SURE5.0 Acceleration Programme 2

Beneficiary & submission

Type of Beneficiary Eligible participants will only be SMEs operating in the Mobility, Transport & Automotive (MTA), Aerospace & Defense, and Electronics manufacturing value chains in need of adopting technologies or services for Industry 5.0 transition Eligible Countries Applicants eligible to receive funding through this Open Call are a legal entity established and based in the European Union or EU Associated Countries only. SURE5.0 Online-Self Assessment The SURE5.0 Online-Self Assessment is an online tool to evaluate the current level (and future potential) of industry 5.0 principles integration within their company. Only SMEs which have finalised their online-self assessment will be able to apply for Phase 1. The SURE5.0 Online-Self Assessment is available at https://websites.fraunhofer.de/sure50-selfassessmenttool/index.php/477326?lang=en. Proposal Preparation  For the proposal preparation, the applicants are requested to apply online and answer all mandatory questions (with no exception) at: https://www.f6s.com/sure5.0-open-call-2/ If the applicant discovers an error in the proposal, and provided the call deadline has not passed, the applicant may request the F6S team to re-submit the proposal (for this purpose please contact us at support@f6s.com). However, SURE5.0 cannot guarantee resubmission will be done in time if requested shorter than 2 working days before the deadline. If a proposal is reopened and resubmitted the time stamp considered is the one of the final submissions. It is strongly recommended not to wait until the last minute to submit the proposal. Failure of the proposal to arrive in time for any reason, including network communications delays or working from multiple browsers or multiple browser windows, is not acceptable as an extenuating circumstance. Late submissions are not permitted. The time of receipt of the application as recorded by the submission system will be definitive. Proposals Evaluation The following proposal eligibility criteria apply:               I.        The online self-assessment was completed.              II.        Each SME may submit only one (1) proposal. In case an SME submits more than one proposal, only the last application will be accepted.            III.        SMEs that applied and were not selected for Phase 1 in the first cut-offs and scoring above threshold, will be qualified for the following cut-offs without the need to reapply. If they so desire, they can request to re-open the application and resubmit. The new application will need to be flagged as a re-application which will be scored independently from the previous application.            IV.        SMEs that participated in Phase 1 and were not selected for phase 2, scoring below threshold are excluded from the programme, without the possibility of re-applying.             V.        SMEs that were not selected in the Acceleration Programme 1 can apply to the Acceleration Programme 2; however, it is mandatory to flag that this is a resubmission.            VI.        Proposals from a partner or linked SMEs (see table of Terms and Definitions) must demonstrate that there is no risk of double funding. The fundamental principle underpinning the rules for public expenditure in the EU states that no costs for the same activity can be funded twice from the EU budget, as defined in the Article 111 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of June 25th, 2002 on the Financial Regulation.

Further information

Project website: https://sureproject.eu/ Self assessment tool: https://websites.fraunhofer.de/sure50-selfassessmenttool/index.php/477326?lang=en Open call application form: https://www.f6s.com/sure5.0-opencall/ Help desk: help@sureproject.eu/ F6S helpdesk: support@f6s.com