Horizon Europe work programs published

Horizon Europe, "Digital, Industry and Space" cluster

11.12.2025

The European Commission has just published the complete work program for Horizon Europe 2026/2027. Program Cluster 4 "Digital, Industry and Space" includes several calls that are particularly relevant for Bavarian companies and research and scientific institutions.

An overview of the calls can be found here: Digital and Industrial Technologies in Horizon Europe - Work Program 2026/27 Cluster 4
A complete list of all calls within the program cluster 4 as well as detailed information on the individual calls are available here: 7 Digital, Industry and Space

Note: Information days and an online brokerage event will take place on January 29 and 30, 2026. Information and registration for the info session and brokerage can be found here: NKS DIT: News

Horizontal activities - AI in science

In addition, the European Commission has also published the calls for proposals in the "Horizontal Activities 2026/2027" work program, with a focus on the "Clean Industrial Deal" and "AI in Science".

The full details of these calls are available here: 14th Horizontal Activities

These calls are particularly relevant for universities and research institutions with a focus on artificial intelligence.

Particularly relevant for the 6G community:

  • HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DATA-08: Demand-side 3C pilot demonstrators on converged telco edge cloud infrastructure (IA)
  • HORIZON-CL4-2027-SPACE-03-33: Digital Enablers and Building Blocks for Collaborative Earth Observation and Satellite-based Telecommunications for Space Solutions (Space Partnership)