The European Partnerships of Horizon Europe (HE) are concerted research and innovation (R&I) initiatives that aim to tackle the European Union's (EU) most pressing challenges. Through the European Partnerships, public and private partners work together with the European Commission to reduce the fragmentation of the R&I landscape in the EU and avoid duplication of effort and investment.
Results-oriented, the European Partnerships pursue a more ambitious strategic scope, aligned with the HE Strategic Plan, more coherent, with common criteria for the life cycle of the Partnerships, and more synergistic, with links to other relevant EU initiatives (including the European Missions). These instruments are therefore key to the implementation of the HE and contribute significantly to achieving the EU's political priorities.
The following figure shows the current portfolio of European Partnerships launched under the HE framework:
FCT's participation in European Partnerships
FCT represents Portugal, alone and/or in association with other national institutions, in various European Partnerships, which can be consulted below.
FCT's participation as a national funding agency in joint transnational Calls co-financed by the European Partnerships allows the national scientific community to obtain funding to develop joint R&I projects in transnational consortia, which bring together researchers from European and third countries, aligning strategic priorities in specific thematic areas.
These Calls, launched since 2021 and combining national funds and European co-financing, have made it possible to achieve the following results by June 2025:
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183
PT institutions funded in the 22 CTCs already carried out with known results
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130
proposals with PT teams funded by FCT (16 coordinated by PT teams)
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24,3%
average number of funded PT proposals over the total number of eligible PT proposals submitted to the Call
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28.342 M€
Funds allocated to funded PT institutions
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16.617 M€
National funds allocated by FCT to funded PT institutions
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11.724 M€
European funds raised by FCT to finance PT institutions
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1,288 M€
average total funding allocated by FCT+EU per Call
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0,154 M€
average funding allocated by FCT+EU per Call to each PT institution
FCT represents Portugal in the following European Partnerships:
Agroecology
Agroecology seeks to structure and support a network of Living Labs and research infrastructures that will accelerate the transition to agroecology in Europe, while ensuring a profitable and attractive activity for farmers, in line with the rationale and ambition defined by the European Green Deal and other associated strategic initiatives.
Biodiversa+ - European Biodiversity Partnership
Biodiversa+ aims to build a bridge between science, policy and practice within the framework of the European Biodiversity Strategy for 2030.
CETP - Clean Energy Transition Partnership
CETP aims to empower the clean energy transition and contribute to the EU's goals of becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.
Chips Joint Undertaking
Chips JU aims to support research and innovation, as well as design and production, in the field of electronic components and systems and photonics, including processors, sensors and other semiconductor-based devices, as well as their applications in a wide variety of sectors.
DUT - Driving Urban Transitions
DUT seeks to tackle the challenges of urban transition, involving regional, municipal and local communities, based on three strategic axes of transition: Positive Energy Neighborhoods; 15-Minute City; Urban Circular Economies.
EP PerMed - European Partnership for Personalized Medicine
EP PerMed aims to improve health outcomes within sustainable health systems through research, development and innovation and the implementation of personalized medicine approaches for the benefit of patients, citizens and society.
ERA4Health - Fostering a European Research Area for Health
ERA4Health wants to establish flexible and effective coordination between public partners in order to fund and implement joint research and innovation programs in priority areas of public health and well-being.
ERDERA - European Rare Diseases Research Alliance
ERDERA aims to support the coordination of research and innovation efforts in the field of rare diseases, with the aim of providing concrete benefits for patients' health by improving prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
EUP AH&W - European Partnership on Animal Health and Welfare
EUP AH&W aims to provide society with guarantees on the control of infectious animal diseases through appropriate means, with prudent use of antimicrobials, and respect for and improvement of animal welfare.
FutureFoodS - European Partnership for a Sustainable Future of Food Systems
FutureFoodS aims to collectively develop environmentally friendly, socially safe and fair, economically viable, healthy and safe food systems in Europe by 2050.
SBEP - Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership
The SBEP aims to drive a fair, inclusive and necessary transformation towards a climate-neutral, sustainable and productive blue economy by 2030, while creating and supporting the conditions for a healthy ocean by 2050.
THCS - Transforming Health and Care Systems
THCS aims to support and coordinate national and regional research and innovation programs, along with capacity building, networking, dissemination and other activities to support the transformation of health systems and care delivery.
Water4All - Water Security for the Planet
Water4All aims to pool efforts, mobilize resources and strengthen European leadership and competitiveness in water research and innovation.
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State
Active
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Areas of activity
Animal and dairy scienceAgricultural sciencesEngineering sciences and technologiesExact sciencesMedical and health sciencesNatural sciencesSocial SciencesVeterinary sciencesHumanities -
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Updated July 17, 2025