22 Jan 2025
130 applications submitted to 2024 EIT Higher Education Initiative
The 2024 EIT Higher Education Initiative received a response of 130 applications, involving 1,480 organisations from 55 countries. The EIT Higher Education Initiative helps higher education institutions build their innovation capacity and drive economic and societal impact. The initiative is built on collaborative relationships with industry partners, research institutes, governmental organisations and more.
The current call attracted 677 higher education institutions, 475 businesses and industry partners, and 328 other organisations, including research institutes, public bodies, and NGOs from all EU Member States and beyond, with strong participation from regions covered by the EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS), as well as non-EU countries from Latin America and Africa. Notably, 59 out of 65 Alliances under the European Universities Initiative are represented in the applications, demonstrating the growing commitment to cross-border collaboration in innovation.
As a next step, the proposals will be evaluated and the selected projects will be announced in spring 2025.
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