To support digital transformation in the post-crisis transition, EIT Manufacturing RIS Industry 4.0 Hubs Project launches an international open call for manufacturing SMEs and start-ups from RIS countries.
Sponsoring Agency: EIT Manufacturing RIS Industry 4.0 Hubs
Type of Fund: Grant
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/31/2021
Size of the Fund: Less than USD $50,000
To support digital transformation in the post-crisis transition, EIT Manufacturing RIS Industry 4.0 Hubs Project launches an international open call for manufacturing SMEs and start-ups from RIS countries.
The Open call aims for proposals requesting a demonstration, testing, training, or consulting activities between manufacturing SME (“Small and Medium Enterprise”) companies in EIT RIS Countries and organizations offering Industry4.0 infrastructure.
• Manufacturing companies SMEs (OEMs, production equipment suppliers), start-ups or early-stage companies that produce products and parts are main beneficiaries and can participate with one proposal to receive digital transformation services.
• Service, software, or technology providers as well as consulting companies in the manufacturing domain that can offer digital transformation services may participate in up to three proposals.
• Research/non-industrial legal entities (i.e. research centres, universities, Competence Centres), with relevant expertise of digital transformation, may participate in up to three proposals.
• Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) may participate in up to three proposals.
Benefits
18 companies will each receive a “mini-grant” of 5.600 EUR.
• 12 of these grants will serve for financing individual expert consultations (e.g. by a digitalization expert)
• 6 of these grants help to create a digitalization plan (i.e. a roadmap for the implementation of a certain digital technology).
Criteria
Manufacturing SMEs, start-ups, early-stage companies – At least one member of the consortium must be a SME in the manufacturing domain that applies for a digital transformation service.
More information at: https://ris-i40.eu/open-call/
Eligible Countries:
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain
