New Horizontal Activities Call “Bridging actions 2027”

The European Commission has published a new draft of its “Horizontal Activities” Horizon Europe work program for 2027.

The topics of the call „Bridging actions 2027“ (including proposed budgets per project, number of projects, and deadlines) are as follows:

  • HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-09: EU AI (10 Mio. €; number of projects: 1; deadline(s): 18 Mar 2027)
  • HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-10: Autonomous Drive Ambition Cities (IA) – Apply AI (15 Mio. €; number of projects: 1; deadline(s): 18 Mar 2027)
  • HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-12: Large-Scale piloting of next-generation AI-driven digital platforms for a more affordable, secure and sustainable European energy system (IA) – Apply AI (15 Mio. €; number of projects: 1; deadline(s): 18 Mar 2027)
  • HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-01-13: EU Frontier AI Initiative: Advanced Scaling Frameworks for High-Performance AI Models (RIA) – Apply AI (15 Mio. €; number of projects: 1; deadline(s): 18 Mar 2027)
  • HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-02-02: Valorising Horizon project results via innovation ecosystems (2.5-4 Mio. €; number of projects: 5; deadline(s): 28 Jan 2027)
  • HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-02-05: Advancing promising results from Pillar II collaborative research through the innovation journey (0-2.5 Mio. €; number of projects: 13; deadline(s): 28 Jan 2027)
  • HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-03-04: Supporting the long-term resilience and European sovereignty of critical research data and knowledge repositories and scientific services for the life sciences (8 Mio. €; number of projects: 1; deadline(s): 15 Jun 2027)
  • HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-03-06: Access to research infrastructure services to enable R&I addressing industry needs in priority areas (5 Mio. €; number of projects: 3; deadline(s): 15 Jun 2027)
  • HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-03-07: Europe’s world class research and technology infrastructures as strategic assets for talent to Choose Europe (1.5 Mio. €; number of projects: 5; deadline(s): 15 Jun 2027)
  • HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-04-03: Bringing innovative climate preparedness and resilience solutions closer to the market (20 Mio. €; number of projects: 1; deadline(s): 16 Feb 2027)
  • HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-04-08: Sustainability and resilience of climate projections and related data records for European and global science and policy (5 Mio. €; number of projects: 1; deadline(s): 16 Feb 2027)
  • HORIZON-BRIDGING-2027-05-01: Skills Bridging Action (0.15-0.30 Mio. €; number of projects: 130; deadline(s): 16 Feb 2027)

Click here to access the current draft of the Horizon Europe work program for 2027: https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/comitology-register/core/api/integration/ers/532487/114172/3/attachment

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