CORDIS · WISE
From WIdening to urban Sustainability innovation and Excellence
- Code
WISE- Programme
- HORIZON
- Call
HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-01-ACCESS-01- Status
- SIGNED
- Period
- 2026-09-01 – 2030-08-31
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Participants
| Organisations | Role | Country | Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERZA NA PRIMORSKEM UNIVERSITA DEL LITORALE | coordinator | SI | 742 210 € |
| UNIVERSIDADE CATOLICA PORTUGUESA | participant | PT | 673 910 € |
| VYTAUTO DIDZIOJO UNIVERSITETAS | participant | LT | 629 120 € |
| UNIWERSYTET SLASKI W KATOWICACH | participant | PL | 602 729 € |
| UNIVERSITAT DES SAARLANDES | participant | DE | 414 721 € |
| UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE | participant | IT | 309 922 € |
| SOFIA UNIVERSITY ST KLIMENT OHRIDSKI | participant | BG | 270 200 € |
| EESTI KUNSTIAKADEEMIA | participant | EE | 216 685 € |
| UNIVERSITE JEAN MONNET | participant | FR | 214 206 € |
| MARIUPOL STATE UNIVERSITY | participant | UA | 203 489 € |
| UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE | participant | ES | 202 931 € |
| REGIONALNA RAZVOJNA AGENCIJA - LJUBLJANSKE URBANE REGIJE ZAVOD | participant | SI | 115 838 € |
| iQwood d.o.o. | participant | SI | 111 696 € |
| Kreisstadt Saarlouis | participant | DE | 98 402 € |
| INNOVAWOOD ASBL | participant | BE | 97 938 € |
| AISPECO, UAB | participant | LT | 80 938 € |
Description
WISE builds on the strategic framework of the Transform4Europe (T4EU) University Alliance to accelerate R&I integration between Widening and Advanced partners, in a 4-year, €4.98M project. WISE focuses on urban sustainability as a unifying, high-impact domain for the EU and consortium partners, and a test-bed for piloting EU excellence frameworks that can be scaled across other domains and universities. WISE gathers 16 organisations, incl. 11 HEIs (7 Widening, 4 Advanced) and 5 non-academic partners, structured in a quadruple-helix. WISE is set to:i) Raise scientific excellence & knowledge valorisation. WISE implements institutional reforms targeting CoARA implementation and RMA professionalization in 6-7 HEIs by 2030, while introducing a foresight-driven governance to align roadmaps that anticipate emerging R&I trends.ii) Improve global competitiveness & visibility of HEIs by creating critical mass in urban sustainability. WISE runs 3 cross-border/-sectoral seed projects engaging 12 partners and delivering ≥6 OA publications, ≥9 KERs and a strong pipeline of EU proposals. It also fosters lasting cooperation across academia, industry, public authorities and civil society by formalizing a Community of Practice connecting HEIs to local, regional, national and international R&I ecosystems.iii) Improve researchers careers. WISE promotes transferable skills and balanced talent circulation via a Skills Academy with 39 training modules and 16 mobility schemes for ≥900 staff. It also embeds fair research assessment, diversity, gender equality, inclusiveness and open science, FAIR-data management, OA publishing and citizen-science engagement.WISE stands as a scalable blueprint for transforming Widening HEIs into excellence-driven, globally connected institutions, enabling equitable collaboration and developing balanced, resilient knowledge ecosystems that advance the objectives of WIDERA.
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