Call for Innovation Proposals 2021 (EIT Manufacturing)
Principles for Innovation Projects financed by the EIT
- Each innovation project should lead to clear outputs: new products/services/ processes, or startups, contributing to the Innovation Community’s strategic objectives;
- Each innovation project should have a clear commercialisation strategy of the project outputs, indicating close cooperation with the customers/citizens, potential financial returns from the project and potential contribution of the project towards achieving the Innovation Community’s financial sustainability;
- Projects should clearly state the knowledge and technologies the solution builds on;
- EIT Manufacturing innovation projects are not appropriate to develop new fundamental knowledge, but to help to bring technologies and knowledge to market;
- The creation of guidelines or similar documents are not valid outputs for innovation projects
- The inclusion of partners solely for dissemination or project management purposes should only be done exceptionally and if justified by unique elements brought by the partner in those domains;
- The value-added of the EIT Manufacturing partnership should be made clear (relative to the partners engaging with each other directly) – this is especially important in cases where both technology and end users are located in the same place.
| Programme | Description | Partnership | Duration | KAVA budget | Participants | Specific features |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Develop A | Collaborative and solution-driven projects to accelerate commercia-lization and market entry of products, processes and services |
Partners from at least:
|
Up to 2 years | 2M€ Max | 3 to 6 |
|
| Develop B | Collaborative projects to combine new technologies to manufacturing, or to a new manufacturing sector. |
Partners from at least:
|
1 Year | 1M€ Max | 3 to 5 |
|
| Grow | Projects to support entre-preneurs in startups, universities, and RTOs to connect them with first industry customers |
Partners from at least:
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1 Year | 200k€ Max | 3 to 4 |
|
DEVELOP INNOVATION activities should develop, test, and demonstrate combinations of strong enabling technologies and high-potential manufacturing applications. You should bring the new product, process, or service to the market, taking them from TRL 5-7, to TRL 8-9.
These activities should provide commercial demonstrators and prototypes, demonstrations of pilot lines, or service use cases. Business plans should be made and manufacturing risks should be identified. Industry partners play crucial and leading roles in these projects. Two options are available: INNOVATION A and INNOVATION B.
The GROW INNOVATION programme activities should scale new products or new processes, strengthen new value chains, networks and establish high-value manufacturing ecosystems. Activities should connect startups, SMEs, and large industry groups to accelerate up-scaling on digital, collaborative platforms.
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