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Page shows the 2024 competition cycle only (closed June 11, 2024; winners announced March 11, 2025). No 2025 edition or new call is described on this page despite the grant name referencing '2025'.
European Social Innovation Competition 2025 is sponsored by European Commission. The European Social Innovation Competition 2025 is a grant from the European Commission that funds early-stage social innovation ideas addressing major societal challenges across Europe.
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The European Social Innovation Competition - European Innovation Council The European Social Innovation Competition A beacon for social innovators across Europe, rewarding early-stage ideas for a better society On 11 March 2025, during the Social Innovation Network Forum in Brussels, the European Commission has announced the winners of the 2024’s challenge: “Digital Democracy” .
The European Social Innovation Competition (EUSIC) acknowledges social innovation as a powerful approach for responding to societal challenges. Find out more about the winning projects on the dedicated page: The European Social Innovation Competition (EUSIC) 2024: the winners The competition supports innovators to develop their ideas into working solutions and facilitates a network of radical innovators shaping our society.
This prize acknowledges the social innovation as a potent approach for responding to societal challenges. Launched in 2013 in memory of social innovation pioneer Diogo Vasconcelos, the European Social Innovation Competition (EUSIC) awards three prizes for the best socially innovative projects for a more inclusive, just, and sustainable Europe. Learn more about the history of the competition .
The European Social Innovation Competition 2024 will focus on social innovation in ‘Digital Democracy’. The European Social Innovation Competition (EUSIC) aims at stimulating the potential of social innovation to provide solutions to societal challenges and to foster sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe.
This competition looks for new entrepreneurial solutions responding to the most burning social needs, creating social relationships and enabling new collaborations in an innovative way and bringing effective solutions to systemic social challenges.
This competition is open, among others, to non-profit and for-profit organisations, such as entrepreneurs and social enterprises, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), educational institutions and universities. The prize attracts a great number of applicants each year.
Past editions topics were the following: Fighting energy poverty – Repower EU (2023), Affordable housing districts (2022), Skills for tomorrow - Shaping a green and digital future (2021), Reimagine Fashion (2020), Challenging Plastic Waste (2019), Re:think Local (2018), Equality Rebooted (2017), Integrated Futures (2016), New Ways to Grow (2015), The Job Challenge (2014), and New forms of work (2013).
Three winners will be rewarded with a prize of EUR 75 000, EUR 50 000, and EUR 25 000 for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd ranked winners. The 2024 call for proposals is now closed. The deadline for applications was 11 June 2024, 17:00 CET.
You can consult the EIC Work Programme 2024 featuring the full EUSIC call text . Any natural person or legal entity can apply to the category, as long as they: are established in one of the EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories, (OCTs)) or an Associated Country to Horizon Europe.
The proposed solutions or activities contained in the application must have taken place in an EU Member State (including overseas countries and territories, OCTs) or in an Associated Country to Horizon Europe. Please consult the following documents before submitting your application through the links above.
Innovation for affordable & sustainable housing districts Skills for tomorrow - Shaping a green and digital future Challenging Plastic Waste For more information please contact us at EISMEA-EUSIC ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (EISMEA-EUSIC[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) .
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Open to social innovators from EU Member States and Horizon Europe associated countries. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows €75,000 for the winner; €50,000 and €25,000 for runners-up. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
European Social Innovation Competition 2025 is funded by European Commission. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
This listing is flagged as international in scope. Check the official notice for country-specific restrictions before applying.
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