R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal 2026

Opportunity snapshot

Collection

Horizon Europe

Source / programme

European Union / European Commission · Horizontal Activities - Clean Industrial Deal

Status

Open

Actionability

Open to new applicants

Record granularity

Umbrella Call

Verification date

17 Jul 2026

What the opportunity supports

This profile covers the Horizon Europe call or topic “R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal 2026”. The official targeting includes: Business plan and market-readiness strategy are mandatory impact elements; fit-for-deployment logic.

Thematic fit

Industrial decarbonisation demonstrators

Egypt eligibility and applicant role

Egyptian private-sector entities can participate as funded beneficiaries and may coordinate unless a topic sets a narrower applicant or consortium condition.

Egyptian participation is subject to the live call, topic conditions, General Annexes and any strategic, security, ownership, control or establishment restrictions.

Best-fit applicants

Industry-led clean-tech and decarbonisation demonstrator consortia.

Funding and instrument

Funding scale

Indicative EUR 15-25m per project

Instrument

IA generally 70% for for-profit entities, unless the topic states otherwise.

Scale basis

Indicative

Co-financing

Yes - For-profit IA beneficiaries are generally funded at 70%, subject to topic conditions

Access and co-financing

Yes - For-profit IA beneficiaries are generally funded at 70%, subject to topic conditions

Submission timing

1. Final deadlinetype=deadline | stage=Final deadline | date=2026-09-15 | continuous=false | confirmed=true | estimated=false

Applicant positioning

Quantify TRL progression, industrial demonstrator/site access, manufacturing and supply-chain relevance, exploitation/IP, standards and the route from project to deployment.

Strategic fit and caveats

This is a call-level profile. Individual topic conditions, portal updates and the General Annexes remain controlling.

Priority

High

Priority rationale

for aligned industrial partners

Verification confidence

High

Horizon classification

Programme family

Horizon Europe

Pillar / programme part

Horizontal / cross-pillar · Horizontal Activities - Clean Industrial Deal

Call / topic ID

HORIZON-CID-2026-01

Call year

2026

Action type

IA

Record granularity

Umbrella Call

Egyptian private-sector role

Egyptian private-sector entities can participate as funded beneficiaries and may coordinate unless a topic sets a narrower applicant or consortium condition.

Coordination eligibility

Conditional / topic-specific

Access family

Consortium or funded partner

Consortium and beneficiary conditions

Mono-beneficiary status

No

Consortium conditions

Standard IA consortium; mono no

Funding and financial burden

Indicative project ticket

Indicative EUR 15-25m per project

Call budget

call budget EUR 275m

Expected awards

16

Funding rate

IA generally 70% for for-profit entities, unless the topic states otherwise.

Co-financing

Yes - For-profit IA beneficiaries are generally funded at 70%, subject to topic conditions

TRL and maturity

TRL range

Not specified

Maturity

Innovation/demonstration maturity; exact starting and target TRL are topic-specific.

Restrictions and screening

Strategic restrictions

No special restriction identified at profile level

Security restrictions

No special restriction identified at profile level

Ownership / control restrictions

No special restriction identified at profile level

Establishment restrictions

No special restriction identified at profile level

Screening note

No special restriction identified at profile level; topic conditions, the General Annexes and live portal still control

Source and verification

Adopted Horizon Europe 2026-2027 work programme and official programme source; live Funding & Tenders Portal recheck required