HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-14
Networking and Future Photonics Strategy (CSA) (Photonics Partnership) -
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View on F&T portalProjects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
- Continued coordination and strategic support to the broader European photonics ecosystem, fostering a transparent, inclusive governance model and bottom-up roadmap development.
- Strengthened engagement across the photonics ecosystem, including industry, academia, national platforms and end-user sectors.
- Improved alignment of regional, national and European R&I agendas, enhancing coherence and impact across funding instruments.
- Effective monitoring and steering of Partnership-funded projects towards the achievement of Key Performance Indicators.
- Increased visibility of photonics as a critical enabling technology for EU priorities such as the digital and green transitions, industrial competitiveness and technological sovereignty.
- Enhanced collaboration with other European Partnerships and strategic initiatives to maximise synergies and streamline efforts.
- Improved access to private and blended finance for photonics innovation, growth and scale-up.
Proposals should include:
- Development and regular updating of the European Photonics Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) and associated roadmaps
- Coordination and monitoring of Partnership-funded R&I and CSA projects, including tracking of Key Performance Indicators and recommending corrective actions where needed
- Outreach, advocacy, and stakeholder engagement, including alignment with national, regional, and European photonics strategies and input into broader EU policy initiatives
- Provision of a unified communication platform for the European photonics community and strengthened public communication on the impact of photonics
- Facilitation of collaboration with other European Partnerships, strategic initiatives, and financial institutions to identify synergies and improve access to innovation financing.
Beneficiaries that intend to transfer ownership or grant an exclusive licence must formally notify the granting authority (i.e. DG-CNECT and HaDEA) before the intended transfer or licensing takes place and the granting authority may up to four years after the end of the action object to a transfer of ownership or the exclusive licensing of results.
News flashes
Publication date: 2026-01-15 (1 week ago)
Opening date: 2026-01-15 (1 week ago)
Closing date: 2026-04-15 (2 months from now)
Procedure: single-stage
Budget: 3,000,000
Expected grants: 1
Contribution: 3,000,000 - 3,000,000
This call topic has been appended 1 time by the EC with news.
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2026-01-24
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HORIZON-CL4-2026-04
Call topics are often grouped together in a call. Sometimes this is for a thematic reason, but often it is also for practical reasons.
There are 14 other topics in this call:
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DATA-02
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DATA-03
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DATA-06
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-08
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-09
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-11
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-12
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-15
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-17
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-18
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-19
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-HUMAN-01
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-HUMAN-02
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- 2026-01-15_06-31-00
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- 2025-12-16_06-30-54
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