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European Commission Vice-President
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Call for Proposals 2025
The EIT Higher Education Initiative’s Call for Proposals 2025 opened earlier in the year and has now closed. The call offered up to €2 million per project to strengthen innovation…
Find out moreCall for Proposals 2024
This call for proposals allows higher education institutions and business partners across Europe to collaborate on innovative projects, transforming higher education institutions into hubs for innovation and entrepreneurship
Find out moreCall for Proposals 2022
Building on the success of our previous two calls, the third call for proposals invited higher education institutions to design activities that will improve their entrepreneurial and innovation capacity.
Find out moreCall for Proposals March 2021
As part of the EIT’s Higher Education Initiative, in March 2021 the EIT announced a Pilot Call for Proposals, inviting higher education institutions to design activities that will improve their…
Find out moreCall for Proposals November 2021
After the success of the Pilot Call, the EIT’s Higher Education Initiative has announced a second call for proposals, inviting higher education institutions to design activities that will improve their…
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