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About the event
Are you looking for research & innovation funding opportunities to develop a competitive, digital, low-carbon and circular industry? Are you interested in ensuring sustainable supply of raw materials, develop advanced materials and provide the basis for advances and innovation in global challenges to society? Join the Horizon Europe Cluster 4 info days on 29 and 30 January 2026 to learn more about the topics of the Work Programme 2026!
The event covers:
- Insights into the policy context
- Pitches for each of the topics from the Work Programme 2026
- Horizontal Sessions offering guidance and tips for applicants
Programme
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29 Jan 2026, 09:00 - 17:00 (CET)
Day 1
- Welcome and general remarks for Cluster 4
- **Destination: Leadership in materials and production for Europe [Industry]**Sustainable Advanced Materials, Raw Materials and Chemicals, Innovative Advanced Materials-based Technologies, Fast-tracking Circularity, Disruptive technologies for carbon capture and clean energy use, R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal
- **Destination: Leadership in materials and production for Europe [Industry]**Technology infrastructure, knowledge valorisation and support for scaleups and startups, raw materials
- **Destination: Open strategic autonomy in developing, deploying and using global space-based infrastructure, services, applications and data [Space]**Accessing Space. Acting Space, Using Space on Earth - Telecommunications and Earth Observation, Space sciences and exploration
- **Destination: Open strategic autonomy in developing, deploying and using global space-based infrastructure, services, applications and data [Space]**Boosting Space through EU non-dependence for critical space technologies, Boosting Space through innovative space technologies, EGNSS & Copernicus applications
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30 Jan 2026, 09:00 - 17:00 (CET)
Day 2
- Welcome and general remarks for Cluster 4
- **Destination: Developing an agile and secure single market and infrastructure for data-services and trustworthy artificial intelligence services [Data]**Telco-Edge-Cloud continuum/ 3C Network (Connected Collaborative Computing) and Open Internet Stack, Data (under AI, Data and Robotics partnership)
- **Destination: Achieving open strategic autonomy in digital and emerging enabling technologies [Digital Emerging]**AI Science, Apply AI, Robotics, AI4GOOD
- **Destination: Achieving open strategic autonomy in digital and emerging enabling technologies [Digital Emerging]**Quantum, Photonics, Semiconductors, Other emerging technologies, AI for manufacturing and energy-intensive industries
- **Destination: Digital and industrial technologies driving human-centric innovation [Human]**Virtual Worlds – Web 4.0 (Partnership)
- Horizontal Sessions
- F&T Portal updates
- Application process in Horizon Europe
- REA Central Validation Service: Registration of participants and financial capacity assessment
- Legal and financial aspects of Horizon Europe
- SSH integration in Horizon Europe
- National Contact Points: services for the applicants
Practical information
- Day 1 (29 January, 09:00-17:00) Sessions: Plenary, Key to success, Destinations 1 and 4
- Day 2 (30 January, 09:00-17:00) Sessions : Destinations 2, 3, 5 and Horizontal Sessions
A detailed agenda will be released soon.
Brokerage events
INDUSTRY Calls: online brokerage platform of NCP4Industry+(HORIZON-CL4-2026-01 and HORIZON-CL4-2026-02-two-stage):
DIGITAL Calls: online brokerage platform of Ideal-ist (HORIZON-CL4-2026-04, HORIZON-CL4-2026-05, HORIZON-RAISE-2026)
SPACE Call: online brokerage platform of COSMOS4HEplus (HORIZON-CL4-2026-03)
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