2nd EIT Manufacturing Call 2023 for Innovation, Education and Business Creation proposals

Call expired on 10 November 2022! (Check results below)

EIT Manufacturing is looking for projects and organisations ready to transform the European manufacturing and meet the global demands of present and future generations by achieving:

• Flexible Production Systems for Competitive Manufacturing. Emerging technologies enable almost limitless product design and production flexibility, allowing full customisation.
• Low Environmental Footprint Systems & Circular Economy for Green Manufacturing. Using new technologies to minimise use of resources, energy, and material in production systems to enable new circular business models.
• Digital & Collaborative Solutions for Innovative Manufacturing Ecosystems. Collaboration and business on digital platforms and value networks enable companies to create new and highly efficient value chains.
• Human-machine co-working for socially sustainable manufacturing. Smart use of automation and robots enables great workplaces, flexible production, and sustainable human work.

In the context of this call – and selected activities will be part of the Business Plan 2023-2025 – we are looking for:

Proposals for innovation activities in the areas of:

• Automation for human-centred factories
• Smart technologies for circular and green manufacturing
• Innovative solutions addressing industrial challenges caused by global crises

Proposals for education activities in the areas of:

• Innovation and Entrepreneurship Skills for Manufacturing (skill-driven learning): Complete digital learning program to support learners to develop the competencies for transforming innovations into products and services in the manufacturing sector
• Circular Manufacturing (skill-driven learning): Didactic game for creating awareness and develop basic skills in Circular Economy and sustainability in manufacturing shopfloor workers.
• Skills for EIT Manufacturing thematics (skill-driven learning): Upskilling and reskilling of current workforce in the manufacturing sector by supporting leaners in the development of the needed technical skills.
• Summer School for EIT Manufacturing Master School programmes and Doctoral School annual programme 2023 (pioneering learning journeys): innovative added value modules for EIT Labelled programs.

Proposals for Business Creation are meant to pilot a pre-acceleration programme to launch the next generation of European high-growth manufacturing startups and spinoffs.

Who can apply?

All organizations who are eligible for funding under the Horizon Europe programme.

You do not have to be an existing partner organisation of EIT Manufacturing to apply for funding but, by becoming one, you’ll gain access to a valuable source of expertise and potential collaborators to work with and help build your consortium if, or when, you decide to apply for funding.

About EIT Manufacturing?

EIT Manufacturing  is supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union, and it is one of eight innovation communities within EIT.

EIT Manufacturing’s main goal is to bring European stakeholders focused on manufacturing together in innovation ecosystems that add unique value to European products, processes and services and inspire the creation of globally competitive and sustainable manufacturing. EIT Manufacturing brings together more than 80 members (universities, research institutes and businesses).

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