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European Commission launches Horizon Impact Award 2022

20. Jan 2022

The European Commission has a launched a new edition of the Horizon Impact Award, a prize dedicated to EU-funded projects whose results have created societal impact across Europe and beyond.
This prize aims to illustrate the wider socio-economic benefits of EU investment in research and innovation and to encourage and inspire project beneficiaries to use their research results to create value for the society at large. It acknowledges and rewards the most impactful project results under Horizon 2020 (2014-2020) and its predecessor, the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP7, 2007-2013).
 
A maximum of six award winners will receive a monetary price of EUR 25.000 each. The price amount as well as the number of possible winners has been raised compared to the two previous pilot editions of the award in 2019 and 2020.
 
The prize will highlight concrete achievements that have a demonstrable value for society, and will celebrate the people who made it happen. The contest is open only to FP7 and Horizon 2020 projects that have ended by the close of the contest and that can provide proof of their impact.
 
The contest is open for applications until 8 March 2022. The winners will be announced at a dedicated award ceremony in Brussels in 2022.
 
Horizon Impact Award 2022
European Commission press release
Horizon Impact Award - previous editions