HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-04
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HORIZON-EUROHPC-JU-2022-TECH-03-01
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HORIZON-EUROHPC-JU-2023-INCO-06-01
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HORIZON-EUROHPC-JU-2023-QEC-05-01
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HORIZON-EUROHPC-JU-2023-COE-03-01
Call on Centres Of Excellence For Exascale HPC ApplicationsMOTIVATION Centres of Excellence advancing specific Lighthouse Exascale Applications are at the frontier of technology and relevant for the communities of HPC users
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HORIZON-EUROHPC-JU-2023-COE-01-01
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HORIZON-EUROHPC-JU-2022-ALG-02-01
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HORIZON-EUROHPC-JU-2022-INCO-04-01
EU-Japan PartnershipMOTIVATION This call aims to strengthen the cooperation with Japan within HPC and can be relevant for understanding the post-exascale efforts on international level
Call text (as on F&T portal)
View on F&T portalExpected Outcome:
The CSA action should be prepared, managed and coordinated by key stakeholders in the field. Project results are expected to contribute to the following expected outcomes:
- Delivery of a high-quality roadmap addressing the post-exascale HPC/AI research challenges for applications, algorithms, software, hardware and systems, including a strong emphasis on AI
- Contribution to the development of a competitive European converged HPC/Quantum/AI ecosystem, including AI Factories and future AI Gigafactories
- Interaction and collaboration with similar international efforts, ensuring alignment with AI-driven computing paradigms worldwide
Scope:
Proposals are invited for a Coordination and Support Action that will guide and prepare European HPC for the post-exascale era of converging supercomputing, quantum computing and artificial intelligence worlds.
The action should bring together the key scientific and industrial players in Europe, ensuring strong AI engagement, and should liaise with the relevant international post-exascale efforts (e.g. the International Exascale Project (InPex)), the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking advisory bodies such as the Research and Innovation Advisory Group (RIAG) and the Infrastructure Advisory Group (INFRAG), the EuroHPC JU private partners (i.e. the European Technology Platform for High Performance Computing ETP4HPC, the Big Data Value Association (BDVA), and the European Quantum Industry Consortium (QuIC)), relevant EuroHPC main initiatives (e.g. the DARE Framework Programme Agreement on RISC-V processors, HPC Centres of Excellence, AI Factories, etc), the hosting entities of European AI Factories and future AI Gigafactories, and other relevant European projects and initiatives.
The action should analyse the research challenges of all relevant technologies in the post-exascale/AI era and produce and maintain a high-quality research roadmap with recommendations for research actions at the European level. Issues like hardware-supported mixed-precision, AI-driven HPC as a service, real-time HPC, next generation AI model training and inference, digital continuum, convergence of HPC/AI/Quantum/Cloud/Edge, should be part of the analysis.
The Commission considers that proposals with an overall duration of typically 24/36 months would allow these outcomes to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other durations. Only one proposal will be selected for funding.
In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and/or gender analysis) in research and innovation content is not a mandatory requirement; however, should proposers consider it to be of relevance for their proposal, they are strongly encouraged to integrate it.
Projects are expected to develop synergies with relevant projects funded under the Digital Europe Programme (DEP).
