Programme Category
Programme Name
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Call
Summary
The overall objective of the METABUILDING project is to bring innovation to the “traditional” value chain of the Construction sector and at the same time systematically expand that value chain to other industrial sectors to create an Enlarged Built Environment sector.
The GROW/HARVEST call aims at stimulating the cross-sectoral collaboration of SMEs in the framework of innovative projects.
Detailed Call Description
The METABUILDING innovation ecosystem brings together stakeholders from construction and 4 emerging industrial sectors; recycling & circularity, additive manufacturing, nature-based solutions and digital industry. The METABUILDING Platform aims to facilitate collaboration between new partners and experienced experts to further innovation.
The collaborative projects should serve as a basis to help SMEs to learn from what is going on in other sectors and use knowledge, expertise and technology assets from other sectors to increase their performance and productivity.
Furthermore, the GROW/HARVEST call intends to stimulate EU-wide collaboration of SMEs to allow them to detect market opportunities and establish partnerships that they are not naturally prone to look for. The evaluation criteria of the call therefore require proposals with a cross-border approach.
Although, SMEs are clearly in the centre of attention and the money is directed towards them, the collaborative projects can include consortium partners that contribute to the project without receiving funding (large enterprises, RTOs, universities, etc.). This mechanism will help SMEs to integrate their developments in a bigger value chain and give them access to a larger network and extended market.
Finally, beyond the direct support to SMEs, the GROW/HARVEST call aims at creating a cross-sectoral/cross border value chain of the Built Environment sector at European level and at bringing innovation to the Construction sector through inspiration from and collaboration with other more innovative sectors.
Proposals have to respond to one of the following cross-sectoral challenges:
- Construction-ICT.
- Construction-Nature-Based solutions (NBS).
- Construction-Recycling and circular economy.
- Construction-Additive manufacturing and will be evaluated by groups of independent experts in the field of the respective challenge.
Call Total Budget
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
The maximum lump sum per project is € 60,000.
The total number of supported SMEs will be at least 48.
Thematic Categories
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
- Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness
Eligibility for Participation
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The GROW and HARVEST collaborative projects are open to SMEs meeting the following criteria:
- The applicants must be an SME (Small-Medium Enterprise) according to the EU definition.
- The applicant must be a consortium of two or more SMEs from at least two eligible sectors (one of them construction).
- At least one SME in the consortium has to be established in one of the following six METABUILDING target countries: Austria, France, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Spain or be a direct member, or a member of an organisation which is a member, of the EURIC , AM , EFB6, ECTP platforms. The other SME(s) in the consortium need(s) to be located in any of the EU or Horizon 2020 associated countries.
- The consortium of SMEs can be completed by a non-SME partner, that is contributing to the project, but is not receiving money from the METABUILDING project and paying its activities in the project with its proper funds. This allows for example the integration of large enterprises as end users that are interested to be beta-testers.
- Applicants must operate in one or more of the following sectors:
Construction, Digital Industry, Additive Manufacturing, Nature-Based Solutions, Circularity & Recycling
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia
P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
(Publish Date: 24/03/2022-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
European Innovation Council:: https://eic.ec.europa.eu/contact-form_en