Call Description:

Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking aims to deliver a high capacity integrated European railway network by eliminating barriers to interoperability and providing solutions for full integration, covering traffic management, vehicles, infrastructure and services, aiming to achieve faster uptake and deployment of projects and innovations.

Europe’s Rail Call for Proposals 2024 is open for submissions. Projects worth €21,7 million, are expected to be funded under the Europe’s Rail Call for Proposals 2024 within the framework of the Work Programme 2024, now open for submissions until 7 May 2024 at 17:00 CET.

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Call for RIS Innovation Projects – EIT RawMaterials

EIT RawMaterials is dedicated to advancing innovation within the raw materials value chain, nurturing groundbreaking ideas and projects that have the potential to make a significant impact. As part of our commitment to sustainable growth, we are also actively developing our financial sustainability strategy, as mandated by the EIT. The RIS Innovation KAVA Projects are to contribute to these goals.

·       RIS Innovation KAVA Projects are innovation Projects based on validated technologies that need additional step(s) for testing, demonstration, proof of concept and up-scaling prior to commercialization. The purpose of these Projects is to support good technologies, products, and services that are currently under development in RIS countries to reach market entry.

·       The RIS Innovation KAVA Projects will be implemented in 2 phases, but the consortium applies only once for both phases.

1.       In Phase 1 technology, product or service owner will have 1 years to test and pilot their solution with an industrial partner in the Project consortium. During this time the solution needs to be validated. Validation should focus on countries where market research suggests there are the best opportunities for commercialization of the solution. The solution owner and the industrial partner (acting as a validation partner for testing the feasibility of the solution and proof of concept) are key participants in this Project.

After the Phase 1, the Project progress and results will undergo interim evaluation by EIT RawMaterials Management Team. The decision will be made on whether the Project can continue by progressing to Phase 2 and receive further support. The interim evaluation will be based on the following points: a. Execution of Phase 1 including positive results from the validation of the solution; b. Updated plan for Phase 2 implementation based on progress results of Phase 1; c. Clear view on the plan for market entry and the GTM Strategy Deliverable. In case of a positive decision by EIT RawMaterials the project will be provided with further funding in Phase 2 (with a duration of 12 months).

2.       In Phase 2 of the Project, the solution needs to be scaled up (i.e. testing the solution at an industrial scale), which could already generate revenues during the Project. At this phase the consortium can add additional partners into the Project (i.e. off-takers or other commercial partners).

RIS Innovation KAVA Projects must aim for market introduction and/or a commercial use within 2 years (or less) after the end of Phase 2 of the Project, and Proposal of shorter duration for market introduction and/or commercial use will be favourably evaluated.

Expected funding and project duration:

The exact number of Projects to be funded in the framework of this call will depend on the quality of the received Proposals and the total available funding.

It is expected that the budget for each Project will be in 1st year, app. 500,000 EUR of EIT Funding (Phase 1) and in case of successful interim evaluation and continuation to Phase 2 additional 300- 500k of EIT Funding. The total funding shall not be higher than EUR 1.000,000 for both Phase 1 and Phase 2, with maximum of 3 years duration.

Consortium:

The Project Consortium must consist of a minimum of two Project participants, coming from a minimum of two different countries, and a maximum of 4 Project participants. Larger consortia can only be considered in exceptional cases and with a very sound justification based on clear role for each Consortium Partner, only after approval by the EIT RawMaterials, which needs to be asked for a minimum 30 days before the FINAL proposal submission in writing.

Submission of Proposals:

Registrations and proposals can only be submitted using the IT-tool SeedBook. Project Coordinators who do not have a SeedBook account are invited to register via this link https://seedbook.eitrawmaterials.eu to get access to the tool and commence the proposal submission process. Innovation Hub staff will assist in using the IT tool.

·       The DRAFT Proposal must be submitted Wednesday 31 January 2024 at 13.00 CET (Berlin time).

The FINAL proposals must be submitted by Wednesday 29 May 2024 at 13.00 CET (Berlin time).

Special Conditions:

For more information regarding the Financial Sustainability Mechanism and partner co-funding, equity share and proposal evaluation criteria with the expected TRL at the beginning of the project and at the end of the project, please refer to the Call Text for RIS Innovation Projects.

