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.
The overall objective of this initiative, is to implement a co-funded European Partnership for Innovative SMEs to stimulate economic growth and job creation by enhancing the competitiveness of innovative SMEs while contributing to deliver a positive economic, societal and environmental impact in Europe and beyond.
The objective of this action is to continue to provide support to the European Partnership of Innovative SMEs and in particular to fund additional activities (which may also be undertaken by additional partners) in view of its intended scope and duration.
In order to address that objective, the initiative should:
The proposed continuation of the initiative will help innovative SMEs to further increase their research and innovation capacities and productivity, shorten the time to market of their innovations and to become embedded in global value chains and new and/or expanded markets.
The below list of specific activities, going beyond research and innovation activities are anticipated as expected outputs to:
30%
EU Contribution: €71,116079 million
The maximum amount of FSTP to be granted to an individual third party is €25,000,000. This amount is justified since provision of FSTP is the primary activity of this action and it is based on the extensive experience under predecessors of this partnership.
The proposal must be submitted by the coordinator of the consortium funded under HORIZON-EIE-2021-INNOVSMES-01-01: European Partnership on Innovative SMEs. This eligibility condition is without prejudice to the possibility to include additional partners.
Beneficiaries may provide financial support to third parties (FSTP). The support to third parties can only be provided in the form of grants.
Financial support provided by the participants to third parties is one of the primary activities of this action in order to be able to achieve its objectives. The €60,000 threshold provided for in Article 204(a) of the Financial Regulation No 2018/1046 does not apply.
At least two thirds (67%) of the projects supported through FSTP must involve at least two beneficiaries from Member States or Associated Countries.
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia
P.O.Box 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Phone Number: +357 22205000
Email Address: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Persons:
Mr. Marinos Photiades
Scientific Officer
Contact phone: +357 22205048
Contact email: mphotiades@research.org.cy
Dr Charalambos Papatryfonos
Scientific Officer
Contact phone: +357 22205016
Contact email: cpapatryfonos@research.org.cy
(Publish Date: 19/01/2023-for internal use only)
Εuropean Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/research-and-innovation_en#contact