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COSME programme supporting SMEs in Creativity and Innovation in the light industry sectors: textile/footwear/leather - The initiative European Light Industries Innovation and Technology project (ELIIT)  

Deadline of the call - 17 March 2020 17:00 CET Are you an SME working in the textile, clothing, leather or footwear (TCLF) sectors? Do you aim to integrate new and disruptive technologies to your business and need support throughout the process? The ‘ELIIT Project’, co-funded by COSME, supports TCLF...
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Launch of the last Horizon 2020 call for proposals from the EIC Pathfinder FET Innovation LaunchPad

Deadline date:14 October 2020 17:00:00 Brussels time Call name:FET Open – Novel ideas for radically new technologies | Call ID:H2020-FETOPEN-2018-2020 Topic: FET Innovation Launchpad FETOPEN-03-2018-2019-2020 The Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Innovation LaunchPad aims to turn results from...
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INNOWWIDE Call 2 for applications for Viability Assessment Projects (VAPs) in international markets

Deadline for application: 31 March, 2020 The Horizon 2020 (H2020) funded INNOWWIDE pilot Coordination and Support Action (CSA) aims to bring innovative European SMEs to the forefront of international markets by funding Viability Assessment Projects (VAPs) in cooperation with local stakeholders...
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Call for Proposals: Innovative approaches to urban and regional development through cultural tourism

Deadline: 12 March 2020 17:00:00 Brussels time Call ID:TRANSFORMATIONS-04-2019-2020 Types of action: Innovation action | Programme: Horizon 2020 The aim of the call is to address the challenges linked to the compounded socioeconomic and cultural origins and effects in Europe of the fourth industrial...
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Call for applications: European light industries innovation and technology (ELIIT) project

The application deadline for the European light industries innovation and technology (ELIIT) project has been extended to 31st March, 2020. The light industries innovation and technology project (ELIIT project) seeks to support textile, clothing, leather and footwear (TCLF) SMEs in enhancing their...
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Vitagora celebrates 10 years of cooperation with Japan

In November 2019, Vitagora celebrated 10 years of cooperation with Japan. The French food innovation cluster was honoured to host NARO’s President, Dr K. KYUMA, and Vice-President, Dr A. MATSUDA, and their team who came and met Vitagora’s President M. Pierre Guez and Director M. Christophe Breuillet...
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IraSME: The 25th call for proposals

Deadline: March 26th, 2020 IraSME, a follow-up initiative of an ERA-NET by ministries and funding agencies, is a network of funding programmes from different countries / regions that share the same goal: supporting small businesses in their innovation efforts. The network is coordinated by AiF...
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Industrial policy: recommendations to support Europe's leadership in six strategic business areas

On 5 November 2019, the European Commission published recommendations by a group of experts, the Strategic Forum on Important Projects of Common European Interest, to boost Europe's competitiveness and global leadership in six strategic and future-oriented industrial sectors: Connected, clean and...
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Call for proposals: Accelerate and scale up innovation applications for a sustainable and circular fashion industry

The call for proposals COS-CIRCFASH-2019-3-02 "Accelerate and scale up innovation applications for a sustainable and circular fashion industry" COSME Work Programme 2019 GRO/SME/19/C/08 is online with a deadline for submission on 17/12/2019. The call budget is 3.5 M€ to support 4 transnational...
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Call for application: Peer learning of innovation agencies

Call name: For a better innovation support to SMEs Call ID: H2020-INNOSUP-2018-2020 Type of action: CSA-LS Coordination and support action Lump sum Deadline model: multiple cut-off This action will provide incentives to national and regional innovation agencies for engaging in peer learning on all...
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EIC pilot: €210 million awarded to 108 innovative projects to help them access the market faster

108 innovative projects have been selected for funding under the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot in the latest funding round. Under the EIC Accelerator, 96 small companies from 20 countries get support to speed up the pace of their innovation with €177 million while under the FTI scheme, 14...
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Call for Proposals: For a better innovation support to SMEs

Horizon 2020: Innovation Associate programme. SMEs will be provided with funds to employ a post-doctoral researcher for one year to work on an innovative project for the SME. The programme covers all costs of the Innovation Associate (personnel costs, relocation, and training). For this call, the...