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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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Summary
The European Social Innovation Competition aims at raising awareness about social innovation across a wide audience, sparking the creation of new socially innovative ideas creating a network of like-minded practitioners and supporting finalists to transform their ideas into structured businesses.
The European Social Innovation Competition 2023 will focus on ‘Fighting energy poverty’ – Repower EU.
Detailed Call Description
The European Social Innovation Competition 2023 will support proposed solutions coming from social innovators to fight energy poverty in the broadest sense. Therefore, proposed solutions can focus for example on aspects related to monitoring, awareness raising, specific target groups, pricing models, production, consumption and energy savings, renovations, energy community and joint investments, or investments among others.
In this context, social innovations could result in a new or adapted service or business model or technologic development. The competition will look for technological and non-technological social innovations. The competition will have a particular focus on breakthrough, market-creating and deep-tech innovations embracing the objectives of this year’s edition, which will contribute to fighting energy poverty and, consequently, will have a positive impact on citizens’ lives and local prosperity.
Three winners (ranked 1st, 2nd, and 3rd) will receive a prize.
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Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
Οnce the competition will be finished, all 15 finalists (ranked 1st to 15th) will be invited to attend the Social Innovation Academia. This Academia will be an event where the finalists will receive business acceleration services (e.g. mentoring or training) with the aim to help them developing and/or scaling up their solutions submitted to this competition.
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Social Affairs & Human Rights
Eligibility for Participation
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicants must be:
- A natural person or a legal entity established in one of the EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories, (OCTs)) or Associated Countries to Horizon Europe.
- Winners both from the Challenge and the Impact Prizes, of previous editions of the European Social Innovation Competition are NOT eligible.
- Applicants that have already received an EU or Euratom prize CANNOT receive a second prize for the same activities.
The proposed solutions must relate to ongoing or completed initiatives. In the case of ongoing activities, only work achieved by the submission deadline will be considered for the prize.
Applications must relate to solutions or activities that have taken place in an EU Member State (including overseas countries and territories, OCTs) or in an Associated Country to Horizon Europe.
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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
(Publish Date: 03/04/2023-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
Research Enquiry Service: https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/contact/research-enquiry-service_en