Funding competition Horizon Europe Guarantee - EIT KICs 2023
This funding route is to deliver the UK Government’s Horizon Europe guarantee. Specifically, it covers funding for UK partners involved in EIT-KIC activities in the 2023 calendar year.
- Competition opens: Friday 12 May 2023
- Competition closes: Tuesday 31 December 2024 7:00pm
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Competition sections
Description
The ’Horizon Europe guarantee’ scheme provides funding to researchers and innovators unable to receive their Horizon Europe funding while the UK is in the process of associating to the programme.
The guarantee is a short-term measure intended to address the delays in the formalisation of the UK’s association to Horizon Europe.
This guarantee covers the costs of EIT-eligible activities delivered by UK participants of the KICs in 2021, 2022, and 2023 that would otherwise have been covered by grant funding awarded by EIT.
This funding route is for EIT-eligible activities carried out by UK partners involved in EIT-KIC activities where relevant costs will be incurred in calendar year 2023.
Funding type
Horizon Europe Guarantee
Project size
Not applicable.
Who can apply
You will be eligible to register with UKRI for the Horizon Europe guarantee through this route if you:
- are a UK-based organisation which will carry out an EIT-KIC approved project
- will incur relevant costs during the 2023 calendar year.
Scope
This competition will cover the costs of EIT-eligible activities delivered by UK participants of the KICs that would otherwise have been covered by grant funding awarded by EIT.
This will apply for EIT-eligible activities where relevant costs will be incurred in calendar year 2023.
Note that costs for subsequent calendar years are outside the scope of the guarantee.
- 12 May 2023
- Competition opens
- 25 April 2024 11:01am
- Applicants notified
- 31 December 2024 7:00pm
- Competition closes
How to apply
Text update 12 October 2023: We have updated the project finances section regarding how to record costs breakdown.
Text update 15 April 2024: We have updated the title of the question 'UK funding contribution applied for (GBP)' to 'total amount of grant funding requested (GBP)' to align with other Horizon Europe Guarantee competitions.
Please submit one application for each KIC in which your organisation is involved. Each application should cover all of your projects or activities for that KIC.
The application is split into 3 sections:
- Project details
- Application questions
- Finances
Accessibility and inclusion
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to making our application process accessible to everyone. This includes providing support, in the form of reasonable adjustments, for people who have a disability or a long-term condition and face barriers applying to us. Read more on how we are making our application process more accessible and inclusive for everyone.
You must contact us as early as possible in the application process. We recommend contacting us at least 15 working days before the competition closing date to ensure we can provide you with the most suitable support possible.
You can contact us by emailing support@iuk.ukri.org or calling 0300 321 4357. Our phone lines are open from 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays).
Application details
The lead applicant must complete this section. Give your project’s title, start date and duration.
For additional guidance on filling in this section please refer to the following link ‘How to apply for guarantee funding for EIT-KICs 2023 activities’.
Application title
Please enter the title of the project, or “2023 [Name of KIC] activities” if covering multiple activities
Estimated timescales
You must enter a date in the future. If your project has already started at the time of submission to UKRI, there is a question later in application process where you can provide the actual start date. The Grant Offer Letter will be issued listing the actual date as the project start date and using the duration entered here.
Duration
Only costs that will be incurred in 2023 are eligible for this part of the guarantee, therefore the maximum duration is 12 months and cannot extend beyond 31 December 2023.
Application questions
For these questions you will require:
- a supporting letter from your KIC
- proof of success. This must include either a grant agreement issued by the KIC for 2023 and/or an alternative proof of success. Suitable alternative evidence could include an official letter or email from the KIC confirming that your project was approved through the EIT-KIC’s usual processes
- if applicable, evidence that your KIC has removed any ‘success fee’, share-transfer or equity conditions
Tell us where your organisation is based
Your organisation must be based in the UK
Participating organisation project region
You must select from the multiple choice answers the region in which your project is being carried out.
EIT-KIC identifier
Please select the relevant EIT-KIC that relates to your claim. If your claim is for a cross-KIC activity, please select the KIC that manages your award.
EIT-KIC reference number and supporting letter
Please include either an EIT-KIC grant reference number or a unique identifier from the KIC that relates to your claim.
You must upload as an appendix a supporting letter from your KIC confirming the details of your claim. The KICs have been provided with a template for this letter which must be used for this purpose. This is a mandatory upload and failure to include this may delay your application.
Total amount of grant funding requested (GBP)
Enter the value of the final anticipated EIT contribution for 2023 (in GBP) that you would have received had the UK been associated to Horizon Europe.
Please convert the Euro value confirmed by your KIC in their supporting letter using the maximum exchange rate £1: €1.180720.
Proof of success
You can upload up to three documents supporting your claim as appendices. This must include either a grant agreement issued by the KIC for 2023 and/or an alternative proof of success. Suitable alternative evidence could include an official letter or email from the KIC confirming that your project was approved through the EIT-KIC’s usual processes.
Success fee and equity conditions
Activities that involve the payment of a success fee or that place share-transfer or other equity conditions on the UK partner are not eligible to receive funding from the UK Government’s guarantee. The KIC would need to remove these conditions for the activities to be in scope for the guarantee.
Removal of success fee and equity conditions
If your KIC activities involved ‘success fee’, share-transfer or other equity conditions, please confirm whether your KIC has removed these conditions in order for your activities to be in scope to receive funding from the UK Guarantee. In this case, please upload supporting evidence from your KIC to confirm that these conditions have been removed.
Project finances
Enter your cost breakdown in GBP within the relevant cost categories.
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