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Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
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Summary
EIT Manufacturing’s Inno2Market – Innovate Together 2024 aims to strengthen the competitiveness of European Manufacturing in the key strategic areas defined by the European Commission. The programme will focus on the strategic manufacturing technologies defined in the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), supporting the European Green Deal by enabling the European industry to adapt to the forthcoming regulations.
Detailed Call Description
The EIT Manufacturing’s Inno2Market – Innovate Together 2024 focuses on the transition from open research in Pillar 2 of the Horizon Europe Framework Programme to open innovation in Pillar 3. Through Innovate Together 2024, EIT Manufacturing aims to support industrial actors in fast-tracking the commercialisation of key manufacturing technologies, allowing European actors to comply with the European Green Deal regulations and to strengthen their competitiveness in the production of strategic technologies in Europe, as defined by the European Commission.
The second edition of the Innovate Together 2024 Call, launched by EIT Manufacturing in collaboration with the European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA), and co-financed by the Directorate General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), is designed to foster collaboration between disruptive entrepreneurs and established industry leaders to develop market-ready solutions that drive innovation, sustainability, and competitiveness in the European manufacturing sector.
Proposals are expected to fit into one of the following 2 topics:
Topic 1: First-Time-Right (FTR) Manufacturing. FTR is a manufacturing philosophy that prioritises getting things right the first time, rather than relying on rework and correction to achieve quality. This approach involves the use of various solutions such as simulation, in-line quality monitoring, and non-destructive testing to ensure high-quality outcomes. To achieve First Time Right (FTR), manufacturers should leverage the following technologies and solutions, in particular, applied to critical production processes:
- Simulation and digital twins;
- Advanced analytics;
- Real-time monitoring and sensors;
- Predictive maintenance;
- Artificial intelligence.
Topic 2: End-of-Lifecycle management. End-of-Lifecycle management plays a crucial role in this approach, focusing on the responsible handling of products at the end of their useful life to ensure they are either repurposed for their next lifecycle or disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner. The European Green Deal emphasises the importance of a circular economy, that entails creating a closed-loop system where waste materials are reused, recycled, or repurposed to minimise waste and maximise resource efficiency. In order to advance towards these goals, it is crucial for manufacturers to take a proactive approach to end-of-lifecycle management. Innovate Together actively supports projects that foster:
- Circular design of products;
- Product reuse;
- Easy disassembly and recycling;
- Frameworks and platforms for circularity.
Each proposal must focus only on one topic, by selecting it properly in the submission form.
Proposed solutions that harm the environment or social welfare or discriminate based on gender, age, socio-economic and geographic situation, disability, ethnicity, and sexual or gender identity, or are not in line with the Do No Significant Harm Principle are not eligible.
This call is open to proposals with a duration of 18 months.
Start date of the projects: 1stMay 2025.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
All consortia partners should have a justifiable core role with an appropriate budget to perform their defined activities. In particular, each partner is requested to contribute with eligible expenditures at least equal to 10% of the project total budget.
Activity proposals submitted to this call are expected to have a minimum co-funding rate of 33%.
The exact number of activities to be funded will depend on the quality of the proposals received and the total funding available.
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Large Enterprises
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Innovate Together 2024 is open to:
- SMEs, large enterprises, research institutions and universities established in one of the Member States (including overseas countries and territories, (OCTs)) or Associated Countries to Horizon Europe and the low- and middle-income countries which presents a proposal fitting one of the topics presented under 3.1.
- Eligible applicants shall form a consortium of at least 3 legal entities independent from each other and established in countries covered by at least 2 different EIT Manufacturing ICs, as follows:
- at least 1 independent legal entity established in a Member State; and
- at least 2 other independent legal entities, established in a Member States or Associated Countries
- Applicants must build the proposal on the results of a successfully closed project funded by a Factories of the Future (FoF)/Made in Europe (MiE) call under Horizon Europe Framework Programme. The applying consortium may be the whole consortium or a part of the consortium of the former FoF/MiE project and may also include new partners; the project consortium shall own the IPRs of the Core Technology (exploitable output) of the former FoF/MiE project that will be further developed and launched in the market by the end of this Call; the closing date of the FoF/Made in Europe funded projects cannot be older than 3 years before the start date of the projects funded under this Call.
EIT Manufacturing fosters the participation of organisations from countries with moderate or emerging innovation scores, as defined by the European Innovation Scoreboard, in its activities. Applicants from countries under the Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) are strongly encouraged to apply. Additionally, applicants not from RIS countries are encouraged to design projects that will have a significant impact on RIS regions.
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Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
Address: 29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia, P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Persons:
George Christou
Scientific Officer
Email: gchristou@research.org.cy
Nedi Kaffa
Scientific Officer
Email: nkaffa@research.org.cy
EU Contact Point
All applicants may contact EIT Manufacturing to ask questions and clarify any points on general or technical procedures and call content by sending an email message to support@eitmanufacturing.eu.