The European Commission is investing over €7.3 billion through its newly adopted Horizon Europe work programme for 2025 to strengthen Europe’s research and innovation engine and global edge.
In support of the digital transition, the work programme will foster research and innovation to make this decade Europe’s digital decade and lay the groundwork to ensure that all actors in our society, including enterprises, master the complex interplay of technology and humankind, for a better, saver and inclusive society and life, fully respecting universal human rights and planetary boundaries.
Using an EU- coefficient type calculation systems it is estimated that 40.4% of funds in the presented work programme equal to 2.7 billion, and 36 % of funds across all parts of Horizon Europe contribute to the digital transition.
The overall investment in topics that encourage the development of AI in 2025 is estimated at € 1.6 billion in 2025, this will be complemented by amounts deriving from projects that chose to develop AI-based approaches to conduct their research and innovation activities.
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The first calls for proposals will open on 15 May on the Commission’s Funding and Tenders portal.
Source: European Commission | Shaping Europe’s digital future | News & Views (https://tinyurl.com/4c78encz)