Programme Category
Programme Name
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.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
Maximise the EIT Community’s impact in the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme area as well as other priority countries and regions.
Detailed Call Description
The expected outcome should be focused (but might not limit) on:
- strengthening the EIT KICs’ presence, outreach and integration within the RIS area and other priority regions, including a specific focus on the Western Balkans region and Ukraine, and support the objective of attracting and facilitating the integration of potential new partners in the EIT KICs;
- exploring linkages and synergies between the EIT Community and local innovation ecosystems and Smart Specialisation Strategies, and provide capacity building support.
- consolidation of EIT RIS hubs into EIT Community Hubs at country or regional level in line with the EIT RIS Minimum Standards and Guiding Principles.
- identifying best practices in the field of start-up support and incubation, education and KTI development and transfer them to create synergies within the EIT Community.
- exploring and establishing strategic alliances and possible cooperation with key actors in the targeted countries and regions, at different levels (e.g. Regional Cooperation Council, Enterprise Europe Network, among others).
- exploring and linking the EIT funded activities with other potential funding streams including the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) and ESIF.
- scoping, preparation and implementation of potential innovation projects addressing circular economy challenges in the Western Balkans region.
- strengthening entrepreneurial education via implementation of the joint pre-accelerator EIT Jumpstarter.
- development and implementation of knowledge-sharing platform to ensure alignment between regional priorities and KICs’ EIT RIS activities;
- effective management of the activity.
Geographical scope: regions and countries eligible under the EIT RIS scheme as well as other priority countries and regions, including all the Western Balkan countries.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
Described in Chapters 7 and 8 – Invitation to submit proposals for KIC Business Plans 2023-2025 (2023-2024 in case of first wave KICs), for the Cross-KIC activities 2023-2025, and for the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) initiative 2023-2025.
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- New Entrepreneurship
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Large Enterprises
- NGOs
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
- Training Centres
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In accordance with the Horizon Europe Work Programme 2021-2022 10 and the Draft EIT Single Programming Document 2023-2025, in 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 will be eligible for funding when their participation is considered essential for implementing the action by the EIT.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia
P.O.Box 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Email Address: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Persons:
Mr. Marinos Photiades
Scientific Officer
Telephone: +357 22205048
Contact Email: mphotiades@research.org.cy
Dr Charalambos Papatryfonos
Scientific Officer
Telephone: +357 22205016
Contact Email: cpapatryfonos@research.org.cy
(Publish Date: 09/06/2021-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
Applicants are invited to send in any questions they might have on the EIT Call for Proposals until 3 February 2022 via the following functional mailbox: EIT-KICs-Call-2021@eit.europa.eu.