Call Description:

Twinning projeleri özelinde ana hedef "Widening" ülkelerinde yer alan araştırma kurumlarının bilim ve teknoloji kapasitesinin ve araştırma profilinin geliştirilmesidir. Bu kapsamda, Twinning projesi ile kurumun ilgili alandaki araştırma mükemmeliyetinde artış, kurumun tanınırlık, görünürlük ve stratejik ağ kurma kanallarında gelişme, idari ve araştırma yönetim personelinin eğitimi ve yaratıcılığın hareketlilik vasıtasıyla artırılması beklenmektedir.

Special Conditions:

Türkiye'nin de aralarında bulunduğu "Widening" ülkelerinde yer alan bir araştırma kurumunun koordinatörlüğünde ve en az iki ülkeden “Advanced Partner” ortaklığında gerçekleştirilmesi beklenen projelerin süresi en fazla üç yıl ve destek miktarı 0,8 – 1.5 Milyon Avro olarak belirlenmiştir.

Call Description:

EIC Pathfinder Challenges aim to build on new, cutting-edge directions in science and technology to disrupt a field and a market or create new opportunities by realising innovative technological solutions grounded in high-risk/high-gain research and development.
With each specific Challenge, the EIC will establish a portfolio of projects that explore different perspectives, competing approaches or complementary aspects of the Challenge. The complexity and high-risk nature of this research will require multi-disciplinary collaborations.
A dedicated Programme Manager, who establishes a need-driven plan and proactively steers the portfolio towards the goals of each Challenge, oversees a specific EIC Pathfinder Challenge. Projects in a Challenge portfolio are expected to interact and exchange, remaining flexible and reactive in the light of developments within the portfolio or in the relevant global scientific or industrial community. They will progress together towards common goals and create new opportunities for radical innovation.
The deadline for submitting your proposal is 18 October 2023 at 17.00 Brussels local time. 
For 2023, the EIC Pathfinder Challenges is open to applications in the specific fields described by the specific challenges below:

• Clean and efficient cooling 
• Architecture, Engineering and Construction digitalisation for a novel triad of design, fabrication, and materials 
• Precision nutrition 
• Responsible electronics 
• In-space solar energy harvesting for innovative space applications

Call Description:

The Commission launched the 11th edition of the European Social Innovation Competition. The prize promotes the potential of social innovation to provide solutions to societal challenges and to foster sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe. The competition supports innovators to develop their ideas into working solutions, and facilitates a network of radical innovators shaping our society. This prize acknowledges the social innovation as a potent approach for responding to societal challenges.
Launched in 2013 in memory of social innovation pioneer Diogo Vasconcelos, the European Social Innovation Competition (EUSIC) awards three prizes for the best socially innovative projects for a more inclusive, just and sustainable Europe. 
Each year the Competition addresses a different societal issue called ‘a challenge’. This year’s the European Social Innovation Competition 2023 will focus on‘Fighting energy poverty’ – Repower EU.
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.
Three winners will be rewarded with EUR 50 000 each. 

Who can apply?
Any natural person or legal entity can apply to the category, as long as they:

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

Award criteria

1. Degree of Innovation – the degree to which any new product, service or model is new for its given context in connection to the challenge of the competition. The idea must be new and innovative within its given socio-economic and geographical context;
2. Impact – the potential of the proposal to tackle the competition challenge. The applicant must demonstrate how the proposed solution will contribute to solving the challenge;
3. Sustainability – the financial and environmental sustainability of the proposal;
4. Scalability and replicability – the idea's potential to scale and be replicated, be it at regional, national, European or global level.

How to apply
The application will be made through the Funding&Tenders Opportunities Portal.

• Rules of contest
• 30 May 2023 – 17:00 – Deadline for submission (short application)
   

Call Description:

In 2023, the European Union is launching the European Prize for Humanitarian Innovation (InnovAid) to reward the humanitarian organisations, social enterprises, and companies that are developing technology to better assist vulnerable people affected by natural hazards and man-made crises such as conflicts.
Humanitarian emergencies are increasing year on year in number, complexity, and severity. Given the scale of today’s crises and hazards, funding to cover humanitarian needs cannot keep up. The humanitarian system is being challenged to do more, for more people, and at greater cost. To meet these rising needs, innovative technological solutions – cost-effective, simple to (re)use, scalable in different contexts - which improve the efficiency and effectiveness of aid, are crucial.
The European Prize for Humanitarian Innovation recognises innovations and the organisations that develop them. The objective is to inspire other humanitarian actors to scale up actions for a more effective and efficient delivery of humanitarian assistance and ensure their benefits flow to people affected by crises, and particularly those in a most vulnerable situation.
The prize is open to:

• Any humanitarian non-governmental organisation, international organisation or legal entities established in one of the EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories) or in a country associated to Horizon Europe.

Applicants that have already received an EU or Euratom prize cannot receive a second prize for the same activities.
The winner of the European Prize for Humanitarian Innovation (InnovAid) will be awarded with EUR 250 000 and the two runners up, ranked 2nd and 3rd, with EUR 150 000 and EUR 100 000 respectively.
Award criteria

1. Innovation – An innovative solution tested successfully and safely in a humanitarian aid environment and on a sufficient scale, with a demonstrated potential of adaptability and scalability under different humanitarian aid settings and responding to the needs of those in a most vulnerable situation (taking age, gender, disability, and minority into consideration).
2. Quality and sustainability – Quality and sustainability of the solution based on the application of advanced technologies including digital technologies, by demonstrating improved robustness and quality of response compared to existing solutions and by taking account scarcity of resources and potential environmental impacts.
3. Affordability and Cost-effectiveness – The solution must be affordable and cost-effective for beneficiaries and organisations responding to the crisis, meaning a better value for money compared to existing solutions.
4. Engagement with end users – Engagement with end users amongst affected populations to facilitate their involvement in the design of the solution, and perspective of a business case for (re)deployment of the solution at scale.

How to apply
Please click here for the application. 

• Rules of contest

Call Timeline

• 21 March 2023 – Call opening 
• 03 October 2023 – 17:00:00 CET – Deadline for submission
• October – December 2023 – Evaluation 
• Q1 2024 – Finalists announcement
• Q1/Q2 2024 – Information on evaluation results & award ceremony

Call Description:

EIT open call for Sustainable Energy Solutions - EIT InnoEnergy

About the Call:

With regard to the rapidly increasing demand for sustainable energy solutions, EIT InnoEnergy supports the acceleration of the sustainable energy innovations and aims to help make the companies in these fields a global success! Therefore EIT is looking for and support the most innovative ideas in sustainable energy from around the globe.

EIT InnoEnergy is looking for companies that aim for impact with scalable business models and/or disruptive technologies to:

• Reduce costs in the energy value chain
• Reduce CO2 emissions
• Secure operability of the energy system
• Create sustainable growth
• Create jobs
• Improve competitiveness

Who can Apply?

Call is Open to all start-ups and companies from Horizon Europe countries. Please find further information in the Call Document. Entity not coming from the EU, or the Third countries (not associated to Horizon Europe) can be awarded the financial support, if approved by the EIT.

There are two cut-off dates remaining:

• 30 September 2023 – Cut-off 3
• 31 December 2023 – Cut-off 4

What is requested from the Applicants?

Have a business idea, proven prototype, proof of concept or product/service already in the market in one of the seven thematic areas mentioned below and cover a market need.

Applications will be received in the following fields:

• Energy for transport and mobility
• Energy Storage
• Renewable energy
• Smart and efficient buildings and cities
• Energy efficiency
• Circular economy
• Smart electric grid
• Any other sustainable energy innovation!

Your company's operations, products/services contribute positively to at least one of the EIT InnoEnergy’s Core Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For more details about UN SDGs please use this link.

EIT InnoEnergy provides capital investment and works with the selected start-ups in the go-to-market and growth phases. For more information regarding the details of the EIT supports under this call to start-ups, please refer to the call document.  

For Applications to the call and to also Contact with the EIT for your Questions please use the relevant call page of the EIT.

Special Conditions:

EIT is looking for startups that:

• Have a business idea, proven prototype, proof of concept or product/service already in the market in one of the seven thematic areas mentioned above and cover a market need.
• Have devoted full time team to the project.
• Average time to market – and first revenues – of two years
• Are looking for added value services and financing, including equity partners
• Are easy to work with and willing to commit to stable, long-term relationship with EIT InnoEnergy
• The company does not need to be legally established at the time of apply.

Call Description:

The goal of this destination is expected to contribute to the use of efficient and sustainable energy accessible for all with a clean energy system and a just transition.

