Deadline: 23-Nov-22
Vinnova is accepting applications for PiiA: Process Industry of Future-Data-Driven & Sustainable.
The purpose of the call is to increase the sustainability and competitiveness of the Swedish process industry by increasing the use of new technology and advanced data analysis in value chains linked to the process industry, both within and between companies.
PiiA focuses on the Swedish process industry and includes both process industry companies and process industry suppliers. By process industry they mean processes with continuous flows. They welcome applications from the various industries in the process industry, such as the forestry, mining, steel, chemical, food or pharmaceutical industries.
The purpose of the investment in strategic innovation programs is to create conditions for international competitiveness and sustainable solutions to global societal challenges.
Offers
- The strategic innovation program Processindustriell IT and Automation (PiiA) offers funding for feasibility studies or research, development and innovation projects (FUI project) with a focus on data analysis in process industrial value chains.
- By process industry they mean processes with continuous flows. They welcome applications from all industries in the process industry, such as the forestry, mining, steel, chemical, food or pharmaceutical industries. PiiA's focus area is not discrete manufacturing in the manufacturing industry.
- The call is aimed at consortia consisting of companies, universities, university colleges, research institutes and other actors (legal persons) relevant to the project.
- They welcome consortia that include smaller companies with cutting-edge expertise that complement larger actors.
- Foreign actors are welcome to participate in project, however not as coordinators. Funding is only granted to Swedish organizations. Swedish organizations also mean foreign organizations that have a branch or place of business in Sweden. Costs in the project must be linked to the branch's or place of business's activities.
- Project will be of strategic importance for participating companies and research groups and lead to sustainable growth and strengthened market position for Sweden in the process industry.
Funding Information
- Preliminary SEK 600,000-5,000,000 depending on the type of project.
The Projects are Expected to Lead to:
- Increased access to and access to data in industrial value chains, both within and between companies.
- Analysis and refinement of large amounts of data, linked to real needs of a process industry.
- Increased knowledge and understanding of how shared industrial data can lead to new services and business models through the process industry's value chain.
- Data-driven optimization of processes and value chains.
- A more sustainable and circular process industry through the use of industrial data.
Impact
- The joint project must have a positive impact on the parties to the project, which must form a well-balanced consortium that includes one or more of the following actors:
- Process industry that has identified an opportunity to radically improve its competitiveness by applying, for its field, new knowledge or new technology in a new way.
- Supplier company or so-called IndTech company that has identified a new market need, which is looking for a product or service with a new business model that meets this need, where the product / service differs significantly from what is already on the market.
- Research group who see the challenge as part of an important research problem that requires new knowledge, or who see opportunities for new application of research-based knowledge.
Activities for which funding can be funding for
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The following two types of project are funded through the call:
- Feasibility Study: The study lasts for a maximum of 9 months and consists of at least two parties, of which is at least one company. The study aims to investigate and test concepts and serves as preparation for a FUI project.
- FUI- Project: The project lasts for a maximum of 36 months and consists of at least three parties, of which must be at least two companies. The project is expected to indicate potential in the application and / or value creation of new technologies and, if possible, validate / demonstrate its results in a relevant environment.
What can you apply for?
- Initiate and carry out feasibility studies as well as research, development and innovation projects (FUI- project ) with a focus on digitization of process industrial value chains.
Eligibility Criteria
- Consortia consisting of companies, universities, university colleges, research institutes and other relevant actors (legal entities).
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The consortium consists of:
- At least two parties, of which at least one company for feasibility studies
- At least three parties, of which at least two companies for FUI project
- The project parties are legal entities
- The coordinator is a Swedish organization
- Participant seeking funding is a Swedish organization. Swedish organizations also mean foreign organizations that have a branch or place of business in Sweden.
For more information, visit PiiA.
For more information, visit https://www.vinnova.se/en/calls-for-proposals/strategic-innovation-programme-for-process-industrial-it-and-automation–piia/piia-data-analysis-in-process-2022-01092/
