EUBoost – boosting private sector EU-funding

The project aims for more RDI funding for companies in Central Ostrobothnia.
EUBoost – boosting private sector EU-funding

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Project duration
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Core fields of research
Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius
Research areas
Renewal of industries and business life
Information Technology
Business Studies
Consortium project
Co-operation
Centria University of Applied Sciences, City of Kokkola, City of Kannus, Regional Council of Central Ostrobothnia
Faculty
Kokkolan yliopistokeskus Chydenius

Project description

Project goals and results

Companies live in a constantly changing operating environment. New, Europe-wide and also globally identified development trends, such as the green economy, double transition, combating climate change, energy transition, digitization, robotization, health aspects, etc., bring new challenges to the operations of companies and require investments to generate new innovations.

The goal of the EUBoost project is to significantly increase the number of companies from the Central Ostrobothnia region participating in Horizon Europe and other direct EU applications and the volume of their RDI funding. This is aimed at by sharing the EU know-how of the project implementers and by encouraging and guiding companies to join EU projects. Companies are brought up-to-date information about their potential to participate in projects by bringing to the fore concrete grassroots information about different application processes and funding channels, as well as practical lessons for operating in these.

The project therefore develops know-how related to EU applications and creates a regional operating model for how innovations are generated and utilized within the European Union's research and innovation framework. Based on the experience gathered during the project, innovation activities are organized in the region and a network of experts with a common goal and identified responsibilities and roles is created to obtain international funding (TKI service concept). The operation will also be maintained after the project by the area's business development organizations and research institutes.

With the project, the region's active innovation activity and the competence clusters created around it will be made nationally and internationally visible. For its part, this raises the profile of the region and attracts a skilled workforce in the future as well. 

Project consortium

  • Centria University of Applied Sciences (main implementer)
  • University of Jyväskylä, Kokkola University Consortium Chydenius (partial implementer) 

Project funding

The project consortium's total funding is €498,841

The University Consortium's funding totals €229,283

  • A renewing and competent Finland 2021–2027 EU regional and structural policy program, Just Transition Fund (JTF) / Council of Central Ostrobothnia €183,430
  • Self-financing of the University Consortium €28,987
  • City of Kokkola €14,960
  • City of Kannus €1,906

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