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
By uniting cultural and creative organisations from business, higher education organisations and research centres in a pan-European innovation ecosystem, EIT Culture & Creativity will deliver innovative solutions to help the sectors and industries become stronger and more resilient. This new innovation community will train the sector’s future entrepreneurs, power its cutting-edge ventures, and deliver innovative solutions to the challenges facing the sectors. It would also bridge regional innovation gaps and harness the power of these sectors to support Europe’s cultural leadership. Further information in relation to the thematic scope of EIT Culture & Creativity KIC can be found in the factsheet on the KIC on Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries.
Detailed Call Description
The EIT KIC will be an integrated partnership bringing together leading companies, higher education institutions, research organisations and other stakeholders in the innovation process to tackle pressing societal challenges through the development of products, services and processes and also by nurturing innovative, entrepreneurial individuals. The KIC connects excellence-driven innovation hubs, the Co-location Centres to become leading centres of excellence, competing and collaborating with other innovation hubs across the world. The KIC is expected to follow a long-term innovation and impact-driven strategy, operating with a business logic and a results-oriented approach to contribute to the achievement of the EIT’s overall mission, the priorities laid down in the EIT Strategic Agenda 2021-2027 and the attainment of the general objectives established in Horizon Europe. Additional information for an EIT KIC, including, inter alia, its impact, it’s governance and management, the partnership etc, can be found in the call document (please see the link under the Further information section of this email).
The indicative amount for the Start-up Grant is up to € 6,000,000. The Start-up Grant shall be used to finance the start-up activities and initial pilot actions to prepare for the first year of full operations and business plan implementation expected to start on 1 January 2024.
The grant amounts which will be allocated to the new KIC as from 2024 will be subject to an EIT Governing Board funding allocation decision.
A list of all the webinars that will be organised by the EIT in relation to the EIT Culture & Creativity can be found here: https://eit.europa.eu/news-events/news/join-our-webinars-call-proposals-eit-culture-creativity.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
Start-up Grant (1-4): 100%
Ramp-up Grant (5-7): 80%
Maturity (8-11): 70%
Exit from EIT Grant: 50%
Thematic Categories
- Culture
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Chambers
- Educational Institutions
- Large Enterprises
- Local Authorities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
- Training Centres
Eligibility For Participation Notes
As per the provisions of Article 9 (3) and (4) of the EIT Regulation, the minimum condition to form a KIC is the participation of at least three independent partner organisations, that are comprised of at least one Higher Education Institution, one research organisation and one private company and that are established in at least three different Member States. In addition, at least two thirds of the partner organisations forming a KIC shall be established in the Member States.
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
Telephone: +357 22205000
Email Address: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Persons:
Mr. Marinos Photiades
Scientific Officer
Telephone: +357 22205048
Contact Email: mphotiades@research.org.cy
Dr Charalambos Papatryfonos
Scientific Officer
Telephone: +357 22205016
Contact Email: cpapatryfonos@research.org.cy
(Publish Date: 08/11/2021-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
Applicants are invited to send in any questions they might have on the EIT Call for Proposals until 3 February 2022 via the following functional mailbox: EIT-KICs-Call-2021@eit.europa.eu.