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The European Commission has adopted the Horizon Europe Work Programme for 2025 to strengthen Europe’s research and innovation capacities. With an investment of over €7.3 billion, the programme intends to support cutting-edge science, accelerate the EU’s green and digital transitions, and enhance Europe’s competitiveness.
The programme includes measures to help attract and retain top researchers in Europe and offer targeted support to those affected by war and displacement. As part of these efforts, the Commission is updating the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) 2023-25 Work Programme part to offer more support for Ukrainian scientists, and to launch a new MSCA ‘Choose Europe for Science’ pilot. This pilot will offer more support and opportunities for early-career researchers, including competitive allowances and longer contracts. The pilot is part of a €500 million package for 2025–2027 and the wider ‘Choose Europe‘ initiative presented by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen last week, aiming at making Europe a magnet for researchers.
The Work Programme allocates 35% of the budget to climate action and 8.8% to biodiversity. This includes €1.14 billion for climate, energy and transport projects, and €833 million for food, bioeconomy, natural resources, agriculture and environment. 36% of Horizon Europe funding supports the digital transition, with €1.6 billion earmarked for Artificial Intelligence development.
Source: Horizon Europe work programmes – European Commission