'Innovate to transform' support for SME's sustainability transition (CSA)
Call text (as on F&T portal)
View on F&T portalExpected Outcome:
Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes:
- Support objectives of the European Green Deal and of the EU SME Strategy for a sustainable and digital Europe;
- Increased resilience of SMEs, by fostering technological and social innovation in SMEs to support their transition to more sustainable business models and more resource-efficient and circular processes and infrastructures;
- Increased competitive sustainability of SMEs through the uptake of advanced technologies;
- Stronger innovation support ecosystems supporting the green, social and economic transition of SMEs, by leveraging synergies between existing EU networks and SME support initiatives.
Scope:
Achieving European Green Deal objectives, and notably a climate neutral and resource efficient economy, requires the full mobilisation of SMEs. The COVID-19 pandemic has also led to companies redesigning their supply chains and facing a new industrial revolution, brought on by a new generation of advanced technologies, which are underpinning the potential for competitive sustainability of SMEs.
The action will build on and further connect existing EU specialised business support networks and centres – such as the Enterprise Europe Network, the European industry clusters registered under the European Cluster Collaboration Platform, Centres for Advanced Technologies for Industry. They will work in complementarity and close interaction with Open Innovation Test beds, European Digital Innovation Hubs, Start-up Europe etc., but also with academia, social partners and other social innovation actors.
This action will consist in:
A. Advisory services
Dedicated innovation and capacity building support will be provided to SMEs, to assess their ability to transform their business models and increase their resilience.
This will consist of an assessment of SMEs’ innovation and sustainability practices, elaboration of recommendations, notably in view of the uptake of advanced technologies and/or social innovations.
Based on these recommendations, SMEs could receive further advisory services according to their level of preparedness such as help and advice on proof of concept, investment readiness, intellectual property (in cooperation with EU funded IP support), technology transfer, adaptation to standards, adaptation to environmental rules, design management, skill development, partner search (including social partners). SMEs will receive targeted assistance for the uptake of advanced technologies.
Social innovation should be recommended when the solution is at the socio-technical interface and requires social change, new social practices, social ownership or market uptake.
This action will also include the set-up of a community, building on the SME Alliance projects, in which best practices should be exchanged and SMEs could benefit from dedicated peer-learning activities in order to learn from leaders (SMEs or larger corporates) of their own sector. Incentives for leaders to share their best practices with peers should be identified in the context of EU support to industrial ecosystems.
B. Financial support in the form of ‘Third party financing’
As a result of the advisory services and initial assessments, SMEs will receive financial support through calls for SMEs, to implement the elaborated recommendations.
This should support amongst other activities the financing of a feasibility study, prototyping, pilot testing, demonstrating, procurement of further specialised consultancy services and coaching services that cannot be provided directly by the project partners, adaptation of business processes, free access and support to use testing facilities, introduction of new IT solutions etc.
The Commission estimates that at least half of the budget should be allocated to financial support to SMEs in the form of third party financing.
In this topic the integration of the gender dimension (sex and gender analysis) in research and innovation content is not a mandatory requirement.
Proposals can consider the involvement of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre as an associated partner providing its expertise in industrial innovation and dynamics.
News flashes
EVALUATION results
Published: 07.12.2022
Deadline: 07.02.2024
Available budget: EUR 160,200,000
The results of the evaluation for each topic are as follows:
HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-01
HORIZON-CL4-2024- RESILIENCE-01-04
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)
20
17
Number of inadmissible proposals
1
0
Number of ineligible proposals
0
0
Number of above-threshold proposals
17
11
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR
86,261,262.88 €
78,124,112.44 €
Number of proposals retained for funding
4
3
Number of proposals in the reserve list
1
1
Funding threshold *
13
14
Ranking distribution:
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14
3
3
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13
1
3
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10
13
5
HORIZON-CL4-2024- RESILIENCE-01-08
HORIZON-CL4-2024- RESILIENCE-01-10
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)
5
4
Number of inadmissible proposals
0
0
Number of ineligible proposals
0
0
Number of above-threshold proposals
5
4
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR
89,671,217.86 €
9,400,822.70 €
Number of proposals retained for funding
2
1
Number of proposals in the reserve list
1
1
Funding threshold *
12
12
Ranking distribution:
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14
0
0
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13
0
0
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10
5
4
HORIZON-CL4-2024- RESILIENCE-01-11
HORIZON-CL4-2024- RESILIENCE-01-24
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)
13
12
Number of inadmissible proposals
1
0
Number of ineligible proposals
1
2
Number of above-threshold proposals
9
8
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR
64,732,627.92 €
96,409,126.08 €
Number of proposals retained for funding
2
4
Number of proposals in the reserve list
1
1
Funding threshold *
12
11.5
Ranking distribution:
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14
0
0
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13
1
2
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10
8
6
HORIZON-CL4-2024- RESILIENCE-01-41
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)
41
Number of inadmissible proposals
0
Number of ineligible proposals
2
Number of above-threshold proposals
19
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR
94,841,031.66 €
Number of proposals retained for funding
2
Number of proposals in the reserve list
2
Funding threshold *
14
Ranking distribution:
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14
3
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13
2
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10
14
* Proposals with the same score were ranked according to the priority order procedure set out in the call conditions (for HE, in the General Annexes to the Work Programme or specific arrangements in the specific call/topic conditions).
