With this award, the Commission aims to champion the uptake and use of EU funded project results, thus boosting their potential to achieve economic, societal, and/or policy impacts.

The uptake of Research and Innovation (R&I) results created under the Framework Programme is important for the programme’s success and is instrumental in contributing towards transformative impacts on the economy, society and policymaking. Impacts are seen as an effect on, change or benefit to the economy, society, culture, public policy or services, health, the environment or quality of life.

The Commission will award on an annual basis a recognition prize to reward beneficiaries that h