Additional information
Additional regional information :
- Member States
- Associated Countries
- Low and middle-income countries
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Sectors :
All sectors Research & Innovation Social Economy
Beneficiary :
All beneficiaries Smes & Start-Ups (< 249 Employees)
Regions :
Developing countries, European Economic Area, European Union
Category :
Call for proposals
Manager :
European Commission
Priorities and funded actions
Objective
To support start-ups and SMEs developing innovative products and services that can impact in the raw materials sector or benefit our partners
Priorities
- Priority 1: to speed up a technology challenge to bring your solution closer to the market
- Priority 2: to accelerate market entry by dedicating financial resources for a specific segment or target market
- Priority 3: to facilitate product portfolio diversification, enabling product adaption or new product features to address a concrete market need
Among financed actions
- Exploration and raw materials resource assessment
- Mining in challenging environments
- Increased resource efficiency in mineral and metallurgical processes
- Recycling and material chain optimisation for End-of-Life products
- Substitution of critical and toxic materials in products and for optimised performance
- Design of products and services for the circular economy
Additional information
- This call for proposals is an open call for proposals
- Initial duration of the action: up to 12 months
Eligibility
- Be a legal person
- Be a Raw materials relevant start-up or spin-off companies at least registered at the time of application (registration certificate to be provided at the grant signature)
- OR be a Raw materials innovation- and technology-related SMEs (according to European Commission’s definitions) willing to boost their business through the introduction of new
and innovative products and/or services