Belgian participations in Horizon Europe

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 Europe (HE) and compares Belgium to a set of reference countries. Data cover the whole timespan between January 1st, 2021 and April 14th, 2025. Figures are broken down by pillar of the Programme and by type of organization. The EU aggregate for HE is EU-27 (excluding 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 cover the whole timespan between January 1st, 2014 and 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.