2nd REINFORCING Open Call (Incubators Call) on Balkans

REINFORCING supports organizations and institutions in Europe to transition to a new paradigm where responsibility and openness drive research and innovation processes. In order to make the green and digital transitions fair and inclusive, institutions and territories need to shift to more open and transparent R&I practices in which all actors share responsibility to develop services and products that are acceptable, sustainable and bring social satisfaction.

The Open and Responsible Research and Innovation (ORRI) approach promotes collaborative efforts. From sharing research outputs as early as possible to engaging citizens in co-creation processes, R&I should be open to the whole society.

To support this change, REINFORCING has ring-fenced funding for 96 grants - between 20,000 and 60,000 euros- to invite institutions from around Europe to develop projects aiming at implementing new modes of doing R&I that drive more just transitions.

This call is the second of 7 that the project is launching for cascading grants, and it supports territories and organisations experimenting with ORRI for the first time (ORRI Incubators Open Calls). The goal of this Incubators Call is to strengthen ORRI within the Balkan area (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia), engaging institutions to commit to understanding and implementing ORRI principles and practices.

In this call, projects proposed by small consortia of at least two participating organisations will be funded. The consortium should include at least 2 entities based in EU countries (Member State or associated country), including their outermost regions or associated countries eligible to receive HEU grants, provided that the applicants are not covered by the Council sanctions in force. At least one of the entities should be based or operating in the Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia) and should be the main beneficiary with most of the activities conducted at its premises.

The deadline for submission of applications is 30 May 2024, 17:00 CEST.

More details about the call can be found here.