The European Social Innovation Impact Prize 2022
Summary
The EIC aims to identify and support breakthrough technologies and game changing innovations to create new markets and scale up internationally and it has been established under the EU Horizon Europe Programme.
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
The European Social Innovation Impact Prize 2022 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 semi-finalists to transform early stage ideas into structured businesses.
Eligibility For Participation Notes
In order to be eligible, the applicant must
- be one of the 27 semi-finalists of the European Social Innovation Competition – the Challenge Prize 2021 edition.
- The applicant must be located in one of the Member States or Associated Countries.
- Winners of the Social Innovation Competition – the Challenge Prize 2021 are not eligible.
- Applicants that have already received an EU or Euratom prize cannot receive a second prize for the same activities.
Entities without legal personality — Entities which do not have legal personality under their national law may exceptionally participate, provided that their representatives have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf, and offer guarantees for the protection of the EU financial interests equivalent to that offered by legal persons EU bodies — EU bodies (with the exception of the European Commission Joint Research Centre) can NOT apply. Third countries currently negotiating association agreements to Horizon Europe
Programme Category
EU Competitive ProgrammesTotal Budget
€50,000Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Legal Entities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Call Opening Date
12/04/2022Call Closing Date
24/05/2022National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia
P.O.Box 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Phone Number: +357 22205000
Email Address: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Persons:
Ms Katerina Karakasidou
Scientific Officer
Contact Phone: +357 22 205 036
Contact Email: kkarakasidou@research.org.cy
Dr Kalypso Sepou
Head of European Programmes Department
Contact Phone: +357 22 205066
Contact Email: kalypso@research.org.cy
(Publish Date: 29/04/2022-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
European Innovation Council: https://eic.ec.europa.eu/contact-form_en