Industry 5.0 Award 2023

17 May 2023

What is the Industry 5.0 Award?

The Industry 5.0 Award provides a vision of the future of European industry, which aims to achieve societal goals beyond jobs and growth. Industry would become a resilient provider of prosperity, by making production more sustainable and placing the wellbeing of the worker at the centre of the production process.

The concept of the award is prepared in collaboration with European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA), industrial platform MANUFUTURE, European Innovation Council EN••• and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)EN••• and EIT Manufacturing.

Projects competing for the Award should present inspiring and applicable solutions, addressing the 3 main pillars of Industry 5.0: sustainability, human-centricity and resilience. In 2022, RAMP-PV, a deep tech start up, won the Award for its project for up-cycling of raw materials from photovoltaic panels. (get more inspiration from last year’s finalists)

Applications for the 2023 Industry 5.0 Award are now open EN•••

Eligibility criteria - who can apply?

Eligible projects must have obtained funding from Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe or the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. Projects involving deep-tech start-ups are particularly encouraged to participate.

The official start date of the project must be after 31 August 2018 and the projects’ progress to date, and results should have clear application in industry.

The deadline for submission is 1 September 2023 – 17:00 CET (Brussels time).

Award criteria

Admissible and eligible projects will be evaluated and ranked against the following award criteria

contribution to human-centricity
contribution to sustainability
contribution to resilience
integration of criteria 1, 2 and 3 into a holistic contribution in terms of vision, inspirational power and cross-over effect

Further information about the scoring can be found in the rules of contest.

How and when to apply?

Applications should be made using the application form template and should follow the guidelines set out in the rules of contest. You will find all useful documents below.

Please submit your applications to the following email: RTD-INDUSTRY-5.0_AWARD@ec.europa.eu

15 May 2023
Opening of submissions
1 September 2023
Submission strict deadline (17:00 CET)
September 2023
Evaluation of submissions
First half of October 2023
Panel interviews for finalists
Second half of October 2023
Award ceremony (announcement of the winner) during the Research and Innovation days 2023