EIC Communities Call for Thematic Experts

EBN is looking to select three organisations, one for each of the sectors covered by the project: CleanTech, Industry and Health, to collaborate as experts in various project implementation activities. EU|BIC community members are invited to submit their applications for this expression of interest.

EIC Communities project

What is EIC Communities project?

Consortium: EIC Communities is a support action awarded within Horizon Europe, coordinated by APRE (IT) and implemented together with EBN (BE), EurA (PT) and ICONS (IT).

Objective: The objective is to increase both the visibility and impact of the EIC-funded projects by stimulating synergies and innovation breakthroughs.

The EIC Communities project funded under the European Innovation Council (EIC) will create three thematic Communities of Practice (CoP) in the CleanTech, Industry and Health sectors. It aims to co-create diverse online and physical activities, materials and tools that encourage multidisciplinary interactions among EIC portfolios.

These activities, including matchmaking sessions, workshops, and interactive academies, will foster collaboration among projects and build sustainable networks around portfolios.

The goal is to propel future technologies and innovations, driving us towards a more connected and innovative future, together to promote broad, diverse and gender-inclusive deep tech communities.

Thematic Communities of Practice and Sub-topics

The EIC projects selected to participate in the CoP align with the specified sub-topics.

Industry

• Awareness & Consciousness (in robotics) through AI
• Sustainable materials & Manufacturing for Micro nanoelectronics
• Enabling Space Technologies
• Space Debris Sustainability

Cleantech

• Novel technologies for resilient agriculture
• Building materials
• Energy (conversion-production, storage, use/efficiency)
• Environment (Carbon-capture-conversion (CCU), Nitrogen conversion, environmental intelligence)
• Emerging cleantech: Renewable Fuels and Chemicals (H2 technology (production, storage, use) etc.)

Health

• DNA Storage
• Neurotech
• Cleantech
• Novel technologies for resilient agriculture
• Building materials
• Energy (conversion-production, storage, use/efficiency)
• Environment (Carbon-capture-conversion (CCU), Nitrogen conversion, environmental intelligence)
• Emerging cleantech: Renewable Fuels and Chemicals (H2 technology (production, storage, use) etc.)

Available Budget

Each organisation selected and assigned to a specific topic (Industry, Cleantech, or Health) will be eligible to receive 10,000€ to be received upon the delivery of the activities and their reports. This financial support is intended for engaging an expert or several experts who will actively contribute to the design, coordination, implementation, and delivery of activities.

Additionally, the allocated funds will cover the expert’s involvement in report writing during the period from April 2024 to February 2026 (four activity reports Funded by the European Union 5 per CoP and one Best Practice collection report as per the template provided by EBN Secretariat team members)

Full Expression of Interest