Summary of observer report:
According the observed consensus meetings and panel ranking meeting, the evaluation procedures were carried with transparency, efficiency, fairness, consistency, impartiality with homogenous criteria, even among the different topics coordinated by different topic coordinators, in compliance with the applicable evaluation rules for each stage of the selection exercise (individual evaluation reports, consensus reports, panel ranking): the evaluation process was carried out in full accordance with the Horizon Europe documents on proposal evaluation.
The IT utilised systems (SEP and CIRCABC) worked very well and they are clear and useful for the evaluation procedures with many supporting documents to help the expert’s work. Webex tool was mainly used for the meetings, and it worked very well permitting a good interaction level for the experts during their discussion about each evaluated proposal.
In this way all the procedures to select the best proposal were very adequate to define the final ranking in order to select the best projects to be financed according to the call’s indications.
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We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.
EVALUATION results
Published: 07.12.2022
Deadline: 07.02.2024
Available budget: EUR 160,200,000
The results of the evaluation for each topic are as follows:
HORIZON-CL4-2024-RESILIENCE-01-01
HORIZON-CL4-2024- RESILIENCE-01-04
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)
20
17
Number of inadmissible proposals
1
0
Number of ineligible proposals
0
0
Number of above-threshold proposals
17
11
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR
86,261,262.88 €
78,124,112.44 €
Number of proposals retained for funding
4
3
Number of proposals in the reserve list
1
1
Funding threshold *
13
14
Ranking distribution:
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14
3
3
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13
1
3
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10
13
5
HORIZON-CL4-2024- RESILIENCE-01-08
HORIZON-CL4-2024- RESILIENCE-01-10
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)
5
4
Number of inadmissible proposals
0
0
Number of ineligible proposals
0
0
Number of above-threshold proposals
5
4
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR
89,671,217.86 €
9,400,822.70 €
Number of proposals retained for funding
2
1
Number of proposals in the reserve list
1
1
Funding threshold *
12
12
Ranking distribution:
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14
0
0
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13
0
0
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10
5
4
HORIZON-CL4-2024- RESILIENCE-01-11
HORIZON-CL4-2024- RESILIENCE-01-24
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)
13
12
Number of inadmissible proposals
1
0
Number of ineligible proposals
1
2
Number of above-threshold proposals
9
8
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR
64,732,627.92 €
96,409,126.08 €
Number of proposals retained for funding
2
4
Number of proposals in the reserve list
1
1
Funding threshold *
12
11.5
Ranking distribution:
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14
0
0
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13
1
2
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10
8
6
HORIZON-CL4-2024- RESILIENCE-01-41
Number of proposals submitted (including proposals transferred from or to other calls)
41
Number of inadmissible proposals
0
Number of ineligible proposals
2
Number of above-threshold proposals
19
Total budget requested for above-threshold proposals, EUR
94,841,031.66 €
Number of proposals retained for funding
2
Number of proposals in the reserve list
2
Funding threshold *
14
Ranking distribution:
Number of proposals with scores lower or equal to 15 and higher or equal to 14
3
Number of proposals with scores lower than 14 and higher or equal to 13
2
Number of proposals with scores lower than 13 and higher or equal to 10
14
* Proposals with the same score were ranked according to the priority order procedure set out in the call conditions (for HE, in the General Annexes to the Work Programme or specific arrangements in the specific call/topic conditions).
Summary of observer report:
According the observed consensus meetings and panel ranking meeting, the evaluