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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.
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Call
Summary
The European Capital of Innovation Awards aim to champion inspiring cases of municipality-enabled innovation flourishing in cities.
The Awards will feature two categories:
- European Capital of Innovation 2024 category.
- European Rising Innovative 2024 City category.
Detailed Call Description
The Awards are a prestigious recognition for city administrators who are courageous enough to open up their governance practices to experimentation, to boost innovation by all means, to be a role model for other cities, and to push the boundaries of technology for the benefit of their citizens. In addition to the monetary reward, the prize brings high visibility in the form of renewed public interest and increased media coverage.
The Awards will feature two categories:
- European Capital of Innovation 2024 category. The prize is dedicated to recognise the winning city’s innovative practices, raise its international profile, and enhance its capacity as a widely recognised role model city for urban innovation.
- European Rising Innovative 2024 City category. The prize is dedicated to recognise the winning town’s/city’s innovative practices, raise its international profile, and enhance its capacity as a widely recognised role model town/city for urban innovation.
Prize:
European Capital of Innovation 2024 category:
• 1 winner: the winner (ranked 1st) will be named the European Capital of Innovation 2024 and will receive a prize of € 1.000.000.
• 2 runners-up cities: top two cities (ranked 2nd and 3rd) will be awarded each a prize of €100.000.
European Rising Innovative 2024 City category:
• 1 winner: the winner will be named the European Rising Innovative City 2024 and will receive a prize of €500.000.
• 2 runners-up cities: top two cities (ranked 2nd and 3rd) will be awarded a prize of €50.000.
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicant has to be a city or a town and must comply with the following criteria:
- The candidate cities must be located in one of the EU Member States or Associated Countries to Horizon Europe.
- For the category of European Capital of Innovation, the candidate city must have a minimum population of 250000 inhabitants. In countries where there are no such cities, the city coming closest to 250000 inhabitants is eligible to apply for the European Capital of Innovation category, provided that it has a minimum population of 50000 inhabitants and that the city did not apply for the European Rising Innovative City category. The candidate towns and cities for the European Rising Innovative City category must have a population of 50000 and up to 249999 inhabitants.
- Winners of former European Capital of Innovation Awards editions, as well as runners-up of the edition 2023 are not eligible. This does not apply to previous finalist cities.
- Applicants that have already received an EU or Euratom prize cannot receive a second prize for the same activities.
Joint applications by a group of applicants are not accepted.
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia,
P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Persons:
George Christou
Scientific Officer
Email: gchristou@research.org.cy
Nedi Kaffa
Scientific Officer
Email: nkaffa@research.org.cy
EU Contact Point
Research Enquiry Service: https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/contact/research-enquiry-service_en