Abbreviations

 

This page lists all important Horizon Europe or EC related abbreviations for you te better understand terminology used.

 

  • AB – Advisory Board
  • AC - Associated Countries (to an EU programme)
  • AE – Affiliated Entities, previously known as Linked Third Party (LTP) 
  • AP – Associated Partner (previously known as International Partner)
  • BDVA – Big Data Value Association
  • CA - Coordination Action / Consortium Agreement
  • CER - Call Evaluation Report
  • CIP - Competitiveness and Innovation Programme
  • CF – Co-Funded Partnership
  • CP - Collaborative Project / Co-Programmed Partnership
  • CSA - Coordination and Support Action 
  • D&E – Dissemination and Exploitation
  • DG - European Commission Directorate General (there are several of these according to the theme)
  • DMP – Data Management Plan
  • DoA – Description of Action (previously DoW – Description of Work)
  • EC - European Commission
  • ECSEL - Electronic Components & Systems for European Leadership. Joint technology initiative in Horizon 2020
  • EEB - Energy Efficient Buildings Public Private Partnership
  • EEN - Enterprise Europe Network
  • EFFRA - European Factories of the Future Research Association
  • EIB – European Investment Bank
  • EIC - European Innovation Council
  • EIE – European Innovation Ecosystems
  • EIT – European Institute of Innovation and Technology
  • EoI - Expression of Interest (submitted for example in response to a partner search)
  • ERA - European Research Area
  • ERC – European Research Council
  • ESR – Evaluation Summary Report / Early Stage Researcher
  • ETP - European Technology Platform
  • ExSc - Excellent Science, pillar in Horizon 2020
  • FET - Future and Emerging Technologies
  • F2F - Face-to-Face
  • FM - Future Match (brokerage event series organised by EEN)
  • FI PPP - Future Internet Public Private Partnership
  • FoF PPP - Factories of the Future Public Private Partnership
  • FP7 - Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities
  • FTP – Funding and Tenders Portal
  • FTI - Fast Track to Innovation, instrument in Horizon 2020
  • GA – Grant Agreement
  • GC PPP - Green Car Public Private Partnership
  • GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation
  • GF – Guarantee Fund (in Horizon 2020), now known as the Mutual Insurance Mechanism (MIM)
  • H2020 - Horizon 2020 – the 8th framework programme of the EC for research, technological development and innovation activities. 2014-2020.
  • HEU – Horizon Europe – the 9th framework programme of the EC for research, technological development and innovation activities. 2021-2027.
  • IA - Innovation Action
  • ICT - Information and Communication Technologies theme of the FP7 Cooperation Programme
  • IER - Individual Evaluation Report
  • IoT - Internet of Things
  • IP – Information Principal (Value) / Intellectual Property / International Partner (in Horizon 2020), now known as Associated Partner
  • ISERD - Israel Europe R&I Directorate
  • JPI – Joint Programing Initiative
  • JRC – Joint Research Center
  • JTI - Joint Technology Initiative
  • KET – Key Enabling Technology
  • KoM – Kick off Meeting
  • KPI – Key Performance Indicators
  • LEIT - Leadership in Enabling Technologies, pillar in Horizon 2020
  • LTP – Linked Third Party (in Horizon 2020), now known as Affiliated Entities (AE)
  • MIM - Mutual Insurance Mechanism, previously known as the Guarantee Fund (GF)
  • MS - Member States
  • MSCA – Marie Sklodovska Curie Actions
  • NCP - National Contact Point
  • NMP - Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies
  • OB – Operational Board
  • ODI - Open Disruptive Innovation
  • PA – Plenary Assembly
  • PAB – Public Authority Board
  • PCP - Pre-Commercial Procurement
  • PPI – Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions
  • PPP - Public Private Partnership/Platform
  • PS - Partner Search
  • QT- Quality Team 
  • RAS – Robotics and Autonomous Systems
  • RIA - Research and Innovation Action
  • RI – Research and Innovation
  • RO – Research Objectives
  • ROL - Results Ownership List 
  • RRI - Responsible Research and Innovation
  • RTD – Research and Technology Development
  • SAB – Strategy Advisory Board
  • SC - Societal Challenges, pillar in Horizon 2020
  • SCC - Smart Cities and Communities
  • SME - Small or Medium Enterprise
  • SPA – Systems and Process Audit
  • SPIRE - Sustainable Process Industry Public Private Partnership
  • SRA – Strategic Research Agenda
  • SSH - Social Sciences and Humanities
  • SB – Steering Board
  • S&T- Science & Technology 
  • TRL – Technology Readiness Level
  • WP - Work Programme
  • WP# - WP followed by a single digit number refers to a specific Work Package