EUROGIA2030 – Low Carbon Technologies solutions

Key Features

The Eurogia2030 programme intent is to address issues in the Energy market in order to develop the Eurogia2030 5Ds Strategy.

Programme:     Eureka

Award:     Share of up to £750,000

Opens: 2nd Sep 2024

Closes: 15th Nov 2024

Overview

The Eurogia2030 programme intent is to address issues in the Energy market in order to develop the Eurogia2030 5Ds Strategy:

  • Decarbonisation
  • Democratisation
  • Digitalisation
  • Deregulation
  • Decentralisation

Eurogia2030 aims to boost the productivity, competitiveness and environmental sensitivity of the EurekaNetwork countries. Through innovative technologies and energy solutions, Eurogia2030 improves the Low Carbon Energy market for a sustainable future.

Scope

Eurogia2030 is on the front line in the Energy field to achieve carbon neutrality goals. Through Low Carbon Technologies R&D solutions Eurogia aims to contribute for a sustainable environment, for the reduction of climate change and  for a sustainable growth.  Some of the targeted challenges to achieve these goals are necessary, but not limited to:

  • Carbon-free energy supply,
  • Green mobility and Smart cities,
  • Smarter housings and constructions,
  • Bio resources and environment.

The technologies necessary to tackle these challenges are rapidly developing within a giant market and an ever growing societal concern. In-depth knowledge and leadership in developing and applying them is an essential requirement, if industry is to maintain its leadership in multiple application areas, or take advantage of new opportunities.

The Eurogia Calls are specifically designed to stimulate activity in this important area, through the creation of trans-national collaborative projects in applications that will support economic growth and benefit society as a whole.

Participants are invited to submit applied research and innovation project proposals within the Eurogia scope: eurogia2030-technology-roadmap-annex-to-the-map-final

Among the relevant enabling technologies, digitalization, IOT, AI, blockchains, cyber-security , communication, 5G/6G, drones, sensors, new materials, asset management,  recycling, etc. are also expected to play an important role.

Eligibility

Proposals must meet the following criteria:

  • The consortium should include at least two companies from different EUREKA participating countries. The participation of research institutes/universities is welcome according to each country’s funding regulations.
  • The project partners must express their willingness to cooperate, on a win-win/fair basis in the development of a new product, industrial process Industry standard or service.
  • The product, process or service must be innovative and there must be a technological risk involved.
  • The project should benefit all involved partners in a well-balanced consortium. SME’s are explicitly encouraged to participate in the proposals. (well-balanced means that one partner, or country, can hold at max around 70% of the project. This is not a strict eligibility criteria, but it will be considered in evaluation phase)
  • The project should generate an obvious advantage and added value resulting from the technological cooperation between the participants (new technologies, standardization, prototyping, field trials, new or improves products, increased knowledge, access to R&D infrastructure etc.).
  • Economic and Societal benefits to be obtained (where relevant) must be highlighted in the project proposal.
  • A project consortium or cooperation agreement (PCA) must be signed between the project partners as soon as possible after the project starts. PCA templates are available for use if required.

EUROGIA is explicitly supported by 20 EUREKA countries (https://eurogia.eu/funding/). In addition, participants from other EUREKA and non-EUREKA countries can participate in applications but will have to take care about the financing of the project themselves. In all cases, it is the responsibility of the submitting project team to contact the Public Authority representatives of the countries that they wish to involve, to ensure that the option of funding is available.

All EUREKA countries are invited to support this Call and/or individual proposals. However, project partners from other EUREKA countries, or countries outside of EUREKA, must secure their national funding within the deadlines for the Call to participate.

In all cases, it is strongly recommended that potential project partners contact their supporting Public Authority to check their eligibility for support under this Call.  Funding eligibility rules per country will be the same as those used currently by these countries for the evaluation of EUREKA Cluster proposals.

How to submit your project

The EUROGIA programme uses a two-step submission process. The first step is the submission of a PO (project Outline). In case of positive evaluation of the PO, the applicant will be invited to present an FPP (Full project Proposal) in the following Call.

A Project Outline PO (po_template-eurogia2030) or a Full Project Proposal FPP (fpp-template-eurogia2030) should be submitted by 17:00 CET of the Call deadline day. Proposals must be submitted via the Submission Portal

National applications will be required. Please check the national rules for those deadlines.

Submitting a proposal is a simple procedure of registering on the portal where the key characteristics of the proposal must be submitted through online forms and the document version of the detailed work descriptions, as requested in the proposal template, can be uploaded.

Each project participant should also contact their national funding agency (as early in the process as possible prior to the submission deadline for the call) and follow their advice regarding national funding applications in parallel to the proposal submission.

Funding

EUREKA Funding is based on National funding policies and arrangements and, as such, is subject to National terms and conditions. On request, it is required that each project participant will submit a national funding application in line with National funding processes.

The Eurogia association is financed through Project fees system: Funded projects will be charged for 1.5% of the funded budgets received by National Authorities.

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