EIC Transition Challenge: Environmental Intelligence 

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Horizon Europe (2021-2027)

Programme Description

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.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

HORIZON-EIC-2023-TRANSITIONCHALLENGES-02

Call

EIC Transition Challenge: Environmental Intelligence 

Summary

Proposals submitted to this Challenge should focus on demonstrating novel devices, sensors or technologies that have a clear and quantifiable advantage with respect to one or several of the key issues mentioned above compared with existing alternatives for similar class of problems or applications.

Deadline dates:
12 April 2023
27 September 2023

Detailed Call Description

In the medium term, the expected outcome is the commercial emergence of new class of environmental technologies that radically improve or solve one or several of the issues mentioned (i.e., reduce complexity, energy consumption, using non-critical, non-toxic raw materials or ensuring their full recycle/reuse). A business model, its initial validation and a business plan are also expected outcomes of the project.

Call Total Budget

€128 360 126

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

100%

For this call, the EIC considers proposals with a requested EU contribution between €500 000 and €2 500 000 as appropriate.

Thematic Categories

  • Education and training
  • Environment and Climate Change
  • New Entrepreneurship
  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation
  • Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness

Eligibility for Participation

  • Educational Institutions
  • Investment Funds
  • Large Enterprises
  • Legal Entities
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
  • Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Eligibility For Participation Notes

For the EIC Transition, you can apply as one of the following eligible entities:

  • A single legal entity established in a Member State or an Associated Country (‘mono-beneficiary’) if you are a start-up, SME or research performing organisation (university, research or technology organisation, including teams, individual Principal Investigators and inventors in such institutions who intend to form a spinout company). Larger companies (i.e. which do not qualify as SMEs) are not eligible to apply as a single legal entity; or
  • A small consortium of two independent legal entities from two different Member States or Associated Countries; or
  • A consortium of minimum three and maximum five independent legal entities (‘multi-beneficiary’) following standard rules i.e. must include at least one legal entity established in a Member State and at least two other independent legal entities, each established in different Member States or Associated Countries.

The standard admissibility and eligibility conditions are detailed in Annex 2 and information on eligible Associated Countries in Annex 3 of the EIC Work Programme 2023.

For the EIC Transition, proposal must build on results (at least experimental proof of concept TRL 3, ideally technology validated in the lab TRL 4) already achieved within an eligible project. EIC Transition is restricted to proposals based on results generated by the following eligible projects: 

  • EIC Pathfinder projects (including projects funded under EIC pilot Pathfinder, Horizon 2020 FET-Open, FET-Proactive) and FET Flagships calls (including ERANET calls under the FET Work Programme).
  • European Research Council Proof of Concept projects.
  • European Defence Fund (EDF), including the Preparatory Action on Defence Research, research projects, but only for proposals which are exclusively focused on civil applications (including dual use).
  • All projects funded under Horizon 2020 or Horizon Europe.

Call Opening Date

17/01/2023

Call Closing Date

27/09/2023

National Contact Point(s)

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
Websitehttps://www.research.org.cy/en/

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

Nedi Kaffa
Scientific Officer
Emailnkaffa@research.org.cy

(Publish Date: 22/02/2023-for internal use only)