Belgian applications and participations in Horizon 2020

The European Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation (FPs) are the European Union's main instruments for implementing its research development and innovation policy. They fund research proposals ranging all the way from frontier science to market implementation of innovations.

This section presents the involvement of Belgian actors in the Framework Programme Horizon 2020 and compares Belgium to a set of reference countries. Data are provided for the Programme as a whole, i.e. for the whole timespan between January 1st, 2014 and January 5th, 2021 (data frozen on April 14th, 2025). Figures are broken down by pillar of the Programme and by type of organization. The EU aggregate for H2020 is EU-28 (incl. the UK).

notes:

• The success rate in applications is defined as the ratio between the number of retained (i.e. main listed) applications from applicants in the country to the total number of eligible applications from applicants in the country
• The success rate in applications is defined as the ratio between the requested EU funding in retained (i.e. main listed) applications from applicants in the country to the totalrequested Eu funding in eligible applications from applicants in the country
• The success rate in proposals is defined as the ratio between the number of retained (i.e. main listed) proposals with at least one applicant in the country to the total number of eligible proposals involving at least one applicant in the country.

This section presents the involvement of Belgian actors in the Framework Programme Horizon 2020, broken down by Region. Data are provided for the Programme as a whole, i.e. for the whole timespan between January 1st, 2014 and January 5th, 2021(data frozen on April 14th, 2025). Figures are broken down by pillar of the Programme and by type of organization.

notes:

• The success rate in applications is defined as the ratio between the number of retained (i.e. main listed) applications from applicants in the country to the total number of eligible applications from applicants in the country
• The success rate in applications is defined as the ratio between the requested EU funding in retained (i.e. main listed) applications from applicants in the country to the totalrequested Eu funding in eligible applications from applicants in the country
• The success rate in proposals is defined as the ratio between the number of retained (i.e. main listed) proposals with at least one applicant in the country to the total number of eligible proposals involving at least one applicant in the country.