HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-29

'Innovate to transform' support for SME's sustainability transition (CSA) -

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Expected Outcome

Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:

  • Support objectives of the European Green Deal and of the EU SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe;
  • Increased resilience of SMEs, by fostering technological and social innovation in SMEs to support their transition to more sustainable business models and more resource-efficient and circular processes and infrastructures;
  • Increased competitive sustainability of SMEs through the uptake of advanced technologies;
  • Stronger innovation support ecosystems supporting the green, social and economic transition of SMEs, by leveraging synergies between existing EU networks and SME support initiatives.

Scope

Achieving European Green Deal objectives, and notably a climate neutral and resource efficient economy, requires the full mobilisation of SMEs. The COVID-19 pandemic has also led to companies redesigning their supply chains and facing a new industrial revolution, brought on by a new generation of advanced technologies[1], which are underpinning the potential for competitive sustainability of SMEs.

The action will build on and further connect existing EU specialised business support networks and centres – such as the Enterprise Europe Network, the European industry clusters registered under the European Cluster Collaboration Platform, Centres for Advanced Technologies for Industry. They will work in complementarity and close interaction with Open Innovation Test beds, European Digital Innovation Hubs, Start-up Europe etc., but also with academia, social partners and other social innovation actors.

This action will consist in:

A. Advisory services

Dedicated innovation and capacity building support will be provided to SMEs, to assess their ability to transform their business models and increase their resilience.

This will consist of an assessment of SMEs’ innovation and sustainability practices, elaboration of recommendations, notably in view of the uptake of advanced technologies and/or social innovations.

Based on these recommendations, SMEs could receive further advisory services according to their level of preparedness such as help and advice on proof of concept, investment readiness, intellectual property (in cooperation with EU funded IP support),[2] technology transfer, adaptation to standards, adaptation to environmental rules, design management, skill development, partner search (including social partners). SMEs will receive targeted assistance for the uptake of advanced technologies.

Social innovation should be recommended when the solution is at the socio-technical interface and requires social change, new social practices, social ownership or market uptake.

This action will also include the set-up of a community, building on the SME Alliance projects, in which best practices should be exchanged and SMEs could benefit from dedicated peer-learning activities in order to learn from leaders (SMEs or larger corporates) of their own sector. Incentives for leaders to share their best practices with peers should be identified in the context of EU support to industrial ecosystems.

B. Financial support in the form of ‘Third party financing’

As a result of the advisory services and initial assessments, SMEs will receive financial support through calls for SMEs, to implement the elaborated recommendations.

This should support amongst other activities the financing of a feasibility study, prototyping, pilot testing, demonstrating, procurement of further specialised consultancy services and coaching services that cannot be provided directly by the project partners, adaptation of business processes, free access and support to use testing facilities, introduction of new IT solutions etc.

The Commission estimates that at least half of the budget should be allocated to financial support to SMEs in the form of third party financing.

In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research and innovation content is not a mandatory requirement

Cross-cutting Priorities:

Social InnovationSocio-economic science and humanitiesSocietal Engagement

[1] The Advanced Technologies for Industry project of the European Commission offers analytical overview of 16 advanced technologies: https://ati.ec.europa.eu/about/what-is-ati : Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Advanced Materials, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Big Data, Blockchain, Cloud Computing, Connectivity, Industrial Biotechnology, Internet of Things, Micro- and Nanoelectronics, Mobility, Nanotechnology, Photonics, Robotics and Security. European SMEs have shown a chronic lagging behind the US and China in the uptake of advanced technologies - See ATI reports from US and China about technology performance: China:https://ati.ec.europa.eu/reports/international-reports/report-china-technological-capacities-and-key-policy-measures; and US: https://ati.ec.europa.eu/reports/international-reports/report-united-states-america-technological-capacities-and-key-policy

[2]https://intellectual-property-helpdesk.ec.europa.eu/index_en; https://intellectual-property-helpdesk.ec.europa.eu/horizon-ip-scan_en; https://euipo.europa.eu/ohimportal/en/online-services/ideas-powered-for-business

News flashes

2022-01-10

Call for proposals: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01

Deadline: 23 September 2021

Available budget: EUR 355,200,000

Topic code

Type(s) of action

Budget

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-01

RIA

24.70

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-03

RIA

13.50

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-04

IA

36.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-05

CSA

8.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-06

RIA

30.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-07

IA

36.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-08

CSA

4.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-09

IA

28.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-10

RIA

23.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-11

RIA

19.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-12

RIA

19.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-14

IA

33.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-16

CSA

4.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-17

RIA

21.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-20

RIA

23.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-25

CSA

6.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-26

RIA

6.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-27

CSA

4.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-28

CSA

2.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-29

CSA

10.00

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-31

RIA

5.00

The Commission has now completed the evaluation of the proposals submitted to the above-mentioned call.

The results of the evaluation are as follows:

Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls): 225

Number of inadmissible proposals: 0

Number of ineligible proposals: 3

Number of above-threshold proposals: 160

Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals: EUR 976,461,868

We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.

It is expected that the first grant agreements will be signed by March 2022.

Information on the selected projects will be published on CORDIS[1] after that date.

Please note that the number of proposals that can finally be funded will depend on the finally available budget and the formal selection by the Commission.

For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service[2].

[1] Available at http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/home_en.html

[2] Available at http://ec.europa.eu/research/enquiries

2021-10-04

Deadline HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01: 23.09.2021

A total of 225 proposals were submitted in response to this call.The number of proposals for each topic is shown below:

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-01: 34

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-03: 1

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-04: 9

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-05: 4

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-06: 7

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-07: 4

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-08: 3

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-09: 1

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-10: 11

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-11: 10

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-12: 18

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-14: 8

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-16: 2

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-17: 19

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-20: 47

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-25: 2

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-26: 6

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-27: 7

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-28: 1

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-29: 25

HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-31: 6

2021-06-22
The submission session is now available for: HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-28(HORIZON-CSA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-16(HORIZON-CSA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-11(HORIZON-RIA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-10(HORIZON-RIA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-25(HORIZON-CSA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-29(HORIZON-CSA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-01(HORIZON-RIA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-17(HORIZON-RIA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-08(HORIZON-CSA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-05(HORIZON-CSA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-27(HORIZON-CSA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-09(HORIZON-IA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-04(HORIZON-IA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-07(HORIZON-IA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-14(HORIZON-IA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-26(HORIZON-RIA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-03(HORIZON-RIA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-12(HORIZON-RIA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-20(HORIZON-RIA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-31(HORIZON-RIA), HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01-06(HORIZON-RIA)
call topic details
Call status: Closed
Publication date: 2021-06-16 (4 years ago)
Opening date: 2021-06-22 (4 years ago)
Closing date: 2021-09-23 (3 years ago)
Procedure: single-stage

Budget: 10000000
Expected grants: not specified
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