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Community of practice - Data-Driven Decision-Making in Energy

Horizon Europe · Grant topic

HORIZON-CL5-2027-07-D3-28

Summary

A Polish company can use this call for R&D.

Supports a community of researchers, academia, grid operators and energy stakeholders sharing data-driven tools, open-source solutions and knowledge for energy systems.

Who can apply
Companies can lead: SME, large company, research org, university.
Amount
€6M per projectTotal budget €6,000,000
Deadline
01 Dec 2027 01:00 CETin 403 days
Status
Forthcomingopens 4 Aug 2027
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Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source.

Description

Expected Outcome:

Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes:

• Enhanced EU cooperation to generate knowledge sharing on data and analytics used for the planning and operation of European grids, and market integration;

• Better EU coordination with regard to planning and simulation tools to support the development of electricity grids and integration of RES are made available to the research, academia, grid operators, and key actors in the energy value chains;

• Coordinated processes to generate new and innovative open-source solutions, software modules etc. that are added to the existing and/or new repositories that support the development of grids and integration of high shares of RES;

• Improved EU-wide cooperation and coordination of actions on developing and utilising innovative data-driven solutions for energy, including AI-powered tools.

• Support to researchers and research organizations to maintain their research results FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) beyond research project ending and accommodating for technology evolution.

• Promotion of opensource practices and collaboration across the energy sector value chain to foster the industrialization of shared methods and standards in and by the energy industry.

Scope:

Projects are expected to:

• Facilitate the coordination and cooperation of key actors in the energy value chains (e.g. grid operators, research and academia, providers of technologies and solutions, energy suppliers, providers of energy services traded on energy markets, representatives of consumers) to build a community of practice focused on developing and maintaining key tools and technologies for using data and analytics in planning, operating and maintaining the European electricity grids, while actively managing high shares of RES in the system;

• Involve, cooperate with, and/or build synergies with major European and international initiatives and groupings that are active in this field;

• Create a European ecosystem of innovation hubs that bring together key stakeholders in the energy sector to collaborate on digitalization projects, providing a space for experimentation and agile innovation;

• Showcase targeted cooperation between grid operators and research & academia for implementing specific projects and/or programmes;

• Build blueprints, methodologies, and repositories of open-source solutions for enhanced simulations, observation, forecasting, infrastructure asset management, and decision-making in energy with a view to reduce the overall costs of system operation;

• Promote the use of modern solutions, such as digital twins and AI-enabled systems.

Selected projects are expected to contribute to the BRIDGE initiative[1] and actively participate in its activities.

[1] https://bridge-smart-grid-storage-systems-digital-projects.ec.europa.eu/

Who can apply, in detail
Applicant types
SME, Large company, Research org, University
Purpose
Research and innovation
R&D relevance
2 of 3
Poland eligible
Yes
Country limit
—
Region
Any
Consortium
Unclear
Readiness level (TRL)
—
Topics
  • Energy data analytics
  • Grid planning and simulation
  • Open-source energy software
  • AI for energy
  • FAIR research outputs

Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026

Conditions7

Typed facts extracted from the source documents by Scindu's grant-data review. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.

Consortium required
No

For this Coordination and Support Action, General Annex B permits applications by one or more legal entities established in a Member State or Associated Country; therefore a multi-beneficiary consortium is not a general minimum under this baseline. Any stricter exact topic-specific restriction or required partner type recorded in this packet remains applicable. “False” means a single eligible legal-entity applicant is allowed under the baseline, not that partnerships are forbidden.

