WIDENING OPEN CALLS

The Widening participation and spreading excellence component is divided into two destinations. Destination 1: Improved access to Excellence addresses “improving access to excellence” through a portfolio of complementary actions that aim to build up R&I capacities in Widening countries, as well as through national and regional R&I reforms and investments, to enable them to advance to the competitive edge at European and international level. It contributes to the development of a pan European innovation ecosystem and thus to innovation. This portfolio also constitutes the widening dimension of a broader European Excellence Initiative that reaches out beyond this programme as it is implemented in conjunction with ERASMUS+. Destination 2: Attracting and mobilising the best talents supports further progress on the free circulation of knowledge in an upgraded, efficient and effective R&I system. The destination is pursued both at the level of individual researchers e.g., helping to develop the skills that researchers need for excellent science and, connecting all actors across the European Union and at the level of institutions and smaller research teams.