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.

The European Innovation Procurement Awards 2023-2024 aim to recognise public and private buyers, natural persons and those legal entities supporting these practices across Europe in their efforts to promote and stimulate both procurement of innovative solutions and the innovative ways the solutions are procured. It also aims to demonstrate how innovation procurement positively transforms the economy by not only creating new and sustainable markets, but also by tackling societal challenges such as green energy transition.

• Research, Technological Development and Innovation

• Large Enterprises
• Legal Entities
• Natual person / Citizen / Individual
• Other Beneficiaries
• Private Bodies
• Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
• Semi-governmental organisations
• State-owned Enterprises

• Any public and/or private procurer, as well as individuals/natural persons, established in one of the Member States (including overseas countries and territories, OCTs) or Associated Countries to Horizon Europe;
• The awarded procurement practice must have taken place in a Member State (including overseas countries and territories, OCTs) or in an Associated Country to Horizon Europe;
• The awarded procurement practice must relate to completed or ongoing initiatives started after 1 January 2018. In the case of ongoing activities, only work completed by the submission deadline will be considered for the prize (Applicants will be required to prove the starting date of the practice by providing supporting documents);
• Applicants can only apply to one of the two categories for the same set of activities;
• Winners of former European Innovation Procurement Awards editions, as well as runners-up of the 2022 edition are not eligible;
• Applicants that have already received an EU or Euratom prize cannot receive a second prize for the same activities.

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

(Publish Date: 20/04/2023-for internal use only)

Research Enquiry Service: https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/contact/research-enquiry-service_en

• Funding & Tenders - EUIPA cat 1
• Funding & Tenders - EUIPA cat 2
• EIC 2023 Annual Work Programme, page 118