The calls to be opened within the scope of this destination have been collected under two main topics:

Highly energy-efficient and climate neutral European building stock: Topics targeting energy efficiency in buildings under this Destination seek to achieve the following impacts:

• More energy efficient building stocks supported by an accurate understanding of buildings performance in Europe and of related evolutions.
• Building stocks that effectively combine energy efficiency, renewable energy sources and digital and smart technologies to support the transformation of the energy system towards climate neutrality

Industrial facilities in the energy transition: Topics on industrial facilities in the energy transition supported under this Destination focus on thermal energy management in industry. The bulk of R&I activities related to industry is however supported under Cluster 4 “Digital, Industry and Space”.

Special Conditions:

Unless otherwise provided for in the specific call conditions, legal entities forming a consortium are eligible to participate in actions provided that the consortium includes:

• at least one independent legal entity established in a Member State; and 
• at least two other independent legal entities, each established in the different Member States or Associated Countries. 
• The funding rate is up to 70% of the eligible costs for Innovation Action call topics. This funding rate applies for non-profit legal entities.

Please click here to download the Expression of Interest Form

Call Description:

Destination 3: Sürdürülebilir, Güvenli ve Rekabetçi Enerji Tedariki

This destination covers 3 main areas: 

• Renewable Energy
• Energy systems, grids and storage
• Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS)

Global leadership in renewable energy

Renewable energy technologies encompass renewable electricity, renewable heating and cooling and renewable fuel technologies. They provide major opportunities to replace or substitute carbon from fossil origin in the power, heating/cooling, transportation, agriculture and industry economic sectors. Their large-scale and decentralised deployment is expected to create more jobs than the fossil fuel equivalent and, especially, local jobs. Renewable energy technologies are the baseline on which to build a European and global climate-neutral future. A strong global European leadership in renewable energy technologies will pave the way to increase energy security and reliability.

It is imperative to enhance affordability, security, sustainability, and efficiency for more established renewable energy technologies (such as wind energy, photovoltaics, solar thermal, bioenergy or hydropower), and to further diversify the technology portfolio. Furthermore, advanced renewable fuels, including synthetic fuels (which contain also direct solar fuels) and sustainable advanced biofuels, are also needed to provide long-term carbon-neutral solutions for the transport, energy consuming and energy-intensive industrial sectors, in particular for applications where direct electrification is not a technical and cost-efficient option.

In line with the “do not significantly harm” principle for the environment, research and innovation actions for all renewable energy technologies aim to also improve the environmental sustainability of the technologies, delivering products with reduced greenhouse gas emissions and improved environmental performance regarding water use, circularity, pollution, and ecosystems. For biofuels and bioenergy improving environmental sustainability is associated with the biomass conversion part of the value chain and the quality of the product, while air pollution associated with combustion in engines falls in the scope of other destinations in Cluster 5 and other environmental aspects will be under Cluster 6.

Synergies with activities in cluster 4 are necessary for integrating renewable energy technologies and solutions in energy consuming industries and ensure that renewable energy solutions do not harm the environment. Complementarities with cluster 6 concern mainly biomass-related activities and with EIC low technology readiness level actions.

All renewable energy technologies are addressed as they have all a strong international market potential, and it will be coherent with the EU policy of industrial leadership worldwide. Regarding the REPowerEU communication, renewable energy technologies are - as described above - a key instrument to diversify EU gas supplies and reduce the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels. Most of the topics in this work programme are centred along two of the REPowerEU tracks, with the remainder of the topics fully contributing to decreasing the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels:

• PV, wind energy and heat pumps, encompassing the most readily available renewable energy technologies to reduce the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels. (17 topics)
• Renewable fuels, encompassing the most readily available technologies (advanced biofuels) but also the less mature ones (synthetic renewable fuels). Renewable fuels can be used in transport but also in buildings and industry to meet the demand for electricity and heat, therefore displacing fossil fuels. Gaseous renewable fuels are one of the named actions in the REPowerEU communication, as regards increasing the production of bio methane twice above the European Green Deal target in 2030. All forms of renewable fuels, and in particular advanced biofuels, contribute to reduce the EU’s dependence, because they are drop-in fuels and direct replacements of fossil fuels, utilizing the existing infrastructure. (8 topics)
• The remainder of the topics also contributes to the objective of decreasing the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels, with the focus either on specific renewable energy sectors (bioenergy, geothermal, hydropower, ocean energy and solar thermal) or on crosstechnology activities (next generation renewable energy, market measures, international cooperation). (18 topics)

