Research and Innovation

Responsibilities

The Directorate-General Research and Innovation develops and carries out the Commission's policies on research and innovation.

It oversees the current EU research and innovation funding programme Horizon Europe, as well as EU Missions.

The Directorate-General supports the Commission’s priorities 2024-2029 by funding and promoting new knowledge and breakthrough innovation and driving the green and digital transformations that are underway in society.

The Directorate-General is leading the Commission’s work to develop an EU start-up and scale-up strategy that will improve the framework conditions for start-ups and scale-ups

Furthermore, the Directorate-General is planning to further expand the European Research Area, develop a long-term strategy to boost European Research Infrastructure and study the role of artificial intelligence in European research.

Finally, the Directorate-General coordinates numerous projects, helps disseminate and exploit their results and partners with industry and EU countries on common research topics and events.

Research and innovation website

As part of the Commission's commitment to transparency, Commission staff holding management functions publish information on and minutes of all meetings they hold with interest representatives.