Horizon Europe (HEU) defines the EU research and innovation (R&I) programme between 2021 and 2027, with a budget of €95.5 billion.
The programme aims at developing, supporting and implementing EU policies while tackling global challenges. The programme creates jobs, fully engages the EU’s talent pool, boosts economic growth, promotes industrial competitiveness and optimises investment impact.
Specifically, the pillar 'Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness', which includes ‘Civil Security for Society’, aims to reinforce the European industrial competitiveness, and support the uptake of innovative solutions in industry, in particular in SMEs and start- ups, and society to address global challenges.
European entities operate in a fierce and highly competitive global market. Ensuring long-term sustainability of the European research and industrial base requires continuous innovation, IPR assurance, and access to market prospects.
HEU offers a unique opportunity for inventors, researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, buyers and investors, since it provides them direct access to funding and orientation to develop tailored solutions aiming at addressing European priorities, critical issues and development goals, complying with European regulation, values and principles.
Despite existing support, overcoming the so called ‘Valley of Death’ (i.e., the gap from an idea/invention/prototype to a successful innovation) is still challenging.
It is noted that the opinions and thoughts expressed herein reflect only the participants’ own views.
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The recent Booster Info Session offered a comprehensive overview of the services available to EU-funded projects, how and why to apply and featured a testimony by an EU-funded project benefitting from the services. For those who attended (and those who couldn’t), here are eight key takeaways we've selected from the event.
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Booster was recently featured in the 2025 edition of the Projects to Policy Seminar, one of the European Commission’s Directorate General HOME’s flagship events, held earlier this month, offering a valuable opportunity for EU-funded projects to learn more about the tailored and free-of-charge support services that Booster offers.
Booster is a collaborative support service designed to mentor EU-funded project researchers grow their project’s impact and real-world application. The process is hands-on and co-creative: Booster experts bring tailored advice and tools, while beneficiaries remain at the centre of the journey.
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Turning research findings into tangible benefits has proven challenging for many EU-funded projects. While Europe is a global leader in generating high-quality research, there’s a well-recognised struggle to translate these findings into market-ready solutions - known as the “European paradox”. Booster’s Go-To-Market support service is designed to address this issue, helping researchers bridge the gap between innovation and impact.