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
The topic aims to increase Europe’s innovation efficiency and capacity via expanding the cooperation and enlarging the participation of more diverse innovation stakeholders and territories in existing successful initiatives and networks that support innovation deployment in Member States, Associated Countries, at national, regional and/or local level.
Detailed Call Description
The proposals should:
- present the existing initiatives and/or networks, their role and activities towards uniting, and representing a bigger ecosystem of stakeholders with a joint clearly defined purpose to support key stakeholders, including SMEs and start-ups towards innovation deployment; potential initiatives and/or networks that will be supported may include, inter alia, clusters, accelerators, innovation hubs and platforms;
- demonstrate that they successfully operate in Europe and explain the reasons for which they are considered to be successful in supporting innovation deployment;
- describe the process applicants plan to follow in order to implement a solid “opening-up” strategy of the initiatives and/or networks they represent, with the aim:
- to increase the participation of more diverse innovation stakeholders currently missing or underrepresented within and among territories;
- to enlarge and broaden the participation and enhance the commitment for involvement of more EU and Associated Countries; applicants are thus encouraged to facilitate collaborative links with moderate and modest innovators from these countries;
- explain how expansion to new territories and/or inclusion of new stakeholders would bring added value both at initiative/network level and at EU level;
- describe the proposed activities to achieve the topic outcomes (see page 17-18 of the work programme)
- present the variety of involved stakeholders (e.g. universities, investors, public and private buyers, foundations, social innovators and women-led businesses, civil society organisations) and the new ones that they bring in, in comparison to their current and other initiatives with a proper justification on the need for their involvement etc. (p. 18 of the work programme)
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
100%
EU contribution per project: €0,50 million
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Large Enterprises
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- State-owned Enterprises
Eligibility For Participation Notes
- Consortia must have at least three (3) independent legal entities, of which at least one (1) is established in ‘modest’ or ‘moderate’ innovator region and at least one (1) in ‘strong’ or ‘innovation leader’ innovator
region. The Regional Innovation Scoreboard is taken as a reference, and in the case of entities representing national authorities, the European Innovation Scoreboard. The applicants must use as a reference the latest version of the documents mentioned above at the time of the call closure. (further details p. 15 of the work programme) - Legal entities established in Widening countries may join already selected actions, subject to the agreement of the respective consortium and provided that legal entities from such countries are not yet participating in it.
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
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: 11/01/2022-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
Εuropean Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/research-and-innovation_en#contact