Deadline: 14-Dec-22
Are you looking for opportunities to boost your business? Are you ready to tackle digital challenges in your daily routine? If yes, then start your Digital Transformation Journey with the ADMA TranS4MErs Acceleration Programme!
The ADMA TranS4MErs Acceleration Programme offers innovation vouchers and direct funding to design and implement your digital Transformation Plan and boost your journey towards becoming a Factory of the Future in two stages: Design and Revamp.
What’s in it for you?
- Design Phase
- Access to the xChange Platform
- Invitation to xChange events
- 1 voucher: up to 8 hours of 1-on-1 time with a TranS4MErs
- Review your ADMA scan’s results
- Design your Transformation Plan
- Revamp Phase
- Access to the xChange Platform
- Invitation to xChange events
- 1 voucher: 10 tokens of 4 hours each to spend on services and tools
- Financial support to third parties: vouchers for direct funding of €2800 each to 27 SMEs
- Implement your Transformation Plan.
Funding Information
- With <€50 million annual turnover or <€3 million annual balance sheet
Eligible Countries
- Applicants from the following countries are eligible to receive funding through this Open Call:
- A legal entity established and based in one of the EU Member States or a H2020 Associated country as defined in H2020 rules for participation.
Eligibility Criteria
- The accepted applicants for the ADMA TranS4MErs Open Calls are SMEs acting in the domain of Advanced Manufacturing.
- An SME will be considered as such if complying with the European Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC and the SME qualification guide. As a summary, the criteria which define an SME are:
- Independent (not linked or owned by another enterprise), in accordance with Recommendation 2003/361/EC.
- Headcount in Annual Work Unit (AWU) less than 250.
- Annual turnover less or equal to €50 million OR annual balance sheet total less or equal to €43 million.
- Advanced manufacturing represents a Key Enabling Technology. It uses new knowledge and innovative and cutting-edge technologies such as robotics, 3D printing, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing and modelling, to produce complex products like aeroplanes and medical devices. It also optimises processes towards products having no defects, avoiding any waste, reducing industrial pollution, material consumption and energy use.
- Start-ups that do not have yet annual turnover or balance sheets are also considered eligible given that they fulfil the criteria (a) and (b) of the SME definition.
- In case an SME enters the ADMA TranS4MErsTranSM4MErs Acceleration Programme it will remain eligible even if, at a certain point during the subproject execution, it does not fulfil criteria (b) or (c) of the SME definition.
- The organisations must not have had convictions for fraudulent behaviour, other financial irregularities, unethical or illegal business practices.
- The participating organisations must not have been declared bankrupt or have initiated bankruptcy procedures.
- It is not under liquidation or is not an enterprise under difficulty according to the Commission Regulation No 651/2014, art.
- It is not excluded from the possibility of obtaining EU funding under the provisions of both national and EU law, or by a decision of either national or EU authority.
- Please note that a signed version of the Honour Declaration and the SME Declaration will be requested during the contract preparation phase.
How it Works
- Fair selection process based on eligibility checks
- First come first served selection approach per country
- Up to 500 SMEs funded
- At the Design phase, application open only to individual SMEs
- Possibility to apply together with an external expert at the Revamp phase
For more information, visit https://trans4mers.eu/open-calls