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About Horizon Europe: Digital

Overview and top priorities of the funding programme

€536.1 million
Budget for 2025
Budget from topics across 4 destinations (Digital-Emerging, Human, Data And Materials)
28
Topics covered in 2025
Including topics cooperating with Made in Europe partnership, Virtual Worlds Partnership, Al Data Robotics Partnership and Photonics partnership
€6.8 billion
Topics covered in 2021-2027
To lead the development of key digital, enabling and emerging technologies, sectors and value chains

Horizon Europe Cluster 4: Digital aims to deliver on a green and digital transformation, increasing digital capacities and developing human-centred and ethical digital technologies.

Europe’s economic strength, competitiveness, and quality of life depend on research and innovation. The Horizon Europe 2025 work programme is designed to push scientific frontiers, attract and retain top talent, and strengthen Europe’s research engine and global edge. With 36% of funding for digital innovation and €1.6 billion for AI, and a strong focus on climate, security, and industry, it will drive real results on the ground.

Ekaterina Zaharieva, Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation

HaDEA is implementing research and innovation topics in the Digital sub-cluster of Horizon Europe Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space.

Within the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2025, HaDEA manages projects under the following destinations:

Destination 3
Developing an agile and secure single market and infrastructure for data-services and trustworthy artificial intelligence services
Destination 4
Achieving open strategic autonomy in digital and emerging enabling technologies
Destination 6
Digital and industrial technologies driving human-centric innovation

 

Funding for Digital in the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework