Evolution of RIS Innovations (EVO-R) 2023
Summary
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) is an independent EU body. We increase Europe’s ability to innovate by nurturing entrepreneurial talent and supporting new ideas.
The mission is to:
- Increase Europe’s competitiveness, its sustainable economic growth and job creation by promoting and strengthening cooperation among leading business, education and research organisations.
- Power innovation and entrepreneurship in Europe by creating environments for creative and innovative thoughts to thrive.
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.
Call
Detailed Call Description
EIT Manufacturing flagship areas:
- Flexible Production Systems for Competitive Manufacturing. Emerging technologies enable almost limitless flexibility in product design and production, allowing full customisation.
- Low Environmental Footprint Systems & Circular Economy for Green Manufacturing. Using new technology to minimise the use of resources, energy, and material in production systems enables new circular business models.
- Digital & Collaborative Solutions for Innovative Manufacturing Ecosystems. Collaboration and business on digital platforms and value networks enable companies to create new and highly efficient value chains.
- Human-machine co-working for socially sustainable manufacturing. Smart use of automation and robots enables great workplaces, flexible production, and sustainable human work.
The EIT Manufacturing will host an online info-day on 09 August 2023, 12h00 (Brussels time). Information about the info-day can be found on the call announcement page.
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The maximum EIT funding per applicant is € 30 000.
The funding takes the form of a lump sum contribution. There is no co-funding requirement, but co-funding from any applicant will be considered positively.
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The call is open for research teams (individuals), SMEs, start-ups, Universities, Research and technology organisations (RTO), and university-owned research foundations who/which are registered/resided in EIT RIS eligible countries and have an innovative solution with demonstration stage (TRL 7) addressing manufacturing-related challenges, with a convincing financial, environmental, and societal impact potential.
All applicants must comply with the following eligibility criteria to participate:
- have participated in activities selected and concluded under regional or national funding programmes;
- be registered or have citizenship of in one of the following RIS eligible countries:
- EU Member States: Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain.
- Horizon Europe Associated Countries: Montenegro, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye, Ukraine.
- Outermost Regions: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Réunion, Martinique, Mayotte, and Saint-Martin (France), the Azores and Madeira (Portugal), and the Canary Islands (Spain)
- for applicants who are individuals, they should launch a start-up/ SME in order to commercialise services or products by the end of the EVO-R programme.
- With regards to legal entities, any type of legal entity is eligible to apply. These legal entities should be able to commercialize services and products. Hence, only those entities, for example, universities, research and technology organizations (RTO), and university-owned foundations that can generate revenue from the commercialization of products and services are eligible to participate in the EVOR call and receive funding if selected.
Please note that joint applications by a group of applicants are admitted. The geographical coverage of the consortium will be taken into consideration by the evaluators and, in case of pan-European consortia, positively evaluated.
All applications and supporting documents must be submitted via the submission platform.
Programme Category
EU Competitive ProgrammesTotal Budget
€750 000Thematic Categories
- New Entrepreneurship
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Legal Entities
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Call Opening Date
20/07/2023Call Closing Date
09/08/2023National 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
For further details about the sub-program, go to the following page: https://eit.europa.eu/contact
All applicants may contact EIT Manufacturing to ask questions and clarify any points on general or technical procedures and call content by sending an email message to ris@eitmanufacturing.eu.