Interreg North Sea - Call 3
Research
Funding organisation:
Interreg
What?
The European territorial cooperation programmes, including the Interreg programmes, promote cooperation and economic development across EU Member States. Interreg is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).In the first two calls, interest for funding from Interreg North Sea Region has been especially intense. Due to limited remaining funds, not all priorities are open for call 3.
The programme welcomes the following applications:
- Full applications in all four priorities. Full applications must be based on approved expressions of interest or a rejected full application submitted in Calls 1 or 2.
- Expressions of interest in priority 1.
- Small-scale projects for priorities 1, 3 and 4.
Themes of Interreg North Sea are:
- 1: Robust and smart economies in the North Sea Region
- 1.1 Enhancing research and innovation capacities and the uptake of advanced technologies
- 1.2 Developing sklls for smart specialisation, industrial transition and entrepreneurship
- 2: A green transition in the North Sea Region
- 2.1 Promoting energy efficiency measures & reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- 2.2 Promoting renewable energy
- 2.3 Promoting smart energy systems, storage and grids
- 2.4 Promoting the transition to a circular economy
- 2.5 Promoting sustainable multimodal urban mobility
- 3: A climate resilient North Sea Region
- 3.1 Promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and disaster resilience
- 3.2 Enhancing biodiversity, green infra-structure in the urban environment, and reducing pollution
- 4: Better governance
- 4.1 Better cooperation governance
The spotlight themes 'digitalisation', 'rural-urban linkages' and 'strengh & challenges in the North Sea basin' apply throughout all priorities.
All costs are co-financed at 60% (50% for Norwegian partners).
Who?
Organisations based in the North Sea Region 2021-2027 may apply. This region includes all of Denmark, the Netherlands and Flanders, and parts of Norway, Sweden, Germany and France. However, Norwegian funding is not available for calls 2 and 3, so Norwegian organisations cannot join projects as partners in these calls.For both regular projects and small-scale projects, every partnership must include at least three partners from three different countries.
Interreg North Sea Region has a partner search tool to share your project idea and to enable potential partners to contact your. Or you can browse to consult the project ideas already submitted by others.
Private companies, and in particular SMEs, are welcome but cannot take on a role as lead partner.
Application?
The deadline for submission is Friday, 30 June 17:00 CET.Regulations?
To get started on your application you can consult following guides:Make sure to contact the National Contact Points and project advisors before submitting an application. As always OBI (research@uhasselt.be) needs to be informed and involved in your preparations.
More information?
All information on the call can be consulted here.Deadline
30.06.2023
Contact Hasselt University?
E-mail annelies.stockmans@uhasselt.be
Tel. +3211268070