Find partners for a Horizon Europe proposal

Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding program for Research & Innovation with a budget of €95.5 billion.

The framework program began in 2021 and will run through 2027. The latest work programs for 2023-2024 were published in November 2022. The vast majority of this funding is allocated on the basis of competitive calls open to applications from researchers, businesses and other interested organizations located in any of the EU Member States or Associated Countries to Horizon Europe as well as partners from all over the world. See a partial list of open calls of interest here.

Institutions from third countries (including Canada and the United States) can join most of Horizon Europe calls as part of a consortium comprised of:

at least one partner from an EU member state and
at least two additional partners from two other different countries coming either from EU member states and/or countries associated to Horizon Europe

Note that the eligibility to automatic funding of the third countries institutions by the European Commission is subject to certain conditions. All funding opportunities and related information are available on the Funding and Tenders Opportunities Portal.

1- The European Commission Partner Search Tool

Partner Search Tool

Joining the right partnership is fundamental to apply to the open calls and have more chances to get granted. To help your partners' search, the European Commission has developed a very easy to use and efficient tool: the Partner Search Tool. The tool is useful to:

Find partners for your project ideas among the organizations registered in the portal.
Enter a keyword or a topic of a past call for proposals to find related organizations.
Search by geographical criteria or by types of organization.
Search by call topics to find organizations that have participated or expressed interest in participating in the future.

A - Find organizations that participated in past calls for proposals

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B - Partner search in an open call of your interest

Below you can find an example of where to find partners for a call of your interest:

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After you click on "View / Edit" you will see:

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2- Use the EURAXESS Partnering Portal to find and be found as a partner

EURAXESS Partnering Portal

Institutions registered on EURAXESS Portal can also express their interest in collaborating with partners to apply to EU funding. Search the EURAXESS Partnering Portal to find institutions to build a consortium. Remember to register your institution too so that you can be found as potential partner. You have to create an account as a user to then register your organization. You can do this here. Learn how to use EURAXESS Partnering Portal to find and be found as a partner here.

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3- CORDIS (Finding participating organizations in past projects)

CORDIS

CORDIS is the primary source of results from EU-funded projects since 1990. You can browse through their database to find past projects in your field of interest and check which institutions participated in them. Use the filters to refine your search.

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4- Thematic European networks of National Contact Points

You can also contact the European network of National Contact Points (NCPs) for your topic of interest. It is the main structure to provide guidance, practical information and assistance on all aspects of participation in Horizon Europe. The following networks of NCPs under Horizon Europe are currently active:

Bridge 2 HE / HE NCP Portal

website: https://horizoneuropencpportal.eu/

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