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This call focuses on reinforcing the integration of innovation actors from less developed regions in developing EU value chains.
The objective of the call is to support interregional innovation investments by offering consortia of innovation actors from the quadruple helix ecosystems the necessary financial and advisory support to bring their innovations to a mature level, ready for commercialisation and scale-up, while bridging and reducing the innovation divide in Europe with a strong cohesion policy focus of integrating all regions and in particular the less developed regions into European value chains.
The TALOS project looks for solutions in robotics, artificial intelligence, and data technologies to contribute to innovative operations and maintenance tasks in photovoltaic plants. Startups can receive up to €200,000, 100% eligible costs. SMEs (not startups) can receive up to €140,000, 70% eligible costs, 30% self-funding. 9-month support program providing technical expertise in engineering, integration, testing, and validation.
OpenAgri Open Call aims to attract small consortia of two entities formed by an Agricultural Digital Solutions (ADSs) provider and an end-user. The goal is to collaborate and co-create new Open Source (OS) ADSs building on existing mature cloud solutions, demonstrating both Edge and Cloud/mixed versions of the ADSs, and piloting them in areas with low connectivity to compare the results and see if the performance of the new solution is adequate. 100,000€ per consortia, 9 winners.
It offers a 6-month journey supporting 25 digital and deep tech startups with grants up to 60k EUR. Selected startups receive support on business development plans, mentorship on investment readiness, and access to EU funding opportunities.
This short online course has four comprehensive modules to equip with the essential knowledge needed to foster innovation in the agrifood sector and entrepreneurial skills. From identifying the problem you aim to solve to secure funding for your startup, the course guides the basics of launching a new venture.
The popular vote is open for the second edition of the Agricultural and Rural Inspiration Awards (ARIA), which is searching for the greenest, smartest, most socially inclusive, innovative, and resilient Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) projects implemented at the local level. This year, the competition spotlights projects that empower young people and women in rural areas.
The EU Preparatory Action (PA) 'Innovation for place based transformation' is dedicated to empower territories in supporting policy practitioners in building capacities, designing and implementing transformative approaches. The main outputs from the PA will be a general advancement in the application of transformative innovation policies across EU regions and beyond.
The focus will be on the practical uses of robotics and AI in these fields.