Main expected impacts:

• Availability of disruptive sustainable renewable energy and renewable fuel technologies & systems accelerating the replacement of fossil-based energy technologies to achieve climate neutrality in the energy sector by 2050, considering future climate conditions, and without harming biodiversity, environment and natural resources.
• Reduced cost and improved efficiency of sustainable renewable energy and renewable fuel technologies and their value chains.
• Support de-risking of sustainable renewable energy and fuel technologies with a view to their commercial exploitation to contribute to the 2030 “Fit for 55” targets increasing the share of renewable electricity, heat and fuels in the EU energy consumption (in particular, 40% renewable energy overall, 2.2% advanced biofuels and 2.6% renewable fuels of non-biological origin).
• Better integration of sustainable renewable energy and renewable fuel-based solutions in all economic sectors, including through digital technologies.
• Enhanced security and autonomy of energy supply in the EU, while accelerating the green transition.  Affordable, secure and sustainable energy solutions to diversify gas supplies in the EU by increasing the level of biomethane.
• Reinforced European scientific basis and European export potential for renewable energy technologies through international collaborations (e.g., the AU-EU Climate Change and Sustainable Energy partnership, the missions and innovation communities of Mission Innovation 2.0).
• Enhanced sustainability of renewable energy and renewable fuels value chains, taking fully into account circular economy, social, economic and environmental aspects in line with the European Green Deal priorities.
• More effective market uptake of sustainable renewable energy and fuel technologies to support their commercialisation and provide inputs to policy making.
• Increased knowledge on the environmental impacts of the different renewable energy technologies along their lifecycle and value chains.

Energy systems, grids and storage

Main expected impacts:

• Increased resilience of the energy system, based on improved and/or new technologies and energy vectors, to control the system and maintain system stability under difficult circumstances.
• Increased flexibility and resilience of the energy system to plan and operate different networks for different energy carriers simultaneously in a coordinated manner that will also contribute to climate neutrality of hard-to-electrify sectors.
• Innovative data-driven services for consumers that empower them to engage in the energy transition. Enhanced consumer satisfaction and increased system flexibility thanks to enabling consumers to benefit from new energy services and facilitating their investment and engagement in the energy transition.
• Improved energy storage and energy vector technologies, in particular technologies for long-term storage of electricity and heat.
• Foster the European market for new energy services and business models as well as tested standardised and open interfaces of energy devices through a higher degree of interoperability, increased data availability and easier data exchange.
• More effective and efficient solutions for transporting and seamlessly integrating offshore energy with new electricity transmission technologies, in particular using superconducting technologies, power electronics and hybrid Alternate Current – Direct Current grid solutions as well as MT HVDC (Multi Terminal High Voltage Direct Current) solutions.
• Based on easy data-sharing, increased flexibility of the energy system to integrate renewables, and better predictability of return on investments in renewable and energy efficiency investments.
• Speeding up of (from early-adoption to upscaling) of new digital technologies in the energy sector for the benefit of the energy transition.
• Development of cyber-security and privacy tools and technologies tailor-made for the specific requirements of the energy system.
• Development of technologies and systemic approaches that optimise energy management of IT technologies.

Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS)

Main expected impacts:

Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS

• Accelerated rollout of infrastructure, in particular for CCUS hubs and clusters.
• Continuing knowledge and best practice sharing activities, in particular on connecting industrial CO2 sources with potential bankable storage sites and installations using CO2, providing greater confidence for decision makers and investors.
• Proven feasibility of integrating CO2 capture, CO2 storage and CO2 use in industrial facilities and to maximize the efforts to close the carbon cycle. Demonstrating these technologies at industrial scale should pave the way for subsequent first-of-a-kind industrial projects.
• Reduced cost of the CCUS value chain, with CO2 capture being still the most relevant stumbling block for a wider application of CCUS. Develop innovative technology for CO2 conversion to reduce the need for pre-concentration and/or purification.
• Adequate frameworks for Measurement, Monitoring and Verification (MMV) for storage and use projects, to document safe storage and for public buy-in of the technology.
• Further research in DACCS and BECCS as CO2 capture technologies in combination with CO2 storage in order to deliver carbon removals.in view of achieving the net zero targets.
• Assess the environmental impacts and risks, in the short, medium and long term, of CCUS technologies, with respect to the Do No Significant Harm principle, and to intergenerational solidarity.

