RIA, IA, CSA, and COFUND

Horizon Europe funds different types of collaborative projects including, for example:

  • Research and Innovation Action (RIA): This type establishes new knowledge or explores new or improved technologies, products, processes, services, or solutions. EU funding covers up to 100% of the project costs.
  • Innovation Action (IA): These actions involve producing plans or designs for new or improved products, processes, or services, including prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting, large-scale product validation, and market replication. EU funding covers up to 70% of the project costs.
  • Coordination and Support Action (CSA): CSAs aim to improve cooperation among EU and associated countries to strengthen the European Research Area. Activities may include standardization, dissemination, awareness-raising, communication, networking activities, policy dialogues, mutual learning, or studies. EU funding covers up to 100% of the project costs.
  • Programme Co-fund Action (COFUND): COFUND provides multi-annual co-funding for European partnerships that bring together public and private partners. EU funding covers between 30 and 70% of the project costs.