Horizon 2020

What is Horizon 2020?

Horizon 2020 was the EU's research and innovation funding programme which spanned from 2014 to 2020. This programme had a substantial budget of nearly 80 billion euros and its primary aim was to foster scientific breakthroughs, discoveries, and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to the market. As a funding entity, Horizon 2020 supported research projects across various domains, ensuring Europe produced world-class science and removed barriers to innovation.

The programme was built to drive economic growth and create jobs by coupling research closely with innovation, emphasizing excellent science, industrial leadership, and tackling societal challenges. The goal was to ensure Europe remained globally competitive while contributing to sustainable development.

Key components of Horizon 2020 included addressing societal challenges such as health, demographic change, well-being, and the EU's external and security policies. The Horizon 2020 projects and results section articulates articles on particularly successful funded projects.

Following the conclusion of Horizon 2020, all news, events, programme details, project lists, and more have been made available on the archived Horizon 2020 website. It continues to provide access to information including programme analysis, evaluation, monitoring, and statistics. The Horizon dashboard, for instance, offers data on Horizon 2020 proposals, projects, and participants, with filtering options by theme, geography, and organization profile.

Documents published post-programme are listed for public reference, and all other publications are available on the Publications Office of the EU or the archived Horizon 2020 website. Although Horizon 2020 has ended, it has been succeeded by Horizon Europe, which continues the EU’s commitment to research and innovation.