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Horizon Europe Draft Work Programme 2026-2027

The European Commission has released the draft Work Programme for Horizon Europe 2026–2027, offering an early look at the priorities and future funding directions for research and innovation across Europe. While still subject to adoption, the draft gives  a clear signal of what lies ahead, especially within Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space.

Focus Shifts for 2026–2027

Cluster 4 will continue to drive Europe’s industrial transformation, but with a sharper focus on:

  • Sustainable industrial technologies: decarbonisation, circular economy models, and resource-efficient manufacturing.

  • Technological sovereignty: reducing dependencies in critical technologies and materials through advanced manufacturing, AI, microelectronics, and robotics.

  • Bridging research to deployment: calls will increasingly require demonstrable business cases, industrial scalability, and pathways to market.

  • Resilient and digitalised value chains: integrating advanced digital tools, data spaces, and automation for flexible, sustainable production.

  • Synergies with EU policy frameworks: alignment with the Net-Zero Industry Act, Critical Raw Materials Act, and the Green Deal Industrial Plan.

For Europe’s manufacturing and digital innovation stakeholders, this draft confirms that industrial competitiveness, sustainability, and resilience will remain at the heart of Horizon Europe’s final phase.

The final Work Programme is expected to be adopted by the end of 2025, with the first calls to open soon after. The EFFRA Secretariat will continue to follow developments closely and inform members as the draft evolves and topics are finalised.

Please see below the draft calls:

  • HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MATERIALS-PRODUCTION-01: Advanced manufacturing for key products (including use of ​advanced or secondary raw materials) (Made in Europe and IAM4EU partnerships) (IA)​
  • HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-MATERIALS-PRODUCTION-05: Circular advanced materials: facilitating the transition from design to ​markets (IAM4EU and Made in Europe partnerships) (RIA) ​
  • HORIZON-CL4-2026-01-DIGITAL-EMERGING-51: AI improved advanced manufacturing and production processes in factories (Made in Europe and ADRA partnerships) (RIA)​ *Portfolio approach: at least one proposal focusing on the textile industry is funded, particularly as regards complex functional and technical textiles.​
  • HORIZON-CL5-2026-05-D2-03: Integrated Production and Product Development for Next-Generation Lithium-based Batteries for Mobility (BATT4EU and Made in Europe Partnerships) (IA)​
  • HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MATERIALS-PRODUCTION-02: Advanced manufacturing for key products (including use of advanced or secondary raw materials) (Made in Europe and  IAM4EU partnerships) (IA)​ *Portfolio approach: at least one proposal focusing on the automotive industry, excl. the​ production of batteries.​
  • HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MATERIALS-PRODUCTION-03: Factory processes and automation for– and re-manufacturing (RIA)​
  • HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MATERIALS-PRODUCTION-06: Circular advanced materials: facilitating the transition from design to markets (IAM4EU and Made in Europe partnerships)(RIA)​
  • HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-DIGITAL-EMERGING-52: New approaches for Human / AI collaboration for the workforce of the future (Made in Europe and ADRA partnerships) (RIA)

More information here – https://www.effra.eu/news/whats-next-for-made-in-europe-2025-competition-2026-2027-calls/