HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-32

Piloting communities of expert facilitators to improve industry-academia-public sector co-creation (CSA) -

Call text (as on F&T portal)

Expected Outcome:

Proposals are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

Strengthen the base for industry-academia collaboration in the higher education institutions in the European Union and Associated Countries and help fostering skills addressing industry and public sector needs;
Facilitate industry and SMEs to capitalise on the diversity of R&I talents, skills and cultures across the European Union and Associated Countries and spread novel approaches for industry-academia-public sector co-creation in cross-border manner;
Boost valorisation of excellent research results and innovation, i.e. transforming them into sustainable solutions with economic and social value.

Scope:

There is a clear need to improve industry-academia interactions in Europe[1] and enhance knowledge valorisation[2] in innovation ecosystems. The role of intermediaries, e.g. industry clusters, science and innovation parks which can provide a collaboration platform and facilitate co-creation is relevant in this context. Methodologies for improved industry-academia co-creation through expert facilitation offer possibilities for higher education institutions to better meet the needs for innovation from the industry, business side and public sector. The diverse pool of R&I talents at the higher education institutions across Europe constitutes a vast source for creativity which should be fully capitalised for innovation.[3]

This action will pilot communities of expert facilitators for increasing knowledge exchange and co-creation between industry, academia and public sector and help matching the supply and demand for innovation. This action will link professionals in industry-academia-public sector collaboration, build communities of expert facilitators for industry-academia co-creation and disseminate best practices and know-how for demand-driven industry-academia collaboration across Europe. This will include training a wider community of expert facilitators in higher education institutions across Europe.

This action should integrate appropriate Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) disciplines, with appropriate experts and/or partners, in order to produce outcomes enhancing its societal impact. Particular attention should be paid to promoting gender-responsive and inclusive research and innovation outputs.

This action could also explore complementarities with already existing instruments in the field of university-business cooperation, such as the EIT Knowledge Innovation Communities, EIT HEI Initiative, Erasmus+ Alliances for Innovation, European Skills Agenda and relevant national and regional activities.

[1] Council conclusions on "Accelerating knowledge circulation in the EU" adopted on 29 May 2018; SRIP Report - Science, Research and Innovation Performance of the EU 2020.

[2] Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/2122 of 26 November 2021 on a Pact for Research and Innovation in Europe (ST/13701/2021/INIT)

[3] Policy Report “Towards a 2030 Vision on the Future of Universities in Europe” https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/towards-2030-vision-future-universities-field-ri-europe_en

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2023-08-11

EVALUATION RESULTS

Call for proposals: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01

Deadline: 29 March 2023

Available budget: EUR 55,000,000.00

The results of the evaluation are as follows:

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 74

Number of inadmissible proposals: 1

Number of ineligible proposals: 3

Number of above-threshold proposals: 42

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: EUR 114,347,753.88

We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.

Please note that the number of proposals that can finally be funded will depend on the finally available budget and the formal selection by the Commission.

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Call for proposals: HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01

Deadline: 29 March 2023

A total of 74 proposals were submitted in response to this call.

The number of proposals for each topic is shown below:

HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-31: Toolbox for efficient IP licensing for market uptake and societal value creation (HORIZON-CSA)

5 proposals submitted (indicative topic budget: 2 EUR million)

HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-32: Piloting communities of expert facilitators to improve industry-academia-public sector co-creation (HORIZON-CSA)

7 proposals submitted (indicative topic budget: 2 EUR million)

HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-33: Fostering knowledge valorisation through societal and cultural interactions (HORIZON-CSA)

4 proposals submitted (indicative topic budget: 5 EUR million)

HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-51: Pilots for an innovative human-centric industry (HORIZON-RIA)

7 proposals submitted (indicative topic budget: 10 EUR million)

HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-52: Drivers and success factors for progress towards Industry 5.0 (HORIZON-RIA)

6 proposals submitted (indicative topic budget: 4 EUR million)

HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-53: Localised and Urban Manufacturing, supporting creativity and the New European Bauhaus(HORIZON-RIA)

9 proposals submitted (indicative topic budget: 10 EUR million)

HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-54: Green and digital skills and training needs for a just transition (HORIZON-CSA)

10 proposals submitted (indicative topic budget: 2.5 EUR million)

HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-62: Boosting industrial symbiosis by standardisation (HORIZON-CSA)

2 proposals submitted (indicative topic budget: 2 EUR million)

HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-63: Provide for a strong and sustainable pool of experts for European Standardisation: attract the students of university/HEI (HORIZON-CSA)

3 proposals submitted (indicative topic budget: 3 EUR million)

HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-64: Pre-normative research and standardisation in industrial ecosystems (HORIZON-CSA)

3 proposals submitted (indicative topic budget: 8 EUR million)

HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-91: International Hub for Digital Partnerships in the Indo-Pacific (HORIZON-CSA)

5 proposals submitted (indicative topic budget: 2.5 EUR million)

HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-92: R&I cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa (HORIZON-CSA)

7 proposals submitted (indicative topic budget: 2 EUR million)

HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-93: R&I cooperation with Latin America (Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and other countries in the BELLA network or members of RedClara) (HORIZON-CSA)

6 proposals submitted (indicative topic budget: 2 EUR million)