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Horizon Europe: Overview topics and advisors

Last checked on:

10 October 2025

The table below provides a list of people to contact for each topic.

Do you have general questions about Horizon Europe? Please send an e-mail to: teamiris@rvo.nl.

Pillar 1 - Excellence Science

Overview advisors
Subject	Contact person
European Research Council	horizon.erc@rvo.nl
Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions	horizon.mariecurie@rvo.nl
Research Infrastructures	horizon.infrastructures@rvo.nl

Pillar 2 - Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness

Overview advisors
Subject	Contact person
Cluster 1: Health	horizon.health@rvo.nl tonnie.rijkers@rvo.nl jost.debruin@rvo.nl
Cluster 2: Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society	horizon.cluster2@rvo.nl
Cluster 3: Civil Security for Society	horizon.cluster3@rvo.nl boy.dacier@rvo.nl victor.hartong@rvo.nl stijn.greben@rvo.nl
Cluster 4:	horizon.cluster4@rvo.nl
- Digital	ruben.wassink@rvo.nl okke.scholten@rvo.nl eddy.schipper@rvo.nl betoel.al-hassaan@rvo.nl wout.lamers@rvo.nl christiaan.mennes1@rvo.nl
- Industry	ahmet.polat@rvo.nl john.heynen@rvo.nl claudia.keijzer@rvo.nl
- Space	frank.winters@rvo.nl jeanluc.eggen@rvo.nl
Cluster 5:	horizon.cluster5@rvo.nl
- Climate	pieter.houttuin@rvo.nl
- Energy	achim.eberspaecher@rvo.nl pieter.houttuin@rvo.nl
- Mobility	fatma.sacli@rvo.nl
Cluster 6:	horizon.cluster6@rvo.nl
- Food, Bioeconomy, Agriculture	saske.hoving@rvo.nl suraj.jamge@rvo.nl
- Natural Resources, Environment	alexander.vandorssen@rvo.nl

Pillar 3 - Innovative Europe

Overview advisors
Subject	Contact person
European Innovation Council	teamiris@rvo.nl
- EIC Accelerator / EIC Transition	accelerator@rvo.nl transition@rvo.nl elke.vandegraaf@rvo.nl jeanluc.eggen@rvo.nl marc.berntsen@rvo.nl jonneke.leijsten@rvo.nl jacqueline.vanderlinden@rvo.nl
- EIC Pathfinder / EIC Transition	pathfinder@rvo.nl transition@rvo.nl ruben.wassink@rvo.nl wout.lamers@rvo.nl christiaan.mennes1@rvo.nl
European Innovation Ecosystems (EIE)	katrien.westendorp@rvo.nl
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)	teamiris@rvo.nl

Horizontal actions - Widening Participation and Strengthening the European R&I system

Overview advisors
Subject	Contact person
Widening participation and spreading excellence	anna.goedhart@rvo.nl
Reforming and Enhancing the European R&I system	anna.goedhart@rvo.nl
European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)	cost@rvo.nl

Financial or legal advise

Overview advisors
Subject	Contact person
Financial or legal advice	michael.schijns@rvo.nl zweitze.hofma@rvo.nl

Commissioned by:

Ministry of Economic Affairs

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