclusion. 

A second novelty is the major simplifications measures in the 2026–2027 Work Programme: the calls topics are less prescriptive and 33% shorter than the 2023–2024 edition. The topics now also call for fewer but larger projects, which the Commission hopes will maximise impact. 

Key simplification measures include lump-sum funding for half of the call budget, which reduces administrative burden for participants. 

Please find the official news here, including the links to the different Work Programmes.   

Express interest and connect with other organisations via ERRIN’s Project Development Tool. With more than 450 expressions of interests and 250 connections facilitated last year, more than 35 proposals were submitted by ERRIN members with the support of the tool.  

External coordinators willing to can add partner searches directly on the Project Development Tool and reach out to the ERRIN secretariat for further assistance: