Deadline: 28-Sep-22
The European Commission (EC) is pleased to announce a funding call for the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Thematic Innovations cross-KIC Cluster.
Objectives
- Relevant and appropriate Thematic Innovation proposals for 2023-2025, demonstrating theirs excellence (including objectives and ambition; methodology; cross-KIC relevance, financial sustainability, relevance with objectives of the Strategic Agendas of participating KICs in the consortium), its impact (including KIC’s pathways towards impact; measures to maximise impact – dissemination, exploitation and communication) and its quality and efficiency of the implementation (including work plan and resources; capacity of participants and KIC Partnership as a whole).
- to address societal challenges of participating KICs and demonstrate the Knowledge Triangle Integration (KTI) approach, contributing to achieving the future high-level results and impacts included in the EIT Impact Framework.
- Objectives in the Thematic Innovation proposals should be described according to the SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound) and clearly linked with the Strategic Agendas of participating KICs.
Funding Information
A total budget of a project proposal should not be lower than EUR 3,000,000 and higher than EUR 8,000,000.
Expected Impact: In response to this topic, EIT Digital should show how the KIC could contribute to the outcomes and impacts described in the KIC Strategic Agenda and the KPIs in the EIT Impact Framework following the specific EIT Digital’s Impact Pathways, the likely scale and significance of this contribution, and the measures to maximise these impacts in the context of Horizon Europe. The Cross-KIC activity should demonstrate in the proposal how the cross-KIC activity contributes to KICs’ financial sustainability and how it contributes to the EIT core KPIs.
Expected Outcome: Thematic Innovations activities are aimed at developing highly innovative products and/or services or sustainable education and skill development programmes with high societal impact potential (contributing to the EIT core KPIs and the financial sustainability of the participating KICs), with a clear cross-KIC value demonstrated and addressing EU/EIT priorities. These are bottom-up initiatives, selected by the EIT on a competitive basis.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions;
- the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States;
- eligible non-EU countries:
- countries associated to Horizon Europe;
- low- and middle-income countries.
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