EU funding

Here, there is information about some of the biggest EU financiers.

Horizon Europe

Horizon Europe is the latest EU framework programme for research and innovation. It has a budget of 95.5 billion Euros over the programme’s seven years time span (2021-2027). The programme has three prioritized areas:

to strenghten EU’s scientific and technological base as well as the European research area,
to support innovation capacity, competitiveness and job creation in the EU,
to provide results pertaining to the questions that are most important for all of us: the protection of our socio-economic model and our values.

Horizon Europe is organized in three pillars:

Pillar 1: Excellent Science

Aims to strengthen and increase the excellence of EU’s scientific base

European Research Council (ERC) – Excellent research undertaken by the best researchers and their teams
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) – Gives researchers new knowledge and skills through mobility and education
Research infrastructures – Integrated and connected world class research infrastructures

Pelare 2: Pillar 2: Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness

Aims to support important technology and solutions that form the basis of EU policies and sustainability goals

Hälsa/Health
Kultur, kreativitet och inkluderande samhällen/Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society
Civil säkerhet för samhället/Civil Security for Society
Digitala frågor, industri och rymden/Digital, Industry and Space
Klimat, energi och mobilitet/Climate, Energy and Mobility
Livsmedel, bioekonomi, naturresurser, jordbruk och miljö /Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Pillar 3: Innovative Europe

Aims to make Europe a frontrunner in market-creating innovation, and also to develop the overall European innovative landscape

Europeiska innovationsrådet - European Innovation Council - Supports groundbreaking and market-creating innovation
Europeiskt ekosystem för innovation - European Innovation Ecosystems - Connections between regional and national innovation actors
Europeiska institutet för innovation och teknik (EIT) - European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) – promotes innovation by fostering the integration of the knowledge triangle of education, research and innovation

For advice and support on applications to Horizon Europe, contact Torbjörn Westerlund or Nina Erkenstam:

Torbjörn Westerlund

Nina Erkenstam

Interreg

Interreg is aimed at stimulating cooperation between regions inside and out of the European Union. There are a number of different programmes under the Interreg-umbrella, all funded by The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

Structural Funds

Money from the structural funds are granted to projects aiming to increase growth and employment in Sweden. Tillväxtverket has by the Swedish government been given the task to manage the regional structural funds programmes in Sweden. Among other things, the money can be used to create strong research and innovation environments, promote increased entrepreneurship, and to promote more effective energy use.

NOTE! MIUN has its own internal routines for applications to the regional structural fund and the national regional fund. All applications are reviewed internally before being sent to Tillväxtverket.

For general information and information about dates, email Karin Olsson at the HUV secretariat or Fanny Burman at the NMT secretariat:

Contact Karin Olsson at the HUV secretariat

Contact Fanny Burman at the NMT secretariat

For advice and support relating to applications to Goal 2, get in touch with Grants Office.