GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

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.

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 of all categories, 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.

All applicants must register in the Participant Register – before the call deadline – and will have to be validated by the Central Validation Service (REA Validation). For the validation, you will be requested to upload documents showing legal status and origin.

Proposed solutions that harm the environment or social welfare or discriminate on basis of gender, age, socio-economic and geographic situation, disability, ethnicity, and sexual or gender identity, or are not in line with the Do No Significant Harm Principle are not eligible.

The proposed solutions must relate to ongoing or completed initiatives. In case of ongoing activities, only work achieved by the submission deadline will be considered for the prize.

The proposed solutions or activities contained in the application must have taken place in a EU Member State (including overseas countries and territories, OCTs) or in an Associated Country to Horizon Europe.