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
Objective:
Increase of the EIT Community efficiency and effectiveness of operations through development of joint operational activities and consolidation of KICs operational processes to result in a reduction of administrative costs and overheads by pooling resources and joint handling of operational and administrative tasks common to all KICs.
Detailed Call Description
Scope:
- Supporting the EIT Community with EIT KIC IT project management and monitoring tools;
- Servicing the EIT Community with providing CFS audits (and other types of audits);
- increase the awareness and visibility of the EIT Community in locations in Europe where at least two Hubs (or ‘co-location centres’) belonging to the Innovation Communities are present;
- Establishing KICs joint services in communications, dissemination, joint procurement, HR, partnership management, KICs capacity building, etc.;
- Financing KICs joint co-locations according to the agreed methodology;
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
- 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: 10/06/2021-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.