EIC Pathfinder Challenges 2026
The EIC strand for frontier research on emerging technologies at a very early stage, organised around thematic challenges defined annually by the Commission. In the 2026 edition the…
Original title (EN): HORIZON-CL6-2027-03 - Call 03 (2027)
The window is not open yet. The call is already published: applications are accepted from 4 February 2027. This is the time to prepare the paperwork.
First 2027 round of Cluster 6, already scheduled in the biennial work programme adopted by Commission Decision C(2025) 8493 of 11 December 2025. It is the useful window for those unable to apply by September 2026: opening planned for 4 February 2027 and deadline 11 May 2027. The two main rounds HORIZON-CL6-2027-01 and HORIZON-CL6-2027-02 follow, both opening on 20 April 2027 with deadlines on 22 and 23 September 2027 respectively. Individual topics are already described in the work programme but not all portal pages are active yet.
Consortia of legal entities: research organisations, companies including SMEs, public bodies, farmers' organisations, NGOs. Agricultural topics normally carry the mandatory multi-actor approach.
Regola generale Horizon Europe: per RIA e IA almeno 3 soggetti giuridici indipendenti stabiliti in 3 diversi Stati membri o paesi associati, di cui almeno 1 in uno Stato membro; per le CSA è sufficiente 1 soggetto stabilito in uno Stato membro o paese associato. Nessun requisito di stabilimento in un paese specifico.
Opening and deadline dates for the 2027 rounds read on 27 August 2026 in the call timetable of the Cluster 6 2026-2027 work programme published on the Funding & Tenders Portal. The budget per call and the 2027 topic codes were not verified one by one: they must be read in the work programme. Indicative dates can be changed by a work programme amendment, which is not uncommon.
Every piece of information on this page was read on 27 August 2026 from the pages below. Where they disagree, the managing body’s document prevails.
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