Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.

EIT Culture & Creativity should show how the KIC could contribute to the outcomes and impacts described in the KIC Strategic Agenda and the KPIs in the EIT Impact Framework following the specific EIT Culture & Creativity’s Impact Pathways, the likely scale and significance of this contribution, and the measures to maximise these impacts in the context of Horizon Europe. Each activity in education, innovation, business creation and EIT RIS included in the Business Plan should contribute to at least one core EIT KPI.

The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.

The EIT grant will be a reimbursement of actual costs grant. This means that it will reimburse ONLY certain types of costs (eligible costs) and ONLY those costs actually incurred (NOT the budgeted costs).

• Culture
• Education and training
• Industry
• Other Thematic Category
• Research, Technological Development and Innovation
• Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness

• Educational Institutions
• Large Enterprises
• NGOs
• Non Profit Organisations
• Other Beneficiaries
• Private Bodies
• Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
• State-owned Enterprises
• Training Centres

Ιn order to be eligible for funding, the applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:

• the Member States (MS) of the European Union (EU) including their outermost regions
• the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States
• eligible non-EU countries:
  • Countries associated to Horizon Europe
• Certain low- and middle-income countries

Legal entities, which are established in countries not listed above may be eligible for funding when their participation is considered essential for implementing the action by the EIT, and if they are not eligible for funding under a national scheme.

Eligible entities –  Business Plan proposal shall be submitted by KIC LE on behalf of the KIC partnership.
The KIC LE will become a beneficiary and signatory of the Grant Agreement. Entities associated to the KIC LE (e.g. Co-Location Centres (CLCs)24 with a legal personality, etc.) shall accede to the Grant Agreement as co-beneficiaries or shall become affiliated entities to the KIC LE.
Other entities (both KIC partners and non-KIC partners) can be recipients of financial support to third parties.

τhe KIC is strongly expected to engage with local players from EIT RIS countries and their regions, most especially in those geographical areas where their engagement remains limited, with the aim of attracting and facilitating their participation in their activities. Additionally, through the establishment of CLCs and RIS Hubs, the KIC should foster closer interactions between the actors of the knowledge triangle.

Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia,
P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/

Contact Persons:

George Christou
Scientific Officer
Email: gchristou@research.org.cy

Nedi Kaffa
Scientific Officer
Email: nkaffa@research.org.cy

For further details about the sub-program, go to the following page: https://eit.europa.eu/contact

• Website
• Invitation to submit a proposal for the KIC Business Plan of Culture & Creativity 2024-2025
• https://eit.europa.eu/sites/default/files/spd2023-2025.pdf