Horizon Europe supports research and innovation especially through work programmes, which set out funding opportunities for research and innovation activities.
This introduction relates to the work programme which covers the following components of Horizon Europe for 2021-2022:
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions and Research infrastructures (Pillar I);
- All clusters: Health, Digital, Industry, (Pillar II);
- European innovation ecosystems (Pillar III);
- Widening participation and spreading excellence, and reforming and enhancing the European R&I system (Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area part).
The programmes implementing Horizon Europe as well as the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). Separate work programmes cover the European Research Council 2021 and 2022 (ERC), the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the European Innovation Council (EIC).