Horizon Europe is the most ambitious program for research and innovation ever implemented. In the years 2021-2027 Horizon Europe’s beneficiaries will receive 95.5 billion Euro. The aim of this funding program is to address and solve the pending societal issues with a special focus on human resources, industrial modernization, infrastructure, and inter-regional collaboration. The goal is also for Europe to transform science leadership into worldwide leadership in entrepreneurship and innovation by 2027. The complex funding structure of Horizon Europe is organized similarly to the previous Framework Programmes and is composed of three pillars: Excellent Science; Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness; and Innovative Europe.
In this session special programs under Pillar 1 – the Marie Curie Sklodowska Actions (MSCA) and the European Research Council (ERC) grants for individual researchers will be especially emphasized.
I will also summarize the current status of the EU – Korea collaboration in science and technology and I will examine Korea’s participation in the previous Framework Programme – Horizon 2020.