Create a thriving and competitive Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0 ecosystem (CSA) (Virtual Worlds Partnership)
DIGITAL · HORIZON-CSA · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds a coordination and support project to build and strengthen the European Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0 community. It will bring together industry, academia, and public bodies to update the research agenda, raise awareness, promote standardisation, and help European companies lead in virtual worlds technologies. It doesn't fund core R&D but rather networking, coordination, outreach, and ecosystem-building activities.
extended reality · digital twins · software platforms · research excellence · regional development
Who wins this
A consortium of established virtual worlds stakeholders (academia, research organisations, and industry including SMEs) capable of coordinating and supporting the European Virtual Worlds Partnership.
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The call in detail
- Indicative grant size
- €3M
- Funding model
- Budget-based — reimbursement of actual eligible costs
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium — a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Eligible applicants
- academia, research organisation, industry, SME, public actors
- Also required
- Proposals must involve Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) expertise and coordinate with the related CSA topic HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-17; beneficiaries transferring ownership or granting exclusive licences must notify the granting authority, which may object up to four years after the action ends.
- Sectors
- AI/ML · Deep Tech · Manufacturing · Aerospace
- Eligible countries (45)
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, IL, TR, UA, RS, MK, ME, AL, BA, XK, GE, AM, MD, TN, NZ
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
General conditions 1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in Annex A and Annex E of the Horizon Europe Work Programme General Annexes. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible Countries described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. A number of non-EU/non-Associated Countries that are not automatically eligible for funding have made specific provisions for making funding available for their participants in Horizon Europe projects. See the information in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide. 3. Other Eligible Conditions Subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks. Described in Annex B of the Work Programme General Annexes. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in Annex C of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5a. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds are described in Annex D of the Work Programme General Annexes. 5b. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes are described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes and the Online Manual. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in Annex F of the Work Programme General Annexes. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants The granting authority may, up to 4 years after the end of the action, object to a transfer of ownership or to the exclusive licensing of results, as set out in the specific provision of Annex 5. Described in Annex G of the Work Programme General Annexes. Specific conditions described in the topic conditions
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