Received 31.03.2022, Revised 14.07.2022, Accepted 30.08.2022

Use of international grant programs Horizon 2020 та Horizon Europe in the digital economy

Liliia Nikiforova, Anzhelika Azarova, Anatoliy Shiyan, Olena Zhytkevych

The work reveals the status and prospects of using international grant programs of Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe in the digital economy cluster. It is shown that despite the existence of a large number of international grant projects, in particular within the framework programs of Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, the problem of increasing the number of participants from among Ukrainian scientists and scientific teams in these projects remains open. It is shown that there is a gap between the Ukrainian scientific and technical community and the world in the field of obtaining funding for grant projects. The analysis of the features of the use of international framework programs of Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe in the digital economy cluster was carried out. In particular, a detailed analysis of the supported grant projects in the Horizon 2020 program was carried out with the participation of Ukrainian scientific teams and the role of Ukraine as a project coordinator. The specifics of the topic and the choice of the cluster of funded grant projects were studied. In particular, in the field of digitalization, the research was conducted in the context of such clusters as H2020EU.2/H2020-EU.2.1 and H2020-EU.2.3.1, which accounted for 12.8% of all funded grant projects within the eighth framework program of Horizon 2020. As for the Horizon Europe program, the research was conducted under all grant projects in which Ukraine participated, including the Euratom program. The budget of the cluster programs in the field of digitalization, which are most in demand by Ukrainian scientists, was also analyzed, the priority areas of providing grants in the ninth framework program of Horizon Europe were determined, and the main key factors of supporting grant projects in the framework program of Horizon 2020 were identified. It is shown that the European Commission, when choosing competitive projects, gives Ukrainian teams more chances to receive funding for a grant project if it is related to the goals of the European Union

digital economy; grant; project; framework programs; clusters; Ukraine; Horizon 2020; Horizon Europe; Cordis; international activity; scientific and technical cooperation
176-185
Nikiforova, L., Azarova, A., Shiyan, A., & Zhytkevych, O. (2022). Use of international grant programs Horizon 2020 та Horizon Europe in the digital economy. Innovation and Sustainability, 2(3), 176-185. https://doi.org/10.31649/ins.2022.3.176.185

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