Special Conditions:

• At least one independent legal entity established in a Member State; and 
• At least two other independent legal entities, each established in different Member States or Associated Countries
• The funding rate is up to 70% of the eligible costs for Innovation Action call topics. This funding rate applies for non-profit legal entities.

Call Description:

Avrupa'nın kültürel mirasını korumak, muhafaza etmek, eski haline getirmek ve onarmak için ve önemli Avrupa kaynaklarından biri olarak kullanımını teşvik etmek, geleneksel ve çağdaş sanatlarını güçlendirmek ve daha geniş bir farkındalık yaratmak amacıyla ortak Ar-Ge faaliyetleri gerçekleştirilmesine odaklanılacaktır.

• Avrupa'da nesli tükenmekte olan dillerin korunması
• Avrupa'nın kültürel mirası ve sanatı - değerlerimizi yurtiçinde ve yurtdışında tanıtmak
• 21. yüzyılda Avrupa toplumlarını ve siyasetini şekillendirmede gelenekler, değerler ve inançların oluşturduğu algıların rolü
• Gelecek için geleneksel el sanatları: yeni bir yaklaşım
• Rekabetçi, adil ve sürdürülebilir bir Avrupa müzik ekosistemine doğru
• Avrupa film yapım endüstrisinin uluslararası rekabet gücünün potansiyelini artırmak
• Eserlerin ve kültürel malların antropojenik tehditlerden korunması
• İklim değişikliğinin ve doğal tehlikelerin kültürel miras ve iyileştirme üzerindeki etkileri
• Toplumumuzu şekillendiren oyunlar ve kültür
• Yeni Avrupa Bauhaus – Mimari, Tasarım ve Sanat aracılığıyla yaratıcı ve kapsayıcı toplumlarda daha yeşil ve daha adil bir yaşam biçimi şekillendiriyor

Call Description:

Hızla değişen bir toplum da sağlıklı kalmak destinasyonu altında bulunan çağrılar, özellikle diyet ve sağlık (obezite), yaşlanma ve demografik değişim, zihinsel sağlık, sağlık okuryazarlığında dijital güçlendirme ve kişiselleştirilmiş önleme gibi Avrupa Komisyonu'nun siyasi önceliklerinin bir parçası olan büyük toplumsal zorluklara odaklanacaktır. Bu destinasyon kapsamında desteklenen araştırma ve yenilikler, sağlıktan hastalığa geçişi anlamak için yeni kanıtlar, metodolojiler ve araçlar sağlayacaktır. 

2022 yılı çağrıları kapsamında, kronik hastalıkların başlama ve ilerleme riskini tahmin etmek için yapay zeka (AI) araçlarının kullanılabilirliğini ve kullanımını iyileştirmeye yönelik projeler için de çağrılar bulunmaktadır. 

(European Commission, Horizon Europe Health Cluster 2021-2022 Work Programme, December 2021, https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2021-2022/wp-4-health_horizon-2021-2022_en.pdf)

Call Description:

Çok yönlü sosyal, ekonomik, teknolojik ve kültürel dönüşümlere yanıt vermek ve bunları şekillendirmek için araştırma ve inovasyon eylemi projelerinin desteklenmesi;

• Refah ve sürdürülebilir kalkınma için kamu politikaları ve göstergeleri
• Mekansal hareketliliğin Avrupa demografisi, toplumu, refah sistemi ve iş gücü piyasası üzerindeki etkisi
• Avrupa'daki düzensiz göçmenlerin koşulları
• (Hedef) göçmenlerin karar verme süreçleri
• Cinsiyet ve sosyal, ekonomik ve kültürel güçlendirilmesi
• Kapsayıcı bir işgücü piyasası için ayrımcılığın üstesinden gelinmesi
• İhtiyaçlara uygun becerilerin başarılı bir şekilde geliştirilmesi için koşullar
• Irk, etnik ve dini eşitliğin güçlendirilmesi
• AB'deki düzensiz göçmenlerin geri dönüşü ve geri kabulü
• Yaşlanan toplumların sosyo-ekonomik etkileri