Excellence Hubs
Excellence Hubs allow innovation ecosystems in Widening countries and beyond, to team up and create better linkages between academia, business, government and society. This will foster a place-based innovation culture in Widening countries based on a strategic agenda aligned with regional or national smart specialisation strategies, and clearly identified expectations for economic and societal impacts. Projects…
Funding and competition
- 30grants expected (official)
- €1.5M–€4.5MEU contribution per project
- €5Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.
Organisations with a track record in this topic
Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eit Health Ev Munchen | Germany | Other | 6 | 3 | Cross-KIC RI, EIT HEI, HEI Initiative |
| Stichting Climate-Kic International Foundation Amsterdam | Netherlands | Other | 6 | 0 | Cross-KIC RI, EIT HEI, BIOEASTWIDE |
| Eit Culture & Creativity Gmbh Koln | Germany | Company | 6 | 0 | Cross-KIC RI, EIT HEI, HEI Initiative |
| Ethniko Kentro Erevnas Kai Technologikis Anaptyxis Thermi Thessaloniki | Greece | Research organisation | 5 | 1 | BCThubs, COALition, SolarHub |
| Eit Food Heverlee | Belgium | Other | 5 | 1 | Cross-KIC RI, EIT HEI, HEI Initiative |
| Eit Raw Materials Gmbh Berlin | Germany | Company | 4 | 2 | Cross-KIC RI, EIT HEI, HEI Initiative |
| Eit Kic Urban Mobility Sl Barcelona | Spain | Company · SME | 5 | 0 | Cross-KIC RI, EIT HEI, HEI Initiative |
| Eit Food Clc South S.L. Madrid | Spain | Company · SME | 5 | 0 | Cross-KIC RI, EIT HEI, HEI Initiative |
| 28Digital Bruxelles / Brussel | Belgium | Other · SME | 5 | 0 | Cross-KIC RI, EIT HEI, HEI Initiative |
| Lviv Polytechnic National University Lviv | Ukraine | University | 3 | 1 | LASER-PRO, AGRI-BIOCIRCULAR-HUB, INITIATE |
| Turkiye Bilimsel Ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu Ankara | Türkiye | Research organisation | 4 | 1 | SolarHub, Excel4Pro, ECHO |
| Viesoji Istaiga Inovaciju Agentura Vilnius | Lithuania | Public body | 3 | 0 | LASER-PRO, EPIC-X, VALORWIDE |
| Universidade De Coimbra Coimbra | Portugal | University | 2 | 2 | CHAngeing, GeneH |
| Univerza V Ljubljani Ljubljana | Slovenia | University | 3 | 1 | INNO2MARE, BIOEASTWIDE, IFIGENEIA |
| Sveuciliste U Zagrebu Fakultet Elektrotehnike I Racunarstva Zagreb | Croatia | University | 3 | 1 | SeaTecHub, SynGRID, EXCEED-AIR |
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eit Kic Urban Mobility Sl Barcelona | Spain | Company · SME | 5 | 0 | Cross-KIC RI, EIT HEI, HEI Initiative |
| Eit Food Clc South S.L. Madrid | Spain | Company · SME | 5 | 0 | Cross-KIC RI, EIT HEI, HEI Initiative |
| Sustainable Innovations Europe Sl Madrid | Spain | Company · SME | 2 | 0 | BEAMING, BIOEASTWIDE |
| Eit Culture And Creativity South West Sl Barcelona | Spain | Company | 2 | 0 | EIT HEI, HEI Initiative |
| Eit Digital Spain Pozuelo De Alarcon | Spain | Other · SME | 2 | 0 | HEI Initiative, EIT INNOBC |
| Agencia Per A La Competitivitat De La Empresa Barcelona | Spain | Public body | 2 | 0 | GO - SME, RInnoValleys |
| Fundacion Icamcyl Cubillos Del Sil Leon | Spain | Research organisation | 1 | 1 | MOSAIC |
| Fundacio Universitaria Balmes Vic Barcelona | Spain | University | 1 | 0 | AGRI-BIOCIRCULAR-HUB |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 14partners (median)
- 5countries (median)
- 24%of partners are SMEs
Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.
Most similar funded projects
Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.
- METACITIES – MetaCities Excellence Hub in South-Eastern Europe (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-04-01)
- LASER-PRO – Excellent Laser Technologies for the Sustainable Prosperity of Europe (HORIZON · 2025 · HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-07-01)
- BCThubs – Blue Culture Technology Excellence Hubs in EU Widening Member States (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-04-01)
- CHAngeing – Connected Hubs in Ageing: Healthy Living to Protect Cerebrovascular Function (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-04-01)
- SeaTecHub – Croatia-Cyprus Excellence Hub on Eco-Innovative Technologies for Healthy and Productive Seas (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-04-01)
- HERIFORGE – Cultural heritage and immersive technologies for innovation forge (HORIZON · 2024 · HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-07-01)
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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.