Excellence hubs are an initiative to strengthen regional innovation excellence in placed based innovation ecosystems by cross-border collaboration on a common strategy and/or alongside value adding chain.
Excellence hub consortia must include at least two different place based R&I ecosystems in at least two different countries eligible to host the co-ordinator under the widening part of Horizon Europe. Each ecosystem needs to include four different categories of actors i.e. a) academic institutions (universities and/or non-university research centers or labs), b) business entities (active established firms with relevant revenues), c) public authorities or authorised agencies and d) societal actors (civil society organisations, associations, citizens, end users, media, cultural actors etc.).
The EU estimates that an EU contribution of between EUR 2.00 and 5.00 Million Euros per proposal.For proposals also including the optional mentoring scheme, the Commission estimates that an EU contribution of up to EUR 6.00 million would allow the outcome to be addressed appropriately.
2023 Budget: 60 Million Euros
12 projects are expected to be funded.
HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-07-01 Excellence Hubs call is closed on 7 March 2024.
