The Education Call main objective is the development of skills and capacity building in European Manufacturing. It is composed of 3 main topics and 3 education segments:
- Sustainability, Skills for identifying and applying enabling technologies for sustainable manufacturing,
- Digitalization, Identification and development of skills to define and execute a digital transformation roadmap,
- Future Trends, Upskilling and reskilling in Re-manufacturing and critical resources for Circular Economy.
Education segments:
- Skill-driven learning,
- Education for Transforming Organizations and
- Engage Pupils and society
Please refer to the Call Guideline for Topic and education segments descriptions. Each topic has a purpose, and detailed expected outcomes and impacts. Under call segments on page 25 of the Call Guideline, you can find an elaborated explanation of the segment and its target group.
Entities eligible to participate: Any legal entity, regardless of its place of establishment, including legal entities from nonassociated third countries or international organisations is eligible to participate (whether it is eligible for funding or not), provided that the conditions laid down in the Horizon Europe Regulation have been met, along with any other conditions laid down in the specific call topic.
Consortium composition: Only legal entities forming a consortium are eligible to participate in actions provided that the consortium includes at least 3 legal entities independent from each other and each established in a different country as follows:
- at least 1 independent legal entity established in a Member State; and
- at least 2 other independent legal entities, each established in different Member States or Associated Countries.
The Applicants Profile (Section 3.4) and the detailed consortium structure (Section 5.1) are explained in the Call Guideline.
The total maximum EIT funding allocated to this call is up to 4.750.000 EUR. The amounts will be allocated according to the below estimation.
Call Segment | Indicative Budget | Maximum EIT funding per proposal |
Segment 1 | 2.4 EUR million | Up to 400.000 EUR |
Segment 2 | 1.6 EUR million | Up to 400.000 EUR |
Segment 3 | 0.75 EUR million | Up to 250.000 EUR |
Please see Section 3.8 of the Call Guideline for the co-funding rate.
The deadline for the submission of the proposals is: 20th November 2023 23:59 CET.
Please also visit the EIT Manufacturing website for further details.