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Target group

SMEs, Large Enterprises, Government, Cities, Communities & NGOs, Knowledge Centers

Type of funding

Grant, Lump Sum, Networking

Project type

Research, Innovation, Growth, Start, Infrastructure

Area

Agriculture and forestry, Bio-based Industries, Biotechnology, Energy, Environment & Climate Action, Food & Healthy Diet, Funding Researchers, Health, ICT Research & Innovation, Innovation, International Cooperation, Key Enabling Technologies, Oceans and seas, Partnerships with Industry & MS, Plastics, Raw Materials, Research Infrastructures, Security, SMEs, Social Sciences and Humanities, Society, Space, The European Research Area (ERA), Transport, Manufacturing

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Summary

Funding body for Research and Innovation

Budget

Implementing seven H2020 programmes with €14 billion from 2014 to 2020

Official information source

https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/research-executive-agency_en

Description

Executive Agencies

Executive agencies are set up for a limited period of time by the European Commission to manage specific tasks related to EU programmes.

Research Executive Agency (REA)

The European Research Executive Agency is a funding body for research and innovation. It manages EU research grants.

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Research and innovation

Mandated by the European Commission to support the EU Research and Innovation policy, the European Research Executive Agency (REA), funds high-quality research and innovation projects that generate knowledge for the benefit of society. REA also manages promotion measures concerning agricultural products.

REA’s responsibilities are to:

Manage research projects supported under Horizon Europe, the world’s largest framework programme for research and innovation to date, running from 2021 to 2027.
Manage research projects supported under Horizon 2020, the previous framework programme for research and innovation (2014-2020).
Implement the European Union programmes Promotion of agricultural products and Research Fund for Coal and Steel, as well as ongoing projects funded under the EU’s 2014-2020 budget.
Assist funding and tender applicants, beneficiaries and independent experts.
Manage the European Commission’s Research Enquiry Service, which answers questions from grant applicants, EU-funded researchers and the public.
Support independent experts evaluating project proposals competing for EU research funds.
Assist with the legal and financial validation of all European Union programme grants and procurement operations directly funded by the European Commission.

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Programmes and project opportunities

The agency manages the following EU programmes (or parts thereof):

Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe Pillar 1 - Excellent Science

Horizon Europe Pillar 2 - Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness

Cross-cutting activities spanning all three pillars of Horizon Europe: Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area

Other European Union programmes

All funding information and procedures on how to apply are on the Funding and Tenders portal.

Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 was the EU’s research and innovation funding programme from 2014 to 2020. REA managed around 7000 projects, some still ongoing, in the following areas:

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Research Infrastructures
Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Climate action, Environment, resource efficiency and raw materials
Innovative, inclusive and reflective societies
Secure societies
Spreading excellence and widening participation
Science with and for society

Governance

Legal basis and governance of the European Research Executive Agency

Plans and reports

Commission work programme - overview of institution-wide deliverables for current year

Annual activity report - department achievements, resources used during previous year

Annual work programme - budget line for certain policies and funding programmes for current year

Annual budgets and annual accounts - overview of the annual operating budgets and accounts

Requests for access to REA documents – Report on application of Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 during 2021

Leadership and organisation

DIRECTOR Marc Tachelet

1 MARCH 2024 - European Research Executive Agency - Organisation chart

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Contact

European Research Executive Agency

Postal address: Boulevard Simon Bolivar 34, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

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