The Commission has published its proposal for Horizon Europe, an ambitious €95.5 billion research and innovation programme that will succeed Horizon 2020.

The proposal was made as part of the EU's proposal for the next EU long-term budget, the multiannual financial framework (MFF).

Various building blocks were taken into account including the interim evaluation of Horizon 2020, the Lab-Fab-App report (informally the Lamy report), foresight studies and various other reports. 

Legal texts, factsheets and video

• legal texts and factsheets for Horizon Europe
• factsheet about research and innovation in the new EU budget (French and German versions also available)
• video explaining the aims of Horizon Europe

The EU institutions reached a provisional agreement on Horizon Europe on 20 March 2019. The European Parliament endorsed the provisional agreement on 17 April 2019.

Horizon Europe will incorporate policy missions to ensure the effectiveness of research and innovation funding by pursuing clearly defined targets. 

Mission-oriented policy

• Mission-Oriented Research & Innovation in the EU: A problem solving approach to innovation-led growth. This report is the result of Professor Mariana Mazzucato's academic reflections based on her research with input from internal and external stakeholders of the European Commission.
• Presentation on mission-oriented research and innovation policy: Outlines some of the main findings of the report by Professor Mariana Mazzucato
• Analysis report: responses to the call for feedback on mission-oriented research and innovation in the European Union