The European Capital of Innovation award aims to provide European recognition to those cities that make the most to promote innovation within their communities and thereby improve the quality of their citizens’ lives. Applicant cities will be judged on the innovative solutions to their relevant societal challenges reported in their application. Cities will particularly have to prove how they create the local conditions to innovate by experimenting innovative concepts, processes, tools, and governance models; engaging citizens; attracting new talents, resources, funding, investments; and positioning themselves as role models for other cities. https://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/calls/h2020-european-i-capital-prize-2017.html#c,topics=callIdentifier/t/H2020-European-i-capital-Prize-2017/1/1/1/default-group&callStatus/t/Forthcoming/1/1/0/default-group&callStatus/t/Open/1/1/0/default-group&callStatus/t/Closed/1/1/0/default-group&+identifier/desc