Annual Report on Research and Technological Development Activities of the European Union - 2018

The European Commission released its Annual Report on Research and Technological Development Activities of the European Union and Monitoring of Horizon 2020 in 2018. The aim of the report is to provide a concise, non-exhaustive overview of key measures taken in 2018.

By the end of 2018, a total of 679 Horizon 2020 call deadlines had passed, with 191,731 eligible proposals submitted, requesting a total EU financial contribution of €290.3 billion . Of those proposals, 23,250 were selected for funding, bringing the overall success rate of eligible proposals in the first five years to 12.13localhost. A total of 21,599 grant agreements had been signed by the end of December, with a budget allocation of €38.97 billion in EU funding.

The full report is available here.