Summary
Evaluation and award of Validation projects.
These projects are designed to provide rapid, targeted support to existing new industrial value chain initiatives, to enable them to validate the potential impact and to facilitate their commercialisation. Eligible activities will include product/process validation at TRL5-8. Validation Voucher applications represent a joint action between one benefited SME and a service provider who supports technological validation.
SMEs will be invited to complete a short application form detailing their project idea and describing its suitability for the specified challenge related to their prefered service provider. The application process will be conducted virtually through CLOU5 (developed in Task 2.1), thereby reducing costs and ensuring the process is efficient, giving potential participants enough time to develop their idea and implement it. Submitted proposals will be assessed as a group by 3 members of the project team who will review/score each team using the methodology determined in Task 2.3.
Funded projects will be initially limited to 6 months however organisations can apply to extend the length of the project if required. A short project cycle has been specified in order to provide the targeted, fast support to enable fast validation and accelerate the commercialisation, driving revenues for the SMEs to secure the return on their investment to date. Moreover, validated technologies can also be the basis for the continuation of a Demonstration Project.
The applicant will be supported by VIDA consortium financially and with services. These services from the VIDA partners could include the search for appropriate demonstration sites, lab-facilities and personnel. In total, a voucher would be maximum 25.000 euro with a total reserved budget of €250,000. Around 10 projects are expected during the open call. The task leader (FPI) will be responsible for implementing the evaluation process determined in Task 2.3, notifying applicants of the decision. The coordinator (CEW) will be responsible for disbursing the funds (held by Coordinator). Unsuccessful applicants will receive signposting support in Task 4.5. Project evaluation is conducted in Task 5.1. Exploitation support is provided in Task 6.3. Example projects are shown in Table 1.4 (a and b) of the proposal.
An interim report at half time of the open call (M17) will be published, which contain publishable information of the awarded projects and the remaining budget.
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