The European Innovation Procurement Awards Prize – HORIZON-EIC-2021-InnovationProcurementAwardsPrize
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
For 2021, the European Innovation Procurement Awards will feature the following three categories:
Innovation procurement strategy award – HORIZON-EIC-2021-InnovationProcurementAwardsPrize: rewards long-term strategy/action plan that triggers different innovation procurements and sustainable solutions and practices.
2. Facing societal challenges award –HORIZON-EIC-2021-InnovationProcurementAwardsPrize: rewards innovative procurement practise aimed to face covid-19 pandemic.
3. Procurement leadership award –HORIZON-EIC-2021-InnovationProcurementAwardsPrize: rewards the outstanding individual(s) who empower(s) their team to succeed and trigger innovation procurement practices.
For more information about each call please click on the respective ID number or visit the 2021 Annual Work Programme of the European Research Council.
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The eligibility criteria are:
- Eligible applicants are any public and/or private procurer, as well as individuals/natural persons, located in one of the Member States or Associated Countries.
- The awarded procurement practice must have taken place in a Member State or in an Associated Country.
- The awarded procurement practice must relate to completed or ongoing initiatives started by 1 January 2017.
- Applicants which have already received an EU or Euratom prize cannot receive a second prize for the same activities
Programme Category
EU Competitive ProgrammesTotal Budget
The total indicative budget of the present call is € 300000. Each category will reward the winner with € 75,000 and one runner-up with € 25,000Thematic Categories
- Other Services
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Chambers
- Educational Institutions
- International Organisations
- Large Enterprises
- Local Authorities
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Private Bodies
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- State-owned Enterprises
Call Opening Date
14/04/2021Call Closing Date
29/07/2021National 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
EU Contact Point
European Innovation Council: https://eic.ec.europa.eu/contact-form_en