Objectives
* Support to the following KAVA segments:
– Education (PhD Education, Master Education, Lifelong Education, Wider Society Learning)
– Upscaling;
– Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS);
– Internationalization

Among financed actions
* Increase in scope of the project (hereafter referred to ‘XXX.PLUS’ projects, where ‘XXX’ refers to the acronym of the existing project): activities that will lead to a demonstrated and quantifiable increased impact of the project (e.g., additional/higherKPIs,creationofasuccess story,etc.);
* Speed-up the launch of a product to the market (hereafter referred to ‘XXX.SPEED’ projects, where ‘XXX’ refers to the acronym of the existing project): activities that will accelerate the launch of a product/service to the market. These activities are specifically aimed at recently finished or ongoing Upscaling and LLL projects with good performance (to be demonstrated by the consortium in the proposal), but in need of 1) additional funding to launch their products/services to the market, or 2) a commercialization partner;
* Development of a Go-To-Market strategy (hereafter referred to ‘XXX.GTM’ projects, where ‘XXX’ refers to the acronym of the existing project). This activity applies only to projects that, at the time of selection, did not have a mandatory Go-To-Market work package and that, therefore, had not budgeted for this activity;
* Applications to COVID-19 (hereafter referred to ‘XXX.COVID’ projects, where ‘XXX’ refers to the acronym of the existing project): activities that, within the context of the existing project, will lead to demonstrated, immediate and quantifiable positive outcomes in the fight against the current COVID-19 pandemic

Additional information
* This call for proposals is an open call for proposals

* Initial duration of the action: all the activities supported in this call must be fully completed by 31 December 2020

* Eligiblity:
– Ongoing KAVAs, i.e., projects that have been allocated EIT funding in 2020;
– KAVAs completed in 2019, i.e., projects that have been allocated EIT funding in 2019;
– The Lead partner must be the same Lead partner of the current related KAVA project;
– Consortia must provide enough KCAs to maintain the EIT/non-EIT funding ratio applicable to the original project;
– Funding eligibility is subject to the same rules and conditions applied by EIT and EIT RawMaterials in the KAVA 7 calls

* Grant amount: up to 200,000 euros

* Co-funding rate:
– Minimum 30% co-funding applies to Upscaling and RIS Acceleration projects;
– Minimum 10% co-funding applies to Education and Internationalization projects;
– No co-funding is required for RIS Education RIS M&N projects, however any co-funding contributed by the consortium will be evaluated positively