Horizon Europe: New EuroHPC call opened

The European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has launched a new call to support the development of Centres of Excellence (CoEs) and next-generation software, known as Lighthouse Codes, that can tackle major scientific, industrial, and societal challenges.

The EuroHPC JU is a legal and funding entity created in 2018 to enable the European Union and EuroHPC participating countries to coordinate their efforts and pool their resources with the objective of making Europe a world leader in supercomputing. While European HPC user and developer communities are leaders in the use and development of HPC application, major advances in HPC hardware, system architecture and complex use cases, including data and AI driven applications, are still underway. To address these emerging challenges and opportunities, the call HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-COE-LH-01 aims to support the creation of Centres of Excellence, as well as the development of high impact and competitive advanced software tools designed to run efficiently on Europe's most powerful supercomputers. 

The new CoEs and Lighthouse Codes resulting from this call will work in close collaboration with other initiatives such as the AI Factories, the EuroHPC Training Academy, and national HPC competence centres for HPC. 

The call covers three targeted topics: 

1. Community Centres of Excellence (HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-COE-LH-01-01)
2. Transversal Centres of Excellence (HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-COE-LH-01-02) 
3. Lighthouse Codes for HPC Applications (HORIZON-JU-EUROHPC-2026-COE-LH-01-03) 

The call is funded by Horizon Europe and open for submission until 20 January 2026, 17:00 (CET).

More information:

New EuroHPC call to strengthen Europe's leadership in HPC Applications - EuroHPC JU

Establishing HPC Centres of Excellence and Lighthouse Codes - EuroHPC JU