Other condition
The Work Programme specifies Coordination and Support Action as the action type for this topic.
Other condition
Participation is subject to restrictions for the protection of European communication networks.
Other condition
Strengthen EU cooperation, shared data/analytics knowledge, grid planning/simulation tools, open-source solutions and repositories, FAIR research results, and energy-sector coordination.
Other condition
Work Programme call table lists an indicative EU contribution of around EUR 6,000,000 per project and an indicative 1 project(s) expected to be funded. The amount and count are indicative, not guarantees or hard recipient caps.
Other condition
Where satellite data/services are used, beneficiaries must use Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS; other services may also be used.
Other condition
Create a community of practice linking grid operators, research/academia, technology providers, energy suppliers/services and consumers; connect existing initiatives; create innovation hubs; showcase operator-research collaboration; build open-source blueprints/methodologies/repositories for simulations, observation, forecasting, asset management and decision-making; promote digital twins/AI. Selected projects are expected to contribute to BRIDGE.
Amounts and costs4
Indicative budget
€6,000,000

Topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.

Eligible cost limit
25 percent flat rate of eligible direct costs, subject to the base exclusions in conditions

Horizon Europe General Annex G describes a 25% indirect-cost flat rate on eligible direct costs, excluding eligible direct subcontracting costs, financial support to third parties, and any unit costs or lump sums that include indirect costs. For HORIZON-AG actual-cost grants this is a cost-calculation rule, not a grant-rate increase. For HORIZON-AG-LS it informs the underlying eligible-cost estimate only; it is not an additional payment on top of the fixed lump sum. The topic indicative allocation and per-project contribution are distinct from this cost rate.

Funding intensity, maximum
100 percent of eligible costs (general Coordination and Support Action maximum)

The exact Work Programme labels this topic a Coordination and Support Action. General Annex G gives CSA a 100% maximum; no separate topic rate was identified in this topic’s Specific conditions. This is not a guarantee or the topic-level indicative EU contribution; the final rate is fixed in the grant agreement. For the lump-sum topic, the rate is already applied in the methodology and is not an extra multiplier.

Expected contribution per projectCommission-estimated EU contribution per project for this exact topic
€6,000,000

The Work Programme says this amount would allow outcomes to be addressed appropriately but expressly does not preclude proposals requesting other amounts. It is not a minimum, maximum or award promise.

Topic allocationExact Work Programme topic allocation, not per-project funding
€6,000,000

The call table marks the budget indicative and subject to availability of Union appropriations; it is not a guaranteed grant or per-beneficiary amount.

Personnel and services3

  • Other role

    Staff cost the grant can fund

    These are underlying personnel-cost estimate categories only where eligible in the applicable lump-sum methodology; they do not mean separate actual-payroll reimbursement. The source does not establish vacancies, salary amounts, headcount, or hiring decisions. MGA A.2/A.3 requires assignment to the action, employee-like working conditions, result ownership by the beneficiary unless otherwise agreed, and a rate based on actual incurred costs not significantly different from similar employee tasks.

  • Other role

    Staff cost the grant can fund

    These are underlying personnel-cost estimate categories only where eligible in the applicable lump-sum methodology; they do not mean separate actual-payroll reimbursement. The source does not establish vacancies, salary amounts, headcount, or hiring decisions. MGA A.1 covers personnel working for the beneficiary under an employment contract or equivalent appointing act and assigned to the action; salary components follow Article 6.2 A.1.

  • Other role

    Staff cost the grant can fund

    These are underlying personnel-cost estimate categories only where eligible in the applicable lump-sum methodology; they do not mean separate actual-payroll reimbursement. The source does not establish vacancies, salary amounts, headcount, or hiring decisions. Only SME owners not receiving a salary or natural-person beneficiaries not receiving a salary are covered; declared as Annex 2a unit costs, subject to general eligibility conditions.

Source documents4
Call facts
Opens
4 Aug 2027
Deadline model
Single-stage
Programme
Horizon Europe · 2021 - 2027
Call
HORIZON-CL5-2027-07 · ENERGY
Types of action
HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
Source
ec.europa.eu
Checked
24 Oct 2026
Portal updated
7 Oct 2026
Review status
Partial review
Reviewed
23 Oct 2026

This is a summary of the source page, not the official text. Eligibility, conditions and the submission system are at the source.