Horizon 2020 has three main priorities
- excellent science – boost top-level research
- industrial leadership – major support for key technologies and SMEs, access to capital, etc.
- societal challenges – major concerns – climate change, transport, energy, food security, etc.
Discover the different areas of Horizon 2020 on the Commission webpage http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-sections
International cooperation is seen as an important cross-cutting priority of Horizon 2020. Apart from the general openness of Horizon 2020, targeted actions will ensure a strategic approach to international cooperation.