INNOVATE UK – SMART UK based small and medium enterprises carrying out R&D projects can access the SMART funding competition. The SMART programme is managed by INNOVATE UK, with three types of grant available: • Proof of market – up to 9 months, maximum grant £25.000, funded 60% • Proof of concept – up to...
The INTERREG ADRION Programme Kickoff event, “Let’s celebrate the launch of the INTERREG ADRION – Working together for the Adriatic Ionian Challenges” will be held in Bologna on 9th and 10th December 2015. Online registration is through the official programme website. Places are limited but you can follow the plenary sessions of the two-day event...
576 Expression of Interest (EoI) submitted under the first call for proposals. After an initial evaluation, sorting out the duplications and invalid EoI, 547 proposals have been considered for further assessment. The majority of proposals address the Specific Objectives 2.1 (strengthen transnational water management and flood risk prevention) and 1.2 (increase competences for business and...
A new call for proposal has been launched by Tuscany Region, supporting investment projects for young innovative start-ups. The call is aimed at supporting young and innovative micro and small enterprises located in Tuscany born in the last years, through vouchers and soft loans. The typology of services that can be financed are included in...
The PHD ITalents project supports Italian enterprises that hire PHD researchers for a period of 3 years by covering their costs up to the 80% (for the first year, 60% and 50% for the second and third year, respectively). Enterprises carrying out R&D activities in the following sectors can apply: Energy, Food, Cultural heritage, sustainable mobility,...
The project SOLE-CUT Shape memOryaLloys for stonEmaChining and compUter aided Technology, led in Tuscany by Magenta srl, in partnership with Frosini Pietre srl, was evaluated at the European level, as a project to be included among the success stories of the call MANUNET 2012. SOLE-CUT project, at Tuscan level, developed a monitoring system of stone cutting, exploiting machine vision. The system includes an...
The first call for MED Horizontal projects of the 2014-2020 programming period is now open to programme priority axes 1, 2 and 3 and their specific objectives. The indicative ERDF allocation for this call is 9.0M€ (3,6M€ for priority axis 1, 3M€ for priority axis 2 and 2,4M€ for priority axis 3). The indicative IPA allocation for this...
Let’s code an Innovative World! {Codemotion} is the ecosystem devoted to innovation, focused on developers and coding. Pioneering spirits, they scout the future to deliver a first class experience to the people. {Codemotion} is a community and always looks for partners and speakers. After the event in Berlin, from 18 to 21 November, in Milan,...
Workshop: Smart Mobility Governance Registrations are now open for the workshop “Smart Mobility Governance” organised by Memex Srl on the following projects: EU-LIFE+ PERHT, EU-ENPI CBC MED RAMUD and AREZZO SMART. The workshop will be the opportunity to learn about the results of the projects and discuss with a panel of international experts about the...
The 43rd General Assembly of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe was held at Firenze Fiera from 4 to 6 November. The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe brings together 156 European regions from 28 states, both members and not of the European Union. Organized in six geographical commissions, on the basis...
