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
Computing Technologies
Start-up companies
Related to regional development
Financial modelling
Prototyping
Risk analysis
Operators of critical infrastructure
Piloting
Incubator companies
Knowledge and Technology transfer
Brand positioning
Process innovation
Cluster
Gender in innovation development
IT skills and competence
Investment readiness
Organizational innovation
Smart Specialisation strategies
Intercultural business communication
Project financing
Circular economy
Communication technologies
Space platforms
Economic and socio-economic evaluation, economic-f
Innovation management
Energy efficient industry
Services in support of internationalisation
Technologies-Components
Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CB
Technology commercialisation
Environmental biotechnology
Business development
Design innovation
Manufacturing and fabrication technology
Integrated platforms and systems and Human Factors
Licensing
Fast moving consumer goods
Chemical sciences
Innovation methodologies
Distribution and logistics
Private equity
New industrial value chains
Systems Engineering and Integrated Systems Design
Cyber Defence systems
Energy Efficiency
Knowledge infrastructure
Space
Project valuation
Market research
Industrial sectoral change
Crowdsourcing
Market studies
Angel investment
Chemical engineering
Information technologies
Specific business types (mutual, cooperatives, fam
Related to SME and start-up support
Field trial
Marine equipments subsystyems
Sensor Technology and Components
Business models
Electronic components
Strategic foresight analysis/defence analysis
Energetic materials
Valorisation and capacity building
Risks and vulnerabilities assessment
Equipments and sub systems
Sensor Equipments
Market-creating innovation
Leadership development
Regional development
Research to business
Business strategies
Business management
Innovative procurement
International marketing
Innovation policy
Technology management
New business opportunities
Civil engineering
Risk management
Opto-electronics: Laser, optics and related device
Public administration innovation
Copyrights
Navigation, guidance, control and tracking
Systems Certification and Failure Investigation
Data mining
International distribution
Innovation strategies
Product innovation
SME support
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries
Foreign investment
Physical sciences
Manag. & monitoring large cooperation/partnership�
Business model innovation
Knowledge transfer
Sustainable transport
Knowledge management
Financing sustainable energy
Project preparation
Spin-off companies
Project finance
Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
Crowdfunding
Systems Engineering and Design Management
Agriculture, Rural Development, Fisheries
Internationalisation
Banking
Cluster dynamics
Private investment
Directed energy systems technology
Trademarks
Innovation and diversity (e.g. gender)
Mechanical engineering
Technology development
Competitor analysis
Defence sensor systems
Deployment
Emerging industries
Technology transfer
Cybersecurity Research Domains
Technological innovation
Business governance
Innovation support services
Innovation Fund
Renewable energy sources
Medical engineering
Technology watch
Technology evaluation
Resources efficiency
Disruptive innovation
Due diligence
Software design validation and maintenance
Risk analysis (budget, traffic, revenue, planning,
Simulation and design tools
Ground platforms
Industrial dynamics
Public sector innovation
Types of innovation
Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
Market intelligence
Infrastructure pricing
Strategic management
Industrial biotechnology
Technology readiness assessment
Nano-technology
Financial & Investment management
Artificial Intelligence & Decision support
Ecosystem building
Energy efficient products
Innovation Management Assessment
Sales management
Technology implementation
Incremental innovation
Signal processing technologies
Marketing strategy
Quality management
Feasibility analysis
Business plan
Transport costs: capex, opex, external costs
Patents
Simulation tools and technologies
Design-Manufacturing
Social innovation
Business coaching and mentoring
Business environment (legal and administrative)
End-users
Sustainable innovation
IPR management
Operating Environment Knowledge & Modelling Techno
Environmental engineering
Computer and information sciences
Market development
Energy generation storage & distribution
Open innovation
Social enterprises
Organisational management / development
Aeronautics
Promotion and advertising
Cost estimation / analysis
Structural materials and technologies and structur
Demand driven innovation
Innovation systems
Energy end-use efficiency and energy services
Marketing management
Venture capital
Financial Engineering
Security
Corporate financing
Business analysis
Business support services
Regulatory framework for innovation
Communication
Forms of internationalisation
Other medical sciences
Photonic/Optical Materials and Device Technology
Energy
Point of sales promotion
Supply chain management
Marketing innovation
Light and strong materials, surface treatments.
Knowledge translation
Risks assessment, modelling and impact reduction
Internationalisation - Market access
Specific Sectors
Technology assessment
Industrial innovation policy
Energy efficient buildings
Training and support
Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, In
Related to industrial policy
Seed capital
Innovation Management Consulting
Company valuation
Corporate Social responsibility
Market analysis
Materials engineering
Risk reduction
Project management and coordination
Industrial design
International transfer
Service innovation
Tags
demonstration
Value Chain Development
smart specialisation
validation
testing
Value Chain Creation
Less Developed Regions
Place Based Ecosystems
innovation
Transnational Technology Transfer
Commercialisation
Upscale Innovation
interregional innovation investment
interregional innovation investments
investment
European value chains
piloting
S3 Partnerships
regions
I3
