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HORIZON EUROPE – The European Capital of Innovation Award (iCapital) – 2025

HORIZON EUROPE – European Innovation Council aims at supporting breakthrough innovations from the laboratory right through to market launch, with three schemes offering funding and support solutions for prizewinners.

2025-06-18
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Call reference HORIZON-EIC-2025-PRIZE-2
Programme Horizon Europe
Institution European Commission
Sectors Buildings & Public Works Culture, Media & Communication Energy Environment & Climate Research & Innovation Social Economy Technology & Digital Transport
Beneficiaries Local Authority & Affiliated Entity State administration & affiliated entities

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Priorities and funded actions

Some Horizon Europe budgets are structured in response to policy ambitions (“destinations”) and deployed through calls for proposals targeting more specific thematic/sector (“Topics”). Thus, your application must be linked to a topic of a call for proposals.

Various categories of projects are eligible:

  • RIA, Research and Innovation Actions: Basic and applied research / Technology development and adoption / Testing and validation of a prototype in the laboratory ;
  • IA, Innovation Actions: Prototypes, tests, demonstrations, pilot projects, market placement. These actions may include limited R&D activities ;
  • CSA, Coordination and Support Actions: Networking, studies & conferences, communication, studies for new research infrastructures ;
  • MSCA, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions / ERC individual grants: Training networks for researchers, Individual grants for experienced researchers, Staff exchange – mobility for researchers and non-scientific staff.

In addition, calls specify the categories of eligible beneficiaries:

  • Collaborative projects, composed of a coordinator and several partners organisations (consortium) ;
  • Single-beneficiary projects, involving a single organization ;
  • Individual scholarships, open to natural persons in their own name with their home institution.

TOPICS:

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  • HORIZON-EIC-2025-PRIZE-2-01: The European Capital of Innovation Award (iCapital)
  • HORIZON-EIC-2025-PRIZE-2-02: The European Capital of Innovation Awards (Rising)

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  • Budget per topic:
    • HORIZON-EIC-2025-PRIZE-2-01: 1.200.000 euro
    • HORIZON-EIC-2025-PRIZE-2-02: 600.000 euro