Horizon Europe: the most ambitious Research and Innovation programme

For the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the Commission is proposing €100 billion for research and innovation, the most ambitious research and innovation programme ever.

The new programme – Horizon Europe – will build on the achievements and success of the previous Horizon 2020 and keep the EU at the forefront of global research and innovation.

About two-thirds of Europe's economic growth over the last decades has been driven by innovation. Horizon Europe is expected to generate new and more knowledge and technologies, promoting scientific excellence, and to have positive effects on growth, trade and investment and significant social and environmental impact.Each euro invested by the programme can potentially generate a return of up to 11 euro of GDP over 25 years. Union investments in R&I are expected to directly generate an estimated gain of up to 100 000 jobs in R&I activities in the ‘investment phase' (2021-2027).