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"Horizon Europe HORIZON-CL4-2026-05-DIGITAL-EMERGING-03 Apply AI: Next-Generation Agile and Intelligent Robotics Platforms for Industrial and Service Applications" is currently closed and not accepting applications.
This topic sits inside the European Commission's Apply AI push and is aimed squarely at the reconfigurability problem that keeps industrial robotics economically brittle: cells that take weeks to retool when the product changes.
The scope calls for simulation and deployment tools for modular and reconfigurable robotics, integrated with intelligent robotic modules designed for flexible real-world manufacturing environments, and for integrating robotics with digital factory systems in ways that preserve efficient workflows, safety and interoperability.
Read carefully, the emphasis is on the platform and tooling layer rather than on novel manipulation research - proposals offering a better grasping algorithm without an interoperability and deployment story are mismatched to what the Commission is buying.
The topic runs under the Partnership in AI, Data and Robotics, which in practice means consortia are expected to align with the partnership's strategic research agenda and to include industrial pull, not only research push. Scale is substantial: an indicative topic budget of EUR 25 million with only 2 proposals retained for funding and 2 more on a reserve list, implying roughly EUR 12. 5 million per project.
That per-project size demands a large multi-country consortium with manufacturing and service-sector end users as partners, and it makes the competition unusually sharp - 59 proposals were submitted against 2 fundable slots, a success rate near 3 percent. Funding is a Research and Innovation Action at 100 percent of eligible direct costs plus 25 percent flat-rate indirect costs.
Eligibility extends beyond the EU to Horizon Europe associated countries including Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Canada, Israel, the Republic of Korea and New Zealand, with high-risk telecom equipment suppliers and entities they control excluded.
The HORIZON-CL4-2026-05 call closed on 15 April 2026 at 17:00 CEST, so this cycle is complete; teams should track the CL4 2027 work programme and the reserve list outcome, and use the lead time to assemble the industrial partnerships this topic rewards.
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Or search similar grants →According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Standard Horizon Europe consortium rules apply: proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least three independent legal entities from three different EU member states or Horizon Europe associated countries, with at least one established in an EU member state. Participation is restricted to legal entities established in EU member states and in Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Canada, Israel, the Republic of Korea and New Zealand. High-risk telecom equipment suppliers including Huawei and ZTE, and entities controlled by them, are excluded. Eligible participants include universities, research and technology organisations, public bodies, SMEs, large industrial companies and end-user organisations; the topic runs under the Partnership in AI, Data and Robotics, so alignment with the partnership's strategic research and innovation agenda and genuine industrial and service-sector end-user involvement are expected. The action type is a Research and Innovation Action (RIA), funded at 100 percent of eligible direct costs plus a 25 percent flat rate for indirect costs. The indicative topic budget is EUR 25,000,000 with 2 proposals retained for funding and 2 additional proposals on a reserve list. Scope covers simulation and deployment tools for modular and reconfigurable robotics, intelligent robotic modules for flexible real-world manufacturing environments, and integration of robotics with digital factory systems addressing efficient workflows, safety and interoperability. The call HORIZON-CL4-2026-05 closed on 15 April 2026 at 17:00 CEST with 59 proposals submitted; applicants should monitor the EU Funding and Tenders Portal for the corresponding 2027 work programme topics. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows indicative topic budget of EUR 25,000,000 (approximately $27,500,000 USD), with 2 proposals retained for funding and 2 additional proposals placed on a reserve list, implying roughly EUR 12,500,000 (about $13,750,000 USD) per project. Funded as a Research and Innovation Action at 100 percent of eligible direct costs plus 25 percent flat-rate indirect costs. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was April 15, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Horizon Europe HORIZON-CL4-2026-05-DIGITAL-EMERGING-03 Apply AI: Next-Generation Agile and Intelligent Robotics Platforms for Industrial and Service Applications is funded by European Commission (Horizon Europe Cluster 4: Digital, Industry and Space) under the Partnership in AI, Data and Robotics. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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