Deadline: 30-May-23
The European Commission (EC) is now inviting applications for its European Social Innovation Competition 2023.
Scope
- The European Social Innovation Competition 2023 will focus on ‘Fighting energy poverty’ – Repower EU.
- The European Social Innovation Competition 2023 will support proposed solutions coming from social innovators to fight energy poverty in the broadest sense. Therefore, proposed solutions can focus for example on aspects related to monitoring, awareness raising, specific target groups, pricing models, production, consumption and energy savings, renovations, energy community and joint investments, or investments among others.
- In this context, social innovations could result in a new or adapted service or business model or technologic development. The competition will look for technological and non-technological social innovations. The competition will have a particular focus on breakthrough, market-creating and deep-tech innovations embracing the objectives of this year’s edition, which will contribute to fighting energy poverty and, consequently, will have a positive impact on citizens’ lives and local prosperity.
Funding Information
- The check will normally be done for the coordinator if the requested grant amount is equal to or greater than EUR 500 000, except for:
- public bodies (entities established as a public body under national law, including local, regional or national authorities) or international organisations; and
- cases where the individual requested grant amount is not more than EUR 60 000 (lowvalue grant).
Expected Impact
- The European Social Innovation Competition aims at raising awareness about social innovation across a wide audience, sparking the creation of new socially innovative ideas creating a network of like-minded practitioners, and supporting finalists to transform their ideas into structured businesses.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible, the applicants must be:
- A natural person or a legal entity established in one of the Member States (including overseas countries and territories, (OCTs)) or Associated Countries to Horizon Europe
- Proposed solutions that harm the environment or social welfare are NOT eligible.
- The proposed solutions or activities contained in the application must have taken place in a Member State (including overseas countries and territories, OCTs) or in an Associated Country to Horizon Europe.
- The proposed solutions must relate to ongoing or completed initiatives. In case of ongoing activities, only work achieved by the submission deadline will be considered for the prize
- Winners both from the Challenge and the Impact Prizes of previous editions of the European Social Innovation Competition are not eligible.
- Applicants that have already received an EU or Euratom prize cannot receive a second prize for the same activities.
For more information, visit EC.