Only one project funded under the 2025 call Regional Innovation Valleys in Widening Countries

In the Implementing co-funded action plans for connected regional innovation valleys in widening countries (HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-05) call, only two proposals coordinated by Hungarian entities were submitted. Of these, only one project was selected for funding: IVAIRA (Regional Innovation Valleys for AI-Driven Regional Acceleration), coordinated by the Hungarian Innovation Agency.  

The main objective of the call was to support the creation of efficient, open, inclusive and connected European innovation ecosystems (regional valleys) in line with the New European Innovation Agenda. The EC intended to support a total of 4 projects in the work programme, each with a financial contribution of approximately EUR 5-8 million. This is a co-fund type of project, i.e. the EU contribution will cover only 50% of the eligible costs.