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Fast Track to Research and Innovation for breakthroughs in industrial technologies (Research and Innovation Action)

Proposals should describe a credible pathway from their project results and outcomes towards the expected impact of this Destination; Proposals should enable open-ended breakthrough innovations in industrial technologies, feeding the pipeline of knowledge. Scope: This is an open topic, intended to cover breakthrough innovations, up to TRL 4, within the scope of the Strategic Research and Innovation Agendas (SRIAs)…

Deadline 2 Feb 2027Budget €20MIndicative grants 8Single stageHORIZON Research and Innovation Actions

Funding and competition

  • 8grants expected (official)
  • €2.5Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects

Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.

Organisations with a track record in this topic

Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Deutsches Zentrum Fur Luft - Und Raumfahrt Ev
Koln
GermanyResearch organisation131SETRIS, dAIEDGE, Idealist2027
Narodowe Centrum Badan I Rozwoju
Warszawa
PolandPublic body140NCP4Industry, M-ERA.NET 4, Idealist2027
Turkiye Bilimsel Ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu
Ankara
TürkiyeResearch organisation110NCP4Industry, M-ERA.NET 4, SPINDEC
Lietuvos mokslo taryba
Vilnius
LithuaniaPublic body90NCP4Industry, M-ERA.NET 4, Idealist2027
Agenzia Per La Promozione Della Ricerca Europea
Roma
ItalyResearch organisation72NCP4Industry, InnoMatSyn, Idealist2027
Sihtasutus Eesti Teadusagentuur
Tartu
EstoniaOther100M-ERA.NET 4, Idealist2027, COSMOS4HE
Centro Para El Desarrollo Tecnologico Y La Innovacion E.P.E.
Madrid
SpainPublic body100NCP4Industry, Idealist2027, SPINDEC
Fraunhofer Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung Ev
Munchen
GermanyResearch organisation70SETRIS, dAIEDGE, RECREATE
Deutsches Forschungszentrum Fur Kunstliche Intelligenz Gmbh
Kaiserslautern
GermanyResearch organisation53dAIEDGE, NOVA, VICTOR-XR
Osterreichische Forschungsforderungsgesellschaft Mbh
Wien
AustriaOther63M-ERA.NET 4, Idealist2027, ACCESS2EIC
Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche
Roma
ItalyResearch organisation72NOVA, Phorwards21, QuantERA III
Norges Forskningsrad
Oslo
NorwayPublic body80NCP4Industry, M-ERA.NET 4, ERA PerMed
Service Public De Wallonie
Namur
BelgiumPublic body61M-ERA.NET 4, SPINDEC, INDTECH2024BE
Centrum Vedecko Technickych Informacii Slovenskej Republiky
Bratislava
SlovakiaPublic body60NCP4Industry, Idealist2027, COSMOS4HE
Nemzeti Kutatasi Fejlesztesi Es Innovacios Hivatal
Budapest
HungaryPublic body70M-ERA.NET 4, Idealist2027, ERA PerMed

Spanish organisations with experience in this field

The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.

OrganisationCountryTypeSimilar EU projectsAs coordinatorExamples (CORDIS)
Centro Para El Desarrollo Tecnologico Y La Innovacion E.P.E.
Madrid
SpainPublic body100NCP4Industry, Idealist2027, SPINDEC
Agencia Estatal De Investigacion
Madrid
SpainPublic body70M-ERA.NET 4, ERA-MIN 2, WaterWorks2017
Fundacion Tecnalia Research & Innovation
Donostia/San Sebastian
SpainResearch organisation50InnoMatSyn, PROSPECTS 5.0, EUFORE
Fundacion Espanola Para La Cienciay La Tecnologia, F.S.P., Fecyt
Alcobendas
SpainOther40M-ERA.NET 4, M-ERA.NET3, QuantERA III
Agencia De Ciencia Competitividad Empresarial E Innovacion Asturiana
Llanera Asturias
SpainPublic body30M-ERA.NET 4, M-ERA.NET3, M-ERA.NET 2
Innobasque Agencia Vasca De La Innovacion / Innobasque Berrikuntzareneuskal Agentzia
Zamudio
SpainOther30M-ERA.NET 4, M-ERA.NET3, M-ERA.NET 2
Departamento De Industria, Transicion Energetica Y Sostenibilidad - Gobierno Vasco
Vitoria-Gasteiz
SpainPublic body30M-ERA.NET 4, M-ERA.NET3, M-ERA.NET 2
Fundacion Centro De Tecnologias De Interaccion Visual Y Comunicaciones Vicomtech
Donostia San Sebastian
SpainResearch organisation20dAIEDGE, NOVA

What a typical winning consortium looks like

  • 16partners (median)
  • 9countries (median)
  • 15%of partners are SMEs
Public body 28%Research organisation 26%Company 22%University 12%Other 12%

Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.

Most similar funded projects

Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.

  • NCP4Industry – The European Network of HE Cluster 4 Industry National Contact Points (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-30)
  • SETRIS – Strengthening European Transport Research and Innovation Strategies (H2020 · 2015 · MG-9.6-2014)
  • IMPAC3T-IP – Improving outcoMes and imPact from scenArio based licensing: Classical_Crisis and Co-creaTed IP (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-31)
  • dAIEDGE – A network of excellence for distributed, trustworthy, efficient and scalable AI at the Edge (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-02-02)
  • RECREATE – REcycling technologies for Circular REuse and remanufacturing of fiber-reinforced composite mATErials (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-01)
  • M-ERA.NET 4 – Strengthening the European advanced materials ecosystem through transnational programme collaboration (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-06-ERA-05)

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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.