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