European Partnership on Innovative SMEs/Innowwide CALL 1

Beneficiary & submission

EUROPEAN PARNERSHIP ON INNOVATIVE SMEs/INNOWWIDE CALL 1 FROM 5 SEP 2022 TO 15 NOV 2022 17:00 CEST If you are an innovative SME, you can apply to the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs/Innowwide for a grant of 60,000 euros to assess the viability of your research or commercial ambitions in international markets. We’re encouraging you to take your R&I to markets all over the world. Choose a target region and country and find a local counterpart. Funding is for SMEs in European Union Member States or Horizon Europe Associated Countries partnering with a counterpart in Africa, North and South America, the Middle East or Asia-Pacific. This year, the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs/Innowwide will fund 50 projects (with up to 25 of those involving counterparts in Africa). SUBMISSION Applications must be completed and submitted by someone legally authorised to represent the SME based in the EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country. Applications must be completed on our SmartSimple platform https://eureka.smartsimple.ie/. Conditions for applying: • You are an SME in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country with a partner based in a country in North or South America, Asia-Pacific or the Middle East. OR • You are an SME in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country with a partner based in an African country. OR • You are an SME in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country and you are submitting an application on behalf of an African company that you provide services to. An initial question will categorise your application under one of these three groups. If you are an SME in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country and you are submitting an application on behalf of an African company directing its innovation towards EU or Associated Country, your African counterpart will be, nevertheless, considered as the “main subcontractor” for application purposes. The same evaluation criteria apply to any of the three categories. Submission steps: 1. Register on https://eureka.smartsimple.ie/ 2. Complete the application form in English. Note: You need to invite your counterpart (main subcontractor in the market feasibility project) to sign a commitment in the platform before you submit your project application. 3. Upload your annexes: • Financial statements or business plan • Workplan 4. Submit your completed application form electronically before the call deadline. EVALUATION Complete and eligible applications are evaluated by three remote experts (one of them acting as rapporteur, responsible for drafting a consensus report), using the online call management platform, according to three criteria: excellence, impact and quality and efficiency of the implementation. Your application is given points out of 200.  Applications below any of these thresholds will be discarded: Excellence: 30 points Impact: 50 points Quality and efficiency of implementation: 30 points  Each expert will prepare an individual evaluation report that includes scores for each criterion with explanatory comments. Once the individual evaluation reports are finalised, the rapporteur will draft an evaluation consensus report and put forward comments that match the consensus scores based on the individual evaluation reports. Each applicant will receive a single evaluation consensus report with scores.  An independent evaluation panel will decide a ranking list based on evaluation results. In this call for market feasibility projects, two separate ranking lists will be made: 1. At least 25 projects with partners in North and South America, Asia-Pacific or the Middle East 2. Up to 25 projects with an African partner

Further information

Timeline o Call opening: 5 September 2022 o Call deadline: 15 November 2022, 17:00 CET o Evaluation results (indicative): March 2023 o Grant signature (indicative): April 2023