Work Programmes 2026-2027

Draft 2026-2027 Work Programmes

Cluster 1 (Health)

Destinations

  1. Staying healthy in a rapidly changing society
  2. Living and working in a health-promoting environment
  3. Tackling diseases and reducing disease burden
  4. Ensuring equal access to innovative, sustainable, and high-quality healthcare
  5. Developing and using new tools, technologies and digital solutions for a healthy society
  6. Maintaining an innovative, sustainable and competitive EU health industry

Cluster 2 (Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society)

Destinations

  1. Innovative research on democracy and governance
  2. Innovative research on European cultural heritage and cultural and creative industries
  3. Innovative research on social and economic transformations

Cluster 3 (Civil Security for Society)

Destinations

  1. Better protect the EU and its citizens against crime and terrorism
  2. Effective management of EU external borders
  3. Resilient Infrastructure
  4. Increased cybersecurity
  5. Strengthened security research and innovation

Cluster 4 (Digital, Industry and Space)

Destinations

  1. Leadership in materials and production for Europe
  2. Achieving open strategic autonomy in digital and emerging enabling technologies
  3. Developing an agile and secure single market and infrastructure for data-services and trustworthy artificial intelligence services
  4. Open strategic autonomy in developing, deploying and using global space-based infrastructure, services, applications and data
  5. Digital and industrial technologies driving human-centric innovation

Cluster 5 (Climate, Energy and Mobility)

Destinations

  1. Climate sciences and responses for the transformation towards climate neutrality
  2. Cross-sectoral solutions for the climate transition
  3. Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply
  4. Efficient, sustainable and inclusive energy use
  5. Clean and competitive solutions for all transport modes
  6. Safe, resilient transport and smart mobility services for passengers and goods

Cluster 6 (Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment)

Destinations

  1. Biodiversity and ecosystem services
  2. Fair, healthy and environment-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption
  3. Circular economy and bioeconomy sectors
  4. Clean environment and zero pollution
  5. Land, ocean and water for climate action
  6. Resilient, inclusive, healthy and green rural, coastal and urban communities
  7. Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal

The New European Bauhaus Facility

Missions - EU Missions only

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