Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
The joint undertakings have three general objectives, in accordance with Article 4 of the SBA:
- strengthening and integrating the scientific, innovation and technological capacities and facilitating collaborative links,
- securing sustainability-driven global leadership and resilience of Union value chains in key technologies and industries and on developing and
- accelerating the uptake of innovative solutions throughout the Union addressing climate, environmental, health, digital and other global challenges.
Identifier Code
Call
Summary
This topic is the RIA part of the bottom-up programming.
A KDT Research and Innovation Action (RIA) primarily consists of activities aiming to establish new knowledge and/or to explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology, product, process, service, method, tool or solution. For this purpose they may include applied research, technology development and/or method/tool and integration, testing and validation on a small-scale prototype in a laboratory or simulated environment.
Detailed Call Description
A RIA proposal is characterised by:
- Execution by a consortium that may consist of SMEs, large enterprises, universities, institutes, public organizations;
- Developing innovative technologies and/or using them in innovative ways;
- Targeting demonstration of the innovative approach in a relevant product, service or capability, clearly addressing the applications relevant for societal challenges;
- Demonstrating value and potential in a realistic lab environment reproducing the targeted application;
- Having a deployment plan showing the valorisation for the KDT ecosystem and the contribution to the KDT goals and objectives.
- In order to maximize effective implementation of the KDT top-level objectives, the list of RIA proposals to be retained for public funding shall constitute a balanced portfolio of projects developing innovative technologies and applying them in different domains. The domains represent the demand side of technologies, and the development of new technologies represents the supply side of technologies.
This call is open to the several challenges which can be found on pages 36-38 of the KDT JU Work Programme 2023.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The EU contribution per project is capped at €12 000 000 and the maximum contribution per partner in a project is limited to 40% of the total EU funding for the project.
The maximum EU Contribution as percentage of the eligible cost for both calls is:
- Large Enterprise (for profit non-SME) – 25%
- SME (for profit SME) – 35%
- University/Other (not for profit) – 35%
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Large Enterprises
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
There are specific eligibility criteria relevant to each KDT JU Participating State: these are listed in the KDT JU Work Programme 2023.
Eligibility conditions are described in Annex 1 (page 80) and Annex 4 (National/Regional specific eligibility conditions, page 84) of the KDT JU Work Programme 2023.
For detailed information about the eligibility conditions for each call, please visit the KDT JU Work Programme 2023.
In line with the Rules for Participation of Horizon Europe and the KDT JU Model Grant Agreement, participants are required to conclude a consortium agreement.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
EU Contact Point
Contact
Address:
White Atrium Building
Avenue de la Toison d’Or 56-60
1060 Βrussels
Belgium
Τelephone: 00 32 2 221 81 02
Email: enquiries@kdt-ju.europa.eu
(Publish Date: 13/03/2023-for internal use only)