News flashes
EVALUATION results
Published: 15.05.2025
Deadline: 02.10.2025
Available budget: EUR 359.1 million
The results of the evaluation for each topic are as follows:
DATA-08
DATA-09
DATA-10
DATA-11
DATA-12
DATA-13
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)
18
3
1
4
3
76
Number of inadmissible proposals
0
0
0
0
0
3
Number of ineligible proposals
14
1
0
0
0
13
Number of above-threshold proposals
3
2
1
3
3
38
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals
225,328,342.50 €
4,997,875.00 €
2,500,000.00 €
29,995,930.85 €
5,838,061.00 €
310,159,620.22 €
Number of proposals retained for funding
1
1
1
1
1
5
Number of proposals in the reserve list
1
1
0
1
1
1
Funding threshold1
14.5
14.5
11.5
14
12
13.5
Ranking distribution
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14
1
1
0
1
1
2
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13
1
1
0
1
1
6
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10
1
0
1
1
1
30
DIGITAL-EMERGING-01
DIGITAL-EMERGING-02
DIGITAL-EMERGING-03
DIGITAL-EMERGING-04
DIGITAL-EMERGING-07
DIGITAL-EMERGING-08
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)
4
18
40
4
28
2
Number of inadmissible proposals
1
0
1
0
1
0
Number of ineligible proposals
0
0
0
4
0
1
Number of above-threshold proposals
3
12
30
1
20
1
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals
13,486,849.50 €
59,729,108.00 €
80,814,339.75 €
2,498,857.25 €
804,393,845.50 €
1,000,000.00 €
Number of proposals retained for funding
1
2
3
1
2
1
Number of proposals in the reserve list
1
1
2
0
2
0
Funding threshold1
13.5
14.5
14.5
13.5
15
14
Ranking distribution
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14
0
6
6
0
5
1
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13
1
3
11
1
2
0
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10
2
3
13
0
13
0
HUMAN-14
HUMAN-15
HUMAN-16
HUMAN-17
HUMAN-18
HUMAN-19
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)
59
46
34
3
4
6
Number of inadmissible proposals
0
0
0
1
0
1
Number of ineligible proposals
0
1
2
0
0
0
Number of above-threshold proposals
44
35
27
1
1
2
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals
256,818,668.15 €
169,733,280.30 €
78,286,154.25 €
2,546,117.50 €
2,998,504.92 €
5,999,006.25 €
Number of proposals retained for funding
8
4
4
1
1
1
Number of proposals in the reserve list
3
4
3
0
0
1
Funding threshold1,2
14.5
14
13.5
12.5
13.5
15
Ranking distribution
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14
12
5
3
0
0
1
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13
6
5
7
0
1
1
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10
26
25
17
1
0
0
MATERIALS-46
MATERIALS-47
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)
17
70
Number of inadmissible proposals
0
0
Number of ineligible proposals
0
0
Number of above-threshold proposals
9
58
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals
44,109,108.00 €
283,995,317.95 €
Number of proposals retained for funding
2
3
Number of proposals in the reserve list
1
1
Funding threshold1
14.5
14
Ranking distribution
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14
2
4
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13
1
14
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10
6
40
1 Proposals with the same score were ranked according to the priority order procedure set out in the call conditions (for HE, in the General Annexes to the Work Programme or specific arrangements in the specific call/topic conditions). To determine the ranking for ‘Innovation actions’, the score for ‘Impact’ is given a weight of 1.5.
2 According to the specific conditions of HUMAN-14 and HUMAN-16, to ensure a balanced portfolio coverage, grants are awarded to not only in order of ranking [see the specific condition for each topic in the topic page]. Therefore, additional proposals are retained for funding to fulfil this condition.
Summary of observer report:
The efficiency of the procedures in this call is very good. The tools such as IER, CR, ESR and cross- reading are well suited and the usability is very effective. Harmonisation and calibration procedures are excellent. This is thanks to the superior performance of the moderators and co-moderators in panel meetings with sometimes more than 40 experts under nightmarish conditions of unstable meeting connections, failing in access and interoperability of SEP and WebEx platform. Overall, the evaluation was fair and consistent, with full compliance with the applicable rules.
We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.
PROPOSAL NUMBERS
Call HORIZON-CL4-2025-03 has closed on 02.10.2025.
440 proposals have been submitted.
The breakdown per topic is:
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-08: 18
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-09: 3
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-10: 1
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-11: 4
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-12: 3
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-13: 76
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01: 4
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02: 18
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-03: 40
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-04: 4
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-07: 28
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-08: 2
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-14: 59
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-15: 46
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-16: 34
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-17: 3
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-18: 4
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-19: 6
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-MATERIALS-46: 17
HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-MATERIALS-47: 70
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in January 2026.
Please note that due to a technical issue, during the first days of publication of this call, the topic page did not display the description of the corresponding destination. This problem is now solved.
In addition to the information published in the topic page, you can always find a full description of the Destination 4 ("Achieving open strategic autonomy in digital and emerging enabling technologies") that are relevant for the call in the Work Programme 2025 part for "Digital, Industry and Space". Please select from the work programme the destination relevant to your topic and take into account the description and expected impacts of that destination for the preparation of your proposal.
Opening date: 2025-06-10 (9 months ago)
Closing date: 2025-10-02 (5 months ago)
Procedure: single-stage
Budget: 2,500,000
Expected grants: 1
Contribution: 2,500,000 - 2,500,000
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HORIZON-CL4-2025-03
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- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-10
- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-11
- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-12
- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DATA-13
- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01
- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02
- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-03
- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-07
- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-08
- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-DIGITAL-EMERGING-09
- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-14
- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-15
- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-16
- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-17
- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-18
- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-19
- HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-MATERIALS-46
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