WHAT IS HORIZON 2020?
Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever. The programme has almost 80 billion euros of funding that has been provided from 2014 - 2020, in addition to the private investment that this money will attract.
The Horizon programme promises more breakthroughs, discoveries and world-fists by taking great ideas from the lab to the market.
The Horizon 2020 has the political backing of Europe’s leaders and the Members of the European Parliament. They agreed that investment in research and innovation is essential for Europe’s future and so put it at the heart of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Horizon 2020 is helping to achieve this by coupling research to innovation and focusing on three key areas: excellent science, industrial leadership and societal challenges.
The goal is to ensure Europe produces world-class science and technology that drives economic growth.
- Source: European Commission, 2021