Deadline: 30-Mar-22
GALACTICA project has just launched its 2nd Open Call for Proposals with €1.64 million of funding available, to attract and support the best cross-sectoral projects in the fields of textile, aerospace, and advancing manufacturing.
Types of Projects
- Pioneer Acceleration
- Applicants: Minimum 1 SMEs from one of the eligible sectors
- Funding: Up to €20.000 per project (lump sum)
- Scope: The main goal is to support the exploration of new cross-sectoral value chains feasibility with focus on developing a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) connecting two or more of the sectors (aerospace, textile, advanced manufacturing).
- Indicative supported activities/ideas:
- Building of the prototype in form of a Minimum Viable Product,
- Testing of the hypothesis with business measurements and user validation tests that will provide crucial information for learning about the hypothesis validity,
- Adjusting the product/service with a dedicated learning process
- Duration: 4 to 6 months project
- Number of expected funded projects: 22 projects in the 2nd call
- Orbital Projects
- Applicants: 2 SMEs from 2 different sectors, both from EU or UK
- Funding: Up to €60,000 per SME, up to €100,000 per project (lump sum)
- Scope: implementation of functional prototypes and demonstrators for new cross-sectoral value chains, connecting two or more of the sectors (aerospace, textile, advanced manufacturing), while funding the integration of non-technological innovations for speeding up market match.
- Indicative supported activities/ideas:
- Experimentation
- Technological maturation
- Prototype/system integration design and development, including materials, technical testing and market testing
- Standardisation
- Duration: 6 months project
- Number of expected funded projects: 12 projects in the 2nd call
What they are offering?
- Startups and SME’s can apply for two funding voucher schemes: “Pioneer projects” and “Orbital projects”.
- In addition, selected projects will receive a coaching and mentoring support package to accelerate their launch to market.
Indicative Activities
- Building of the prototype in form of a Minimum Viable Product,
- Testing of the hypothesis with business measurements and user validation tests that will provide crucial information for learning about the hypothesis validity,
- Adjusting the product/service with a dedicated learning process
Eligibility Criteria
- The Call for Proposals is open to EU and UK innovative Startups and SME’s within the textile, aerospace, and/or advanced manufacturing sectors.
- Single SMEs or consortia SMEs can apply for “Pioneer projects”.
- For the “Orbital projects” it is mandatory the participation of two SMEs.
- When two companies are applying within each funding scheme, it is also mandatory that those companies belong to different sectors of activity.
- The main goal of the GALACTICA project is to create, validate and scale-up new cross-sectoral and cross-border value chains among textile, aerospace and advanced manufacturing fields.
For more information, visit https://galacticaproject.eu/2nd-galactica-call/