Call Description:

Call for RIS Capacity Building Projects – EIT RawMaterials

The aim of EIT RawMaterials is to take the optimal pathways to reinforce and expand activities in regions of strategic importance, taking into account synergies with the various raw materials actions that the EU Commission has planned to implement with non-EU partners from 2015 onwards.

For the so called EIT Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) activities, EIT RawMaterials regards the RIS regions as areas where there are opportunities to make an impact in line with our objectives and the overall aim of increasing the innovation level of RIS countries.

For the list of the examples of the RIS Capacity Building Activities, please refer to the Call Text for RIS Capacity Building Projects.

Budget:

The practical implementation details are currently being developed between the EIT and EIT RawMaterials, and will be to ensure eligibility and compliance under the Grant Agreement(s) to be signed between the EIT and EIT RawMaterials, as well as Project Agreement(s) to be signed between EIT RawMaterials and the selected activities.

Consortium:

·       The Project Consortium must consist of a minimum of two Project participants (at the time of Proposal submission).

·       The Project Consortium must consist of a minimum of three KIC Core, Associate or Project Partners (at the time of the Project’s start), coming from a minimum of two different countries.

·       The lead Project participant must be a Core or Associate Partner (or Linked Third Party to a Core or Associate Partner) of EIT RawMaterials by the time the Projectstarts and based in a RIS eligible country.

·       The Project Consortium must include KIC partners from at least two sides of the knowledge triangle (education, research, industry/business - as defined in the Partner registration documentation).

Project Duration:

The Project duration can be from a minimum of 1 year to a maximum of 2 years (in exceptional cases a 3 year long Project could be accepted but only with justification and individual review).

Submission of Proposals:

Registrations and proposals can only be submitted using the IT-tool SeedBook. Project Coordinators who do not have a SeedBook account are invited to register via this link https://seedbook.eitrawmaterials.eu to get access to the tool and commence the proposal submission process. Innovation Hub staff will assist in using the IT tool.

·       The DRAFT Proposal must be submitted Wednesday 31 January 2024 at 13.00 CET (Berlin time).

·       The FINAL proposals must be submitted by Wednesday 29 May 2024 at 13.00 CET (Berlin time).

Special Conditions:

For more information regarding the general rules and guiding principles, co-funding rates, proposal preparation, submission, evaluation and selection process, please refer to the Call Text for RIS Capacity Building Projects.

Call Description:

In order to deliver on the higher education ambitions outlined in the new EIT Strategic Innovation Agenda 2021-2027, as well as the EIT RawMaterials Strategic Agenda 2021-2027, KAVA (KIC Added-Value Activities) call 12 seeks Proposals for EIT-Labelled activities within the Master Education segment.

The two EIT Core KPIs on education are directly related to EIT-Label Education. For this reason EIT RawMaterials will seek Proposals on master education degree programmes that deliver on the following EIT Core KPIs:

•         EITHE07.1/EITHE07.2-EITRIS : sum of graduates from EIT labelled master’s, PhD programmes and other education activities awarded the EIT Label

•         EITHE05.1/EITHE05.2- EITRIS : Start-ups created by students enrolled and graduates from EIT-labelled programmes

In KAVA Call 12 EIT RawMaterials seeks five master’s degree programmes which fulfil the criteria described below in Pillars 1 and 2. Proposals should relate to programmes which already hold the EIT Label.

Budget:

The practical implementation details are currently being developed between the EIT and EIT RawMaterials, and will be to ensure eligibility and compliance under the Grant Agreement(s) to be signed between the EIT and EIT RawMaterials, as well as Project Agreement(s) to be signed between EIT RawMaterials and the selected activities.

Consortium:

·       The Project consortium must consist of a minimum of two Project participants, coming from a minimum of two different countries.

·       The lead Project participant must be a Core or Associate Partner (or Linked Third Party to a Core or Associate Partner) of EIT RawMaterials by the time the Project starts.

·       The Project consortium must include KIC partners from at least two sides of the knowledge triangle (education, research, industry/business - as defined in the partner registration documentation).

Project Duration:

The Project duration can be from a minimum of 1 year to a maximum of 3 years.

Submission of Proposals:

Final proposals must be registered by Wednesday 31 January 2024 at 13.00 CET (Berlin time) using the SeedBook online platform.

Special Conditions:

To have more information regarding the thematic orientations and disciplines of the master programmes, general rules and guiding principles, cost eligibility, proposal preparation, submission, evaluation and selection process, please refer to the Call Text for Education Projects.

Call Description:

Call for Upscaling – EIT RawMaterials

The definition of the Upscaling projects in the Call Guideline:

Innovation projects based on validated technologies that need additional step(s) for testing, demonstration, proof of concept and up-scaling prior to commercialization. The purpose of these projects is to support good technologies, products, and services that are currently under development to reach market entry.

The description of the call and a brief list of what are expected from the submitted projects:

·       All Projects must lead to specific deliverables and outputs over a defined timeline.

·       Projects will be financed by EIT RawMaterials (the KIC) only for a defined duration.

·       Proposals must meet the highest expectations and performance on the creation of impact (please refer to Strategic Agenda 2021-2027). This is mainly measured by achieving Core KPIs.

·       Only the Proposals that are fully aligned with the EIT RawMaterials 2021-2027 Strategic Agenda will be considered for funding. In particular, the Proposal should address at least one of the topics listed in the Lighthouse Appendix and must be developed in close cooperation with the KIC staff that have been assigned to the Proposal. Proposals that do not address the topics listed in the Lighthouse Appendix will be considered for funding, but will be given lower priority.

The EIT RawMaterials Lighthouses are the following :

-          Circular Societies

-          Sustainable Materials

-          Responsible Sourcing

Upscaling Projects must aim for market introduction and/or a commercial use within 2 years or less after the end of Project, and shorter time for market introduction and/or a commercial use will be favourably evaluated.

Budget:

It is expected that the budget for each Project will be no less than EUR 500,000 per year (including EIT funding and consortium co-funding) and not be higher than EUR 2.000,000 for the total duration of the Project.

Project Duration:

The duration of the Project should not exceed 3 years maximum, and Proposal of shorter duration will be favourably evaluated.

Consortium:

The project Consortium must consist of a minimum of two Project participants, coming from a minimum of two different countries, and a maximum of 4 Project participants. Larger consortia can only be considered in exceptional cases and with a very sound justification based on clear role for each consortium Partner.

The project Consortium must include Project participants from at least two sides of the knowledge triangle (education, research, industry/business - as defined in the Partner registration documentation).

Submission of Proposals:

Registrations and proposals can only be submitted using the IT-tool SeedBook. Project Coordinators who do not have a SeedBook account are invited to register via this link https://seedbook.eitrawmaterials.eu to get access to the tool and commence the proposal submission process. Innovation Hub staff will assist in using the IT tool.

·       The DRAFT Proposal must be submitted Wednesday 31 January 2024 at 13.00 CET (Berlin time).

·       The FINAL proposals must be submitted by Wednesday 29 May 2024 at 13.00 CET (Berlin time).

Special Conditions:

For more information regarding the Financial Sustainability Mechanism and partner co-funding, equity share and proposal evaluation criteria with the expected TRL at the beginning of the project and at the end of the project, please refer to the Call Text for Upscaling Projects.

Call Description:

The definition of the Upscaling projects in the Call Guideline:

Innovation projects based on validated technologies that need additional step(s) for testing, demonstration, proof of concept and up-scaling prior to commercialization. The purpose of these projects is to support good technologies, products, and services that are currently under development to reach market entry.

The description of the call and a brief list of what are expected from the submitted projects:

·       All Projects must lead to specific deliverables and outputs over a defined timeline.

·       Projects will be financed by EIT RawMaterials (the KIC) only for a defined duration.

·       Proposals must meet the highest expectations and performance on the creation of impact (please refer to Strategic Agenda 2021-2027). This is mainly measured by achieving Core KPIs.

·       Only the Proposals that are fully aligned with the EIT RawMaterials 2021-2027 Strategic Agenda will be considered for funding. In particular, the Proposal should address at least one of the topics listed in the Lighthouse Appendix and must be developed in close cooperation with the KIC staff that have been assigned to the Proposal. Proposals that do not address the topics listed in the Lighthouse Appendix will be considered for funding, but will be given lower priority.

The EIT RawMaterials Lighthouses are the following :

-          Circular Societies

-          Sustainable Materials

-          Responsible Sourcing

Upscaling Projects must aim for market introduction and/or a commercial use within 2 years or less after the end of Project, and shorter time for market introduction and/or a commercial use will be favourably evaluated.

Budget:

It is expected that the budget for each Project will be no less than EUR 500,000 per year (including EIT funding and consortium co-funding) and not be higher than EUR 2.000,000 for the total duration of the Project.

Project Duration:

The duration of the Project should not exceed 3 years maximum, and Proposal of shorter duration will be favourably evaluated.

Consortium:

The project Consortium must consist of a minimum of two Project participants, coming from a minimum of two different countries, and a maximum of 4 Project participants. Larger consortia can only be considered in exceptional cases and with a very sound justification based on clear role for each consortium Partner.

The project Consortium must include Project participants from at least two sides of the knowledge triangle (education, research, industry/business - as defined in the Partner registration documentation).

Submission of Proposals:

Registrations and proposals can only be submitted using the IT-tool SeedBook. Project Coordinators who do not have a SeedBook account are invited to register via this link https://seedbook.eitrawmaterials.eu to get access to the tool and commence the proposal submission process. Innovation Hub staff will assist in using the IT tool.

·       The DRAFT Proposal must be submitted Wednesday 31 January 2024 at 13.00 CET (Berlin time).

·       The FINAL proposals must be submitted by Wednesday 29 May 2024 at 13.00 CET (Berlin time).

Special Conditions:

For more information regarding the Financial Sustainability Mechanism and partner co-funding, equity share and proposal evaluation criteria with the expected TRL at the beginning of the project and at the end of the project, please refer to the Call Text for Upscaling Projects.

Call Description:

The SME Market Expansion Call is a mono-beneficiary type of call addressed to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Each entity awardee will receive 59,500€ per project with a total call budget 714K€. The wider goal of the call is to provide new pathways into wider co-operation with the EIT Urban Mobility ecosystem and create new partnerships with lighter procedures and processes.

[1] Please note that this calendar is indicative. Dates might be subject to slight changes.

To help applicants with the preparation and submission of their proposals, EIT Urban Mobility will host one live Call Info Day. It will be focused on the call content, the challenges as well as on the submission and evaluation procedures and the financial aspects. Please find the calendar and the link to register in the table below:

Special Conditions:

In order to have detailed information regarding the call conditions such as Key Performance Indicators, Mandatory Deliverables that are expected to be reached by the project results and Financial Sustainability, please follow this link to reach out the Call Guideline.

Call Description:

Empowering SMEs Call – EIT Manufacturing

Empowering SMEs call aims to attract, select, and support SMEs willing to further innovate their existing solutions (TRL 8/9) to adapt and expand the market beyond their current applications.

The activity will provide financial support to the selected SME (in case of a single applicant) or to the SME and the end-user (in case of small consortia). In addition, the selected applicants will receive support services provided by EIT Manufacturing during the implementation of their project and after the end of it, aiming for a successful commercialization of the results.

Who can apply?

Empowering SMEs call is open to applications from SMEs (including start-ups) and Large Companies (applying as industrial end-users together with an SME). The SME must submit a proposal fitting at least one of the following topics:

Optimising production processes and increasing resource efficiency through digital solutions

Socially sustainable and human-centric manufacturing

Environmentally sustainable manufacturing through circular business models and new Technologies

Applicants must be established in one of the following countries at the time of proposal submission:

the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions,

the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States,

the countries associated with Horizon Europe and the low- and middle-income countries.

The maximum EIT funding per proposal is:

The financial contribution will be awarded as a lump sum. Applications submitted to this call are expected to have a minimum 30% co-funding5 rate. The minimum co[1]funding rate refers to the total project budget.

The deadline for the submission of the proposals is: 11th December 2023 at 17:00 CEST.

For more information please refer to the Call Guideline document and the Q&A. You can download these documents from the webpage of the call.

Special Conditions:

In order to have detailed information regarding the SME description of the EIT and call conditions such as Key Performance Indicators, Mandatory Deliverables that are expected to be reached by the project results and Financial Sustainability, please follow this link to reach out the Call Guideline.