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Horizon scanning and foresight in future enabling digital technologies (CSA)

Horizon Europe · Grant topic

HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-10

Summary

A Polish company can use this call for R&D.

Funds a multidisciplinary forum connecting academia, research organisations and industry to identify emerging digital technologies and develop shared technological visions.

Who can apply
Companies can lead: SME, large company, research org, university.
Amount
€4M per projectTotal budget €4,000,000
Deadline
18 Mar 2027 01:00 CETin 145 days
Status
Forthcomingopens 17 Nov 2026
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Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source.

Description

Expected Outcome:

• European leadership in foresight activities on future enabling technologies and their transformational potential in industrial, societal and environmental terms.

• Increased collaboration between academia, industry players and other relevant stakeholders in iterative and multidisciplinary approaches for co-creating the enabling technologies of the future.

• Alignment with national or regional initiatives creating an expanding innovation ecosystem, anchored in local contexts across Europe, for selected emerging technologies.

• Accelerating the pick-up of novel advanced technology by industry and society.

Scope:

Proposals should establish a forum for emerging interdisciplinary areas and new technological visions.

Proposals should enable and support a broad range of participants (across disciplines in science and engineering, RTOs, industry sectors, stakeholders) to meet, mutually inspire, cooperate and identify together innovative ideas for future enabling digital technologies covering from fundamental research up to proof of concept.

Proposals should involve and be driven by representatives of the relevant actors of the field (e.g., academia, RTOs, industry including SMEs).

Proposals should consider civil society engagement for seeking wider input.

Proposals should connect with analogous EC-internal activities, either ongoing (e.g. FOSI4EIC involving EISMEA and JRC) or foreseen, such as the Competitiveness Coordination Tool and the technology observatory envisaged in the FP10 regulation.

Who can apply, in detail
Applicant types
SME, Large company, Research org, University
Purpose
Other
R&D relevance
2 of 3
Poland eligible
Yes
Country limit
—
Region
Any
Consortium
Required
Readiness level (TRL)
—
Topics
  • Digital technology foresight
  • Horizon scanning
  • Emerging enabling technologies
  • Industry-academia collaboration

Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026

Conditions6

Typed facts extracted from the source documents by Scindu's grant-data review. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.

Eligible project scope
Proposals should establish a forum for emerging interdisciplinary areas and new technological visions, supporting participants across science and engineering, RTOs, industry and stakeholders.
Other condition
Exact source identifies HORIZON-AG-LS; topic-specific text confirms lump-sum funding. Accepted amount and work-package shares are proposal/agreement-specific.
Other condition
For Horizon lump-sum submissions, the budget table contains cost estimates by cost category, beneficiary and work package; estimates approximate actual costs and must follow normal practices, be reasonable/non-excessive, necessary for proposed activities, and eligible under the actual-cost rules.
Other condition
The Lump Sum MGA ties eligible contributions to Annex 2 and completed/properly implemented work packages or achieved results, calculates amounts from Annex 2, and the Commission guidance says payments depend on completion of activities rather than successful outcomes.
Other condition
Topic confirms a lump sum but does not establish fixed-in-call/type 1 versus proposal-defined/type 2.
Partner requirement
Relevant-field representatives should drive the proposal, including academia, RTOs and industry including SMEs; civil-society engagement should be considered.
Amounts and costs4
Indicative budget
€4,000,000

Topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.

Funding intensity, maximum
100

General maximum for exact HORIZON-RIA code; topic and GA control; not a staff pay rate.

Expected project funding, up to
€4,000,000

Approximate expected contribution per project, not an award floor/cap; the topic expressly permits different requested amounts.

Expected project funding, from
€4,000,000

Approximate expected contribution per project, not an award floor/cap; the topic expressly permits different requested amounts.

Topic allocation
€4,000,000

Indicative topic allocation, distinct from expected EU contribution per project and staff costs.

Personnel and services1

  • Other role

    Budget estimate rule only

    This is a cost-estimation category in the linked Horizon lump-sum guidance, conditional on the same type of item being eligible under the applicable actual-cost rules and the action/grant terms. It does not establish a required hire or approved amount. No named occupation, qualification, headcount, FTE, employment duration or pay is stated by this topic source.

Source documents5
Call facts
Opens
17 Nov 2026
Deadline model
Single-stage
Programme
Horizon Europe · 2021 - 2027
Call
HORIZON-CL4-2027-04 · DIGITAL
Types of action
HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
Keywords
  • foresight
Source
ec.europa.eu
Checked
23 Oct 2026
Portal updated
19 Oct 2026
Review status
Partial review
Reviewed
23 Oct 2026

This is a summary of the source page, not the official text. Eligibility, conditions and the submission system are at the source.