Deadline: 21 June 2017
Applications are now open for “European Capital of Innovation Prize” that will enhance citizens feeling to contribute to the decision-making process, and will particularly stimulate them to develop new innovation activities, thus facilitating the city attractiveness towards investors, industry, top class researchers as well as talented and entrepreneurial individuals.
For the purpose of this award, cities are considered as a whole system, including built environment, municipal authorities and citizens, organizations and public structures, as a platform capable of facilitating the growth and development of creativity and innovation in its different meanings.
Cross-cutting Priorities
- Open Innovation
- Socio-economic science and humanities
Prize Information
- First prize of EUR 1 000 000
- Second prize of EUR 100 000
- Third prize of EUR 100 000
Award Criteria
- Experimenting – innovative concepts, processes, tools, and governance models proving the city’s commitment to act as a test-bed for innovative practices, and ensuring mainstreaming of these practices into the urban development process.
- Engaging – increasing opportunities for a broader range of citizens and ensuring uptake of their ideas.
- Expanding – outlining the city’s potential to attract new talent, resources, funding, investments, and to become a role model for other cities.
- Empowering – concrete and measurable impact directly connected to the implementation of innovative practices.
Eligibility Criteria
The contest is open to cities:
- established in an EU Member State or in a country associated to Horizon 2020
- having a population above 100,000 inhabitants. In countries where there are no such cities, the biggest city is eligible.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
Eligible Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK, Iceland, Norway, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Israel, Moldova, Switzerland, Faroe Islands, Ukraine, Tunisia, Georgia, Armenia.
For more information, please visit Innovation prize.