Call: Social Innovation: Better mobility of older people

Logo
Programme	Horizon 2020
Acronym	H2020
Type of Fund	Action programme
Description of programme "Horizon 2020"	Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme with nearly 80 billion € of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020). Apart from classic research projects, Horizon 2020 also funds innovation projects and pilot-projects in different fields. The programme is divided into three different sections: Excellent Science Industrial Leadership Societal Challenges
Link	Link to Programme
Description of programme "Horizon Prizes"	Horizon Prizes are challenge prizes (also known as 'inducement' prizes) which offer a cash reward to whoever can most effectively meet a defined challenge. They act as an incentive for innovation. They prescribe the goal but not who the innovator should be or how the goal should be achieved.
Call	Social Innovation: Better mobility of older people
Description of call "Social Innovation: Better mobility of older people"	The aim of the prize is to improve the mobility of older people by providing innovative mobility solutions allowing them to maintain independence and actively participate in social life. The solutions proposed should represent significant long-term improvements for specific target groups, such as elderly people living in isolated areas, or older persons with reduced mobility in urban areas. Applicants should also explain their solution’s impact with respect to the creation of new market opportunities and jobs e.g. in innovative small companies, transport operators, social economy start-ups or NGOs at local, regional or national level.
Link	Link to Call
Thematic Focus	Mobility, Services, Innovation, Social affairs, Transport
Funding area	EU Member States Albania / Shqipëria Austria / Österreich Belgium / Belgique-België Bulgaria / България Croatia / Hrvatska Cyprus / Κύπρος Czech Republic / Česká Republika Denmark / Danmark Estonia / Eesti Finland / Suomi France Germany / Deutschland Greece / Ελλάδα (Ellada) Hungary / Magyarország Iceland / Ísland Ireland / Ireland Italy / Italia Latvia / Latvija Lithuania / Lietuva Luxembourg / Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора Netherlands / Nederland North Macedonia / Северна Македонија Norway / Norge Poland / Polska Portugal / Portugal Romania / România Serbia / Сpбија Slovakia / Slovensko Slovenia / Slovenija Spain / España Sweden / Sverige Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera Turkey / Türkiye United Kingdom
Origin of Applicant	EU Member States Albania / Shqipëria Bosnia and Herzegovina Iceland / Ísland Moldova Montenegro / Crna Gora/Црна Гора North Macedonia / Северна Македонија Norway / Norge Serbia / Сpбија Switzerland / Schweiz / Suisse / Svizzera Turkey / Türkiye Ukraine / Україна Oukraïna Others
Eligible applicants	Research Institution, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees), NGO / NPO, Public Services, Start Up Company, University, Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined), Association, Other, Education and Training Centres
Applicant details	The contest is open to all legal entities (i.e. natural or legal persons) or groups of legal entities. Joint applications by a group of participants are admitted. In this case, the participants must appoint a 'lead participant' to represent them towards the Commission.
Further info	The page-limit for Part B is 20 pages. In addition to a written application, applicants are also encouraged to prepare a short video (max. duration 4 minutes, max. file size 3 GB) supporting their application, with the understanding that this video, if submitted, will be viewed by jury members and may be made public by the Commission (either the entire video or parts thereof), e.g. through websites. Contestants register by sending email to RTD-SOCIAL-INNOVATION-PRIZE@ec.europa.eu Deadline for Registration: 31.07.2018
Type of Funding	Prizes
Financial details	prizebudget: 2 Mio. € 1. prize: 1 Mio. € 4 other awards of 250 000 € each
Submission	Participant Portal Submission Service
Contact Details	SANDOR Dusan Policy Analyst Dusan.SANDOR@ec.europa.eu Link to the National Contact Point Finder.