European Commission publishes Annual Report on RTD Activities and Monitoring of Horizon Europe in 2025
The European Commission has published its Annual Report on Research and Technological Development Activities of the European Union and Monitoring of Horizon Europe in 2025. The report provides an overview of the EU’s research and innovation activities in 2025 and includes monitoring data on the implementation of Horizon Europe.
For European Partnerships, the report confirms their continued importance as a key instrument for structuring and coordinating research and innovation investments across Europe. According to data from the Horizon Projects Dashboard, frozen on 5 January 2026, 54 European Partnerships were active by the end of 2025. Two additional partnerships were expected to be signed in January 2026, with another four to follow at a later stage.
Across all European Partnerships, 1,345 grants had been signed by the end of 2025. These grants involved 9,568 unique participants and represented a total EU contribution of EUR 12.5 billion. The figures underline the scale of European Partnerships in Horizon Europe and their role in mobilising collaboration between public and private actors, research organisations, industry, funders and other stakeholders.
The report also provides a breakdown by partnership type. Since 2021, 10 active Joint Undertakings have signed 701 grants, involving 5,350 unique participants and amounting to an EU contribution of EUR 6.7 billion. Co-programmed European Partnerships accounted for EUR 4.3 billion in Horizon Europe funding, supporting 635 grants with 4,944 distinct organisations.
For co-funded European Partnerships, 18 grant agreements (of the partnerships) had been signed, representing EUR 1.5 billion in EU contribution and involving 754 unique participants (in the partnerships).
Missing Data on co-funded European Partnerships
As there is currently no official data on projects funded by co-funded European Partnerships available in EU databases, the EC report does not list these projects. To address this issue, ERA-LEARN analysed the websites of co-funded European Partnerships and compiled the published data on closed calls. According to this unofficial data, 15 co-funded European Partnerships - which have published data on funded projects - have funded at least 1,700 projects or more to date.
These figures demonstrate the significant contribution of European Partnerships to the implementation of Horizon Europe. By aligning priorities, pooling resources and supporting long-term collaboration, partnerships help address major European and global challenges while strengthening the European Research Area.