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Capacity-building and transnational cooperation for national contact points
Improved professionalisation/skills of NCPs across Europe, helping to simplify access to Horizon Europe calls, lowering the entry barriers for newcomers, and raising the average quality of proposals submitted.
Harmonised and improved trans-national cooperation between NCPs. Enhanced support to NCPs and potential applicants in widening countries and countries that participate at lower levels in the share of proposals and projects. Increase the participation of women. Assist in developing a pan-European Innovation Ecosystem.
Expected call opening date
- 08 April 2021
Deadline to submit applications applications
- 18 May 2021
Starting of projects
- 2022
Total EU Budget for the year
- 4M€
Average budget per project
- 0,5M€
Number of projects to be funded
- 8
Countries
- Member States and eligible non-EU countries – associated countries and low and middle income countries
Target applicants
- Applicants must be Horizon Europe national support structures (e.g. NCP) responsible for the European Innovation Council (EIC) and European Innovation Ecosystems and officially nominated to the Commission, from a Member State or an Associated Country or any third country associated to Horizon Europe – one or more legal entities.
Main stakeholders
- Proposals should address the diversity of the EIC-EIE stakeholders (researchers, innovators, SMEs, start-ups, investors) and support schemes.
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More news about this project:
Science Us: new European project within the Horizon Europe initiative “Widera” proposed for funding
The main objective of ScienceUs is to create an EU wide network of interconnected citizen science projects.
Future-proof GHG and environmental emissions factors for accounting emissions from transport and logistics operations
Proposals should develop a comprehensive set of harmonised emission factors for the transport sector (freight and passenger), covering GHG emissions (CO2 equivalent) of transport and logistics operations.
Zero-emission e-commerce and freight delivery and return choices by retailers, consumers and local authorities
To support changing retailers and customers’ behaviours towards zero-emission freight delivery and return choices, the research actions will have to develop co-created actions able to increase transparency and consumers’ awareness of greenhouse gas emissions and other impacts (considering also socio-economic ones) of e-commerce, deliveries and returns.