Call for Innovation Projects funded by the European project METASTARS

The European project METASTAR project, in which CTA participates as a consortium partner, has just opened a call for innovation projects for SMEs.

The call for applications for these vouchers, which has just opened and is applications may be submitted until June 6, 2023 at 17:00 CET.is intended for finance up to 17 projectsnine of them must have TRL between 3 and 5 and eight of them between TRL 5 and 7.

The beneficiaries must be European SMEs in this sector. In addition, the beneficiaries will be eligible for one of the 5 prizes for the best projects in the field of resilience, sustainability and digital transformation.

The project currently has several calls for different types of bonds for SMEs: financing of innovation projects and financing of services, which are not mutually exclusive.

Applicants may benefit from more than one type of METASTARS financial support, reaching a maximum funding of €60,000 per SME. They may obtain funding for one Innovation Project (up to €40,000 per SME, reaching up to €80,000 per project when several SMEs are involved) and/or two Innovation Services and an award for a maximum of €60,000.

To this aid for Innovation Projects SMEs may apply either individually or in a consortium of several SMEs, which will be eligible for up to €80,000 in total for the implementation of the project. Likewise, different innovation actors may be involved in the project for the creation of new synergies towards innovative and sustainable products/services, however, they cannot benefit directly from an Innovation Project, it will have to be an SME or a consortium who applies for the call for innovation projects.

In addition, a total of €8,000 will be distributed in 5 awards to SMEs as a reward for the greater resilience of the projects and green and digital transformation.

In order to facilitate your access to it, we have compiled below the information of interest:

- Link to the call: https://www.dolinalotnicza.pl/en/open-call-for-innovation-projects-for-smes/

- Link to Applicant's Guide: https://www.dolinalotnicza.pl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Guide-For-Applicants-Innovation-Projects-1.pdf

- Link to application instructions: https://www.dolinalotnicza.pl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/METASTARS-Submission-form-template-InnoProjects.pdf

- Link to Frequently Asked Questions: https://www.dolinalotnicza.pl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/FAQ-METASTARS.pdf