📋 Tender Overview
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology EIT launched the HEI Initiative on March 24 2021 to build innovation capacities in the higher education sector. It aims to help higher education institutions build innovation capacity and instill innovation and entrepreneurship by reviewing their own practices and developing concrete measures to increase their impact on their ecosystem.The first round of applications for the pilot initiative HEI Higher Education Institution is open. Activities are funded forSupport of institutional engagement and change of universitiesStrengthening partnerships between universities companies and research institutionsDevelopment of services to support innovation and companiesImproving the quality of business training as well as forCreation and dissemination of knowledge.The organization submitting the proposal must be a higher education institution based in the EU or a country associated with Horizon Europe. This institution makes the application on behalf of all participating organizations involved in the project.The projects are selected as part of a competitive evaluation and selection process. To take part in the call higher education institutions must apply through the EIT website.As part of the pilot call 23 pilot projects are being financed which are to be implemented between 2021 and 2023. The maximum total budget per project is 1.2 million euros divided as follows 400000 euros for phase 1 July - December 2021 and 800000 euros for phase 2 January 2022 - July 2023.
