Horizon 2020

Briefing 03-10-2017

Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (2014-2020) – is the main instrument financing research and innovation in the European Union and the successor to seven previous Framework Programmes. It is an ambitious, flexible programme, unique in the world in terms of budget, duration, budgetary stability and scope. Since 2014 it has supported more than 13 000 projects in more than 130 participating countries and helped to respond to urgent societal challenges, such as the Ebola crisis.