Topic description
Objective:
This topic focuses on improving the delivery of new or improved products, processes or services in the manufacturing industry. In the context of advanced manufacturing; knowledge and innovative technologies are used to produce complex products and improve processes to lower waste, pollution, material consumption and energy use. Robotics, 3D and 4D printing, artificial intelligence as well as high performance computing for modelling are important elements in advanced manufacturing.
The present call for proposals under this topic supports interregional innovation investments for the uptake of new or improved manufacturing solutions, as well as for supporting industry to face the challenge of digitalisation and to promote the shift towards a more environmentally sustainable production (zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment).
At least 70% of the grant must be allocated to investments in companies.
If the proposal is related to the topics of digital transition or green transition in the smart manufacturing, then the applicant should submit the proposal under the smart manufacturing topic.
Scope:
Themes and priorities
The present call for proposals under this topic encourages applications in one or a combination of the following intervention areas (a non-exclusive list):
- Demonstration processes, i.e. helping new products to reach the market faster or having more efficient and sustainable processes adopted by the industry.
- Valorisation of research results and practical applications. This might include the active involvement of ecosystems and the co-creation process with stakeholders and end-users.
- Connecting or making complementary use of testing and demonstration facilities at interregional level. In this framework, synergies with circularity hubs are encouraged.
- Improving the use of natural resources and in the reuse of materials, promoting circularity models (de- and remanufacturing) and investments in carbon neutrality. Specific implementation (including funding) strategies can be envisaged, ensuring the participation of all stakeholders (industry, SMEs, local authorities, educational institutions and civil society).
- Implementation of interregional demonstration cases to test and replicate the results.
- Innovation diffusion and involvement of SMEs in EU value chains.
Expected Impact:
Short-term
- Deploying new green and digital technologies fostering the growth of Europe’s manufacturing sector
- Innovative technologies adopted by SMEs
Medium-term
- Making the EU industry more efficient and sustainable
- Reinforcing the capacity of regions to co-invest together, joining forces on common S3 investment priorities (interregional investments).
- Innovation diffusion
Long-term
- Reinforcing/reshaping EU value chains whilst increasing the competitiveness of the EU in global markets.
- Unlocking the innovation potential of EU regions/countries.
Keywords
Competitor analysis
Specific business types (mutual, cooperatives, fam
Sales management
Distribution and logistics
Industrial biotechnology
Point of sales promotion
Brand positioning
Industrial dynamics
Market analysis
Corporate financing
Internationalisation - Market access
Business management
Social innovation
International marketing
Smart Specialisation strategies
International distribution
Product innovation
Technology assessment
Service innovation
Start-up companies
Incremental innovation
Strategic management
Incubator companies
Technology readiness assessment
Nano-technology
Cybersecurity Research Domains
Organisational management / development
Research to business
Services in support of internationalisation
Materials engineering
Business strategies
Project management and coordination
Communication
Intercultural business communication
Innovation Management Assessment
Promotion and advertising
Civil engineering
Technology development
Other engineering and technologies
Licensing
Technology watch
Other agricultural sciences
Emerging industries
Marketing strategy
Quality management
Business plan
Physical sciences
Agriculture, Rural Development, Fisheries
Supply chain management
Seed capital
Company valuation
Regulatory framework for innovation
Types of innovation
Business models
Forms of internationalisation
Trademarks
Innovation and diversity (e.g. gender)
Earth and related environmental sciences
Health sciences
Strategic foresight analysis/defence analysis
Risk management
Cost estimation / analysis
Computer and information sciences
Chemical sciences
Prototyping
Market development
Due diligence
Risk analysis
Open innovation
Market-creating innovation
Internationalisation
Industrial sectoral change
Business model innovation
Technology commercialisation
Business development
New business opportunities
Sustainable innovation
Fast moving consumer goods
Technology implementation
Innovation systems
Medical engineering
Disruptive innovation
Feasibility analysis
Piloting
Market research
Innovation management
Regional development
Investment readiness
Copyrights
Angel investment
Innovation support services
Chemical engineering
Ecosystem building
Industrial design
Innovation policy
Innovation strategies
Environmental biotechnology
Mechanical engineering
Crowdfunding
Industrial innovation policy
Circular economy
Private equity
Social enterprises
Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, In
Technology transfer
Financial & Investment management
Field trial
Corporate Social responsibility
Market studies
Business analysis
Biological sciences
Innovation Fund
Spin-off companies
International transfer
Technology management
Renewable energy sources
New industrial value chains
Resources efficiency
Economics and Business
Space
Knowledge and Technology transfer
Process innovation
Marketing innovation
Patents
Cluster dynamics
Technological innovation
Project preparation
Organizational innovation
Project financing
IPR management
Demand driven innovation
Innovation methodologies
Deployment
Technology evaluation
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
Energy Efficiency
Marketing management
Operators of critical infrastructure
Energy
Foreign investment
Project valuation
Venture capital
Knowledge transfer
Gender in innovation development
Public sector innovation
Innovation Management Consulting
Crowdsourcing
Banking
Security
Knowledge management
Private investment
Business governance
Specific Sectors
Business support services
Business environment (legal and administrative)
End-users
Aeronautics
Design innovation
Environmental engineering
Market intelligence
Tags
interregional innovation investments
regions
validation
S3 partnerships
Commercialisation
demonstration
innovation
Transnational Technology Transfer
smart specialisation
investment
Upscale Innovation
Place based Ecosystems
testing
piloting
innovation uptake
I3
interregional innovation investment
European value chains
