Stimulating and Connecting the FINEST Experimentation Practices and Spaces

Acronym

FINEX

Description of the granted funding

The FINEX project builds on key innovation actors driving the green and digital transition - EIT Digital (Europe's largest digital innovation ecosystem), EIT Climate KIC (Europe’s largest climate innovation agency and community), the Cleantech Group (the world's leading authority on cleantech innovation) - pairing them with world-class cross-border Research & Innovation centres of excellence, who have been deploying experimentation testbed, living labs, sandboxes, and acceleration tools to turn leading research into market ready innovations - FINEST CoE, KIOS CoE and GATE CoE - as well as, Lithuania’s leading Cleantech innovation ecosystem - Sunrise Valley Science and Technology Park (STP) - a perfect place for innovative technological enterprises to establish and develop businesses, and Riga Technical university (RTU) - the largest Latvian university, leader of the EIT Climate-KIC Hub Latvia, also soon to be a EIT Digital Centre, and with a specific specialised ‘Innovation Ecosystem Development Unit’ a leading actor in local and national digital and cleantech technologies innovation ecosystems with various international education, business support, research and networking programmes. Key Objectives of the FINEX project are: 1. To stimulate and interconnect the six targeted Innovation ecosystems as Europe’s Cleantech powerhouse, enhancing their gender-inclusiveness, openness, competitiveness, and global potential. 2. To jointly develop world-class experimentation spaces and the promotion of a better aligned EU regulatory, fiscal and legal framework. 3. To identify and support Cleantech domains and innovators requiring the development of experimentation spaces capable of supporting the quick deployment of disruptive and novel Deep Tech and solutions with the potential to help Europe achieve Climate and Industrial leadership.
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Starting year

2024

End year

2026

Granted funding

110 340.63 €
Participant
CLEANTECH GROUP FRANCE (FR)
91 656.25 €
Participant
CLIMATE-KIC HOLDING BV (NL)
106 562.5 €
Participant
EIT DIGITAL (BE)
175 031.25 €
Participant
SAULETEKIO SLENIO MOKSLO IR TECHNOLOGIJU PARKAS (LT)
89 156.25 €
Participant
UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS (CY)
110 062.5 €
Participant
TALLINNA TEHNIKAULIKOOL (EE)
155 718.75 €
Coordinator
SOFIA UNIVERSITY ST KLIMENT OHRIDSKI (BG)
69 937.5 €
Participant
RIGAS TEHNISKA UNIVERSITATE (LV)
91 529.69 €
Participant

Amount granted

999 995 €

Funder

European Union

Funding instrument

HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions

Framework programme

Horizon Europe (HORIZON)

Call

Programme part
European innovation ecosystems (11743)
Topic
Stimulating Experimentation Practices (HORIZON-EIE-2023-CONNECT-02-01)
Call ID
HORIZON-EIE-2023-CONNECT-02

Other information

Funding decision number

101158370

Identified topics

product, ecosystem, circular economy