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:
EIT Funding | EUR | |
Single Applicant (SME) | 60.000 | |
Consortium | SME | 60.000 |
End User | 40.000 | |
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.