The call HORIZON-CL4-2026-05, funded under Horizon Europe Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space, closed on 15 April 2026. HaDEA has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted under this call.
HaDEA has started grant agreement preparations with the successful consortia of 7 proposals, which will receive a total EU contribution of €81.3 million.
Breakdown of funding per topic:
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-05-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02 - Next-Generation AI Agents for Real-World Applications in the Apply AI sectors (RIA) (Partnership in AI, Data and Robotics): 2 proposals funded.
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-05-DIGITAL-EMERGING-03 - Apply AI: Next-Generation Agile and Intelligent Robotics Platforms for Industrial and Service Applications (Partnership in AI, Data and Robotics) (RIA): 2 proposals funded.
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-05-MAT-PROD-25 - New or enhanced Innovative Advanced Materials (IAM) enabled sensing functionality (RIA): 3 proposals funded.
For further information, the results of the evaluation for each topic can be found in the EU Funding & Tenders Portal topic page.
Background
Horizon Europe Cluster 4 Digitalcovers the development of key digital technologies, supporting a green and digital transformation as well as a human-centred ethical development of emerging digital technologies for competitiveness and the European Green Deal.
HaDEA supports digital research by managing the Digital part of Cluster 4 ‘Digital, Industry and Space’ of the Horizon Europe programme and the legacy programme Horizon 2020.
Further details on call HORIZON-CL4-2026-05 can be found in the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2026.
More information about the Horizon Europe strategic plan for 2025-2027, which sets out the strategic orientations for the final years of the EU’s largest research and innovation (R&I) programme to date, can be found here.
- Publication date
- 31 August 2026
- Author
- European Health and Digital Executive Agency
- Programme Sector
- Digital
- Programme
- Horizon Europe Cluster 4: Digital