EIT HEI Initiative Call for Proposals 2024

The call aims to fund up to 42 projects, with a duration of 25 months and a budget of EUR 1.34 million per project. The applicants will need to select one of the following strands to apply to:

•  Strand A: Innovation and entrepreneurship capacity building at higher education institutions (HEIs).
• Strand B: Innovation and entrepreneurship capacity building at HEIs for the enhancement of Deep Tech.

Eligible applying consortia to the EIT HEI Initiative Call for Proposals 2024 must consist of a minimum of five full (funded) partner organisations, and comply with the following criteria: 

• minimum three full partner HEIs, from three different countries;
• one of the full partner HEIs must be the Project Coordinator;
• minimum two HEIs must be a ‘new’ partner (i.e., didn’t participate in an EIT HEI Initiative Cohort 1, 2 or 3 project);
• minimum one business partner.

 Organisations are encouraged to start preparing their application by reading the full call text and to connect with partners on the dedicated networking platform. Consortia will have until 12 December 2024, 17:00 CET, to submit their applications. The selected projects will be announced in April 2025. 

To guide applicants through the process, a series of online info sessions will be held:

• 2 October 2024: Overview of EIT HEI Initiative Call for Proposals 2024
• 7 October 2024: Introduction to HEInnovate
• 8 October 2024: MEL Framework and the Impact Domains and Actions
• 9 October 2024: Application Expectations and the IVAP
• 15 October 2024: KPI Expectations
• 17 October 2024: Role and opportunities for previous EIT HEI Initiative participants
• 29 October 2024: Applying to Strand B: I+E for the enhancement of deep tech
• 5 November 2024: Open Q&A session

Further details are available on the call for proposals page.