2023 EIT Innovation calls: up to 3 years of funding for innovation, applied research, partnership & networking opportunities!
All the 2022 EIT Innovation calls
Below you will find for each call a brief summary that includes all the details you'll need to understand if a call is a fit or not for your project. For each call we have indicated the contact info of the Aalto EIT Services project manager in charge: you can get in touch with the managers if you think you would like to apply or if you cannot find a call that suits you.
Call for Innovation / EIT Digital
For new start-ups
Aim to contribute to one of the Strategic areas of EIT Digital:
- Digital Tech - secure IoT, data sovereignty and Artificial Intelligence based solutions
- Digital Cities - “city as a data platform” based solutions for sustainable cities
- Digital Industry - data platform-based sustainable digital industry solutions
- Digital Wellbeing - solutions for quality of life improvement through sensing and data analysis
- Digital Finance - sovereign embedded payment solutions in digital finance
2020 Budget 66.2M€, 42% allocated to innovation
Success rate 17% (2020)
Average innovation budget 565K€
Average co-funding required 30%
Average project duration 1 year
Process
06.4.21 / the call opens
12.5.21 / pre-call deadline
Support
Ida Andersson
+358 504648094
ida.m.andersson@aalto.fi
Call for Innovation / EIT Manufacturing
From TRL 5-7 to TRL 8-9
Aim to boost manufacturing innovation in Europe in the following domains: Human-machine co-working; flexible production; green manufacturing and digital collaborative solutions.
2020 Budget 26.8M€, 43% allocated to innovation
Success rate 59% (BP2020)
Average innovation budget 814K€
Average co-funding required 30%
Average project duration 1 year
Process
01.3.21 / the call opens
31.3.21 / pre-call deadline
14.5.21 / main call deadline
Support
Zoltan Javor
+358 45 3472373
zoltan.javor@aalto.fi
Call for Innovation / EIT Raw Material
From TRL 5 to TRL 7
Aim for breakthrough innovations and radical new ways to address raw materials challenges in the following domains: sustainable discovery and supply; sustainable materials for future mobility; raw materials for circular solutions
2020 Budget 81.7M€, 60% allocated to innovation
Success rate 41% (BP2020)
Average innovation budget 627K€/year
Average co-funding required 30%
Average project duration 3 years
Process
11.3.21 / the call opens
19.4.21 / project registration
03.5.21 / pre-call deadline (TBC)
01.9.21 / final-call deadline (TBC)
Support
Zoltan Javor
+358 45 3472373
zoltan.javor@aalto.fi
Call for Business Innovation 2023 - 2025 / EIT Urban Mobility
This year´s Call for Innovation will topics be as last year: Active Mobility, Sustainable City Logistics, Energy and Mobility, and Future Mobility.
From TRL 6 or TRL 7
Aim to solve urban mobility challenges in European cities.
Innovation funding 300k€ or 1MEUR
Co-funding required 32%
Average project duration 6 monhts of 18 months
Call dealine 28th April 2022
Support
Petri Allekotte
+35850 3440612
petri.allekotte@aalto.fi
You want to take part in the Urban Mobility 2023 call for Innovation?
The EIT Urban Mobility Innovation Days will bring urban mobility key players together to forge new collaborations. This b2match platform provides the opportunity to pitch & showcase project ideas and exchange on complementary capabilities.
The Innovation Days will have a 1-hour, themed events to network, to pitch, to hold table discussions and to directly matchmake. After the formal launch of the first CfP2023-25, additional support sessions will be held focusing on submission guidance, EIT rules, proposal writing, financial sustainability, and the evaluation process itself. After the Innovation Days, the b2match platform will remain active for viewing potential project partners and for networking, until the end of April.
4 Challenge Areas build the thematic core of the event series:
- Active Mobility: 22 February, 10:00 – 11:00h
- Future Mobility: 22 February, 13:00 – 14:00h
- Sustainable City Logistics: 24 February, 10:00 – 11:00h
- Mobility and Energy: 24 February, 13:00 – 14:00h
There will be 1-hour events dedicated to each of these Challenge Areas, including idea pitches, breakout sessions and networking opportunities.
Beyond these 4 events, the following information sessions (info days) will take place:
- EIT Urban Mobility Pre-Call Innovation Day
- Innovation Call Info: RIS Support Session
- Innovation Call Info: Meet the Cities
- Official Call for Innovation Launch
- Innovation Call Info: Guidance, Rules and Evaluation Process on Innovation
- PLAZA Training: Introduction to the proposal submission tool
- Innovation Call Info: Making Financial Sustainability work for your proposal
- Innovation Call Info: Tips & Pointers for Proposal Writing
EIT Urban Mobility Innovation Days
Register https://eit-urban-mobility-matchmaking-event.b2match.io/
Or contact Aalto EIT Services project manager Petri Allekotte 050 3440612 petri.allekotte@aalto.fi
Below you will find a recap table with all the important dates for the above calls.
| EIT Urban Mobility Call | ||||
| 28.2.2022 | Call opens | |||
| 28.4.2022 | Call deadline | |||
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