Matchmaking Event for Horizon Europe Calls: "Apply AI and Future Technologies in Europe"

The Brussels offices of the Estonian Research Council, Bulgarian Liaison Office for Research, the Research Council of Lithuania and the Ukrainian R&D Community, together with the National Contact Points, are organising the International Matchmaking & Networking Event "Apply AI and Future Technologies in Europe".

The event is dedicated to building strong Horizon Europe Cluster 4 consortia under the 2027 Work Programme and will take place on 26-27 March 2026 in Brussels.

Important: Expression of interest should be submitted by 25 February 2026 via the following link.

Thematic Focus:

• Frontier and applied AI (Apply AI strategy)
• AI-driven robotics and industrial automation
• Human–AI collaboration and the future of work
• AI-enabled scientific discovery and laboratory automation
• Scalable, trustworthy and energy-efficient AI solutions

Selected Horizon Europe Calls:

• HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-11: EU Frontier AI Initiative: Developing frontier AI solutions that are safe and computationally efficient within Apply AI (RIA)

• HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-04: Apply AI: Challenge-Driven AI Innovation Booster in Apply AI prioritised sectors (RIA) (Partnership in AI, Data and Robotics)

• HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-05: Apply AI: AI-Driven Robotics for Industry: Enabling System Integration and Adoption (IA) (Partnership in AI, Data and Robotics)

• HORIZON-CL4-2027-02-DIGITAL-EMERGING-52-two-stage: New approaches for Human/AI collaboration for the workforce of the future (RIA) (Made in Europe and AI, Data and Robotics partnerships)

• HORIZON-RAISE-2027-01-01: Automated Scientific Discovery (RAISE pilot) (RIA)

• HORIZON-CL4-2027-01-MAT-PROD-03: Factory processes and automation for de- and re-manufacturing (RIA) (Made in Europe partnership) -–> proposals can include “AI and robotic-assisted technologies

• HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-06: International cooperation in AI

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