The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the new call for proposals for the «Horizon Europe –2^nd Opportunity EIC» Programme (OPPTY_EIC/0924). The call budget is €1.500.000. The maximum funding per project is €500.000. Proposals have to be submitted through the IRIS portal and the deadline for proposal submissions is the 18^th of February 2025, 13:00. «Horizon Europe – 2^nd Opportunity EIC» Programme aims to provide a second opportunity to enterprises that have submitted proposals in the frame of the EIC Accelerator Programme of the «Horizon Europe» Programme of the EU, which either have been awarded with a Seal of Excellence or they were rejected in the final evaluation stage (face-to-face interviews) of the Programme, in order to improve their Proposals and reapply for EU funding through the Programme. The present Call will be financed by the Recovery and Resilience Facility of the NextGenerationEU instrument. Entities eligible to participate in this Programme are small, medium, or large enterprises. For information regarding the RIF’s open calls, as well as useful documents and guides, interested parties can visit the IRIS portal. For further information, interested parties may contact the RIF’s Partner Support Center by phone on 22205000 or via email at support@research.org.cy.