Data and analysis on UK participation and performance in Horizon Europe since association in 2024.
The UK became a full associated country to Horizon Europe in January 2024. This page presents available data on UK participation, success rates and funding outcomes across the programme.
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT – now formally disbanded) published a report, Statistics on UK participation in EU Framework Programmes, 2014 to 2024 on GOV.UK, where the key findings are summarised below.
Key findings
The UK showed strong initial performance in securing funding up to around 2015/2016, after which the trend changed, coinciding with the period of the UK’s vote to leave the EU. A declining trend is seen towards the end of H2020 and at the start of Horizon Europe, with recent signs of recovery showing in 2024.
A similar decline is also seen in the UK’s share of grantees, eligible proposals and applicants. In 2024, the first year of full association to Horizon Europe, all of these indicators reversed trend, suggesting a partial recovery towards late Horizon 2020 (around 2018/2019) levels, although performance remains below earlier peaks.
Performance varies across the programme. It remains strongest in Pillar 1, where the UK’s funding share has been the highest out of the pillars across all periods. Pillar 1 performance has also recovered the fastest. Pillars 2 and 3 experienced larger declines towards the end of Horizon 2020, although Pillar 2 is now beginning to show signs of recovery.
2024 highlights
Due to the time taken to assess proposals and award funding, data is only available for up to the 2024 Work Programmes. The UK’s performance strengthened across multiple metrics in 2024 relative to 2023, with the following key highlights:
- UK share of funding increased from 5.8% in 2023 to 9.3% in 2024
- UK share of eligible proposals increased from 19.0% in 2023 to 24.1% in 2024
- UK higher or secondary education organisations performed the strongest, relative to other organisations, in 2024 and had the highest absolute increase in funding share from 2023 to 2024, from 11.3% to 15.9%
- Among the regions, London (22.6%), the South-East (16.5%) and East of England (12.4%) performed the strongest in terms of their share of UK funding in 2024
- Between 2023 and 2024, UK funding share increased across Pillar 1, from 11.0% to 14.3%, and Pillar 2, from 3.7% to 6.2%
- Pillar 3 saw a slight decline, from 5.4% in 2023 to 5.1% in 2024
Further analysis
For interactive data and full statistical downloads, see the Horizon Europe dashboard.
Last updated: 3 September 2026