EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative Call for Training Proposals 2025

The EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative Call for Training Proposals 2025 is designed to engage a wide array of organisations committed to pioneering the future of deep tech education and skill development across Europe.

This Call is seeking proposals from organisations looking to expand or enhance upon existing deep tech training programmes. Improvements may include digitalisation, enhancing accessibility, scaling up, fostering international collaboration, localising content to different languages, establishing new academia-industry-NGO-government partnerships, or updating programmes with more ambitious and impactful KPIs, among other.

Objectives

• The Call for Training Proposals 2025 has three main objectives:
  • Increase the number of people trained in deep tech in Europe. These should come from the following learner categories covered by the Initiative:
    • Students of Higher Education with a need for more specialised training in deep tech;
    • Adult learners in companies and on the job market who need additional skills in deep tech.
  • Expand, improve and diversify the EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative training catalogue;
  • Foster collaboration between the EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative Pledgers (400 as of February 2025)

Focus Areas

• Applications must focus on enhancing, improving, expanding, or updating deep tech training content and programmes across any of the 15 deep tech areas covered by the EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative:
  • Advanced Computing/Quantum Computing
  • Advanced Manufacturing
  • Advanced Materials
  • Aerospace, Automotive and Remote Sensing
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, including Big Data
  • Biotechnology and Life Sciences
  • Communications and Networks, including 5G
  • Cybersecurity and Data Protection
  • Electronics and Photonics
  • Internet of Things, W3C, Semantic Web
  • Robotics
  • Semiconductors (microchips)
  • Sustainable Energy and Clean Technologies
  • Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Metaverse
  • Web 3.0, including Blockchain, Distributed Ledgers, NFTs

Funding Information

• Through this call, the Initiative has allocated maximum funding of up to €1 million, with each consortium able to request up to €60k.

Eligibility Criteria

• The EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative Call for Training Proposals 2025 is open to all types of legal entities who wish to commit to pioneering the future of deep technology education and skill development across Europe.
• Proposals must involve a consortium of at least two entities, coming from at least 2 different eligible countries, and respecting the following conditions:
  • At least one partner must come from a Member State (MS).
  • The other partner can be from either MS or Associated Countries (AC).
• Additionally, all applicants must have signed the EIT Deep Tech Talent Initiative Pledge and become Pledgers (have their pledge submitted) as early as possible and no later than 10 working days before the call deadline.
• Eligible Countries:
  • EU Member State countries
  • The Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States
  • The countries associated with Horizon Europe and the low- and middle-income countries.

For more information, visit EIT.