IMPROVE! Partners invite all interested parties, to submit an application for the implementation of the services for establishing the pilot project.
Sponsoring Agency: IMPROVE!
Type of Fund: Program
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/31/2021
Size of the Fund: USD $50,000 to $500,000
IMPROVE! Partners invite all interested parties, to submit an application for the implementation of the services for establishing the pilot project.
The open call was launched in the frame of IMPROVE! Project which is an Austrian-Hungarian crossborder cooperation of digital innovation hubs for joint service portfolio and specialization.
The purpose of the open call is to implement innovative solutions into SME's life by testing a cross-regional service scheme that supports digital transition of the cross-border region through supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups to apply digital solutions.
The objective of the call is to translate the digitalization tools into tangible applications for SMEs and start-ups in pilot projects, while relying on the complete portfolio of the ATHU DIH network.
Subject of the open call
The subject of the open call is to provide services of free of charge for pilot projects implemented by SMEs and start-ups registered in Hungary or Austria close cooperation with IMPROVE! project partner(s) as solution provider(s).
The subjects of the pilot project are digital solutions that fall into at least one of the following areas:
• Production
• Engineering
• Software
• AI/Machine learning
• Electronics
Funding Information
The total amount of de minimis aid granted per Member State to a single undertaking shall not exceed EUR 200 000 over any period of three fiscal years (Art.3. (2)).
Eligibility Criteria
• The application must be a simple application in which the applicant defines the digital service(s)
• APPLICANT may only be a micro, small or medium-sized enterprise and start-up organized as a legal or natural person who is engaged in economic activity in the programme area (Győr-Moson-Sopron, Vas und Zala County in Hungary and Nord-, Mittel- and Südburgenland, Wien, Wiener Umland-Südteil, Niederösterreich Süd, Graz und Oststeiermark in Austria) and is organized as a company or sole proprietor with a business address in Hungary or Austria.
• The applicant is not in equity or in any other way proprietary or management related to the open call providers.
• The applicant may apply to the open call with only one application. If several applications of the same Applicant arise, only the first arrived application is considered, while the others are discarded.
• The pilot project must be consistent with the purpose and subject of the public call.
More information at: https://www.interreg-athu.eu/en/improve/project-news/digicall-deadline-extension-20/
Eligible Countries:
Austria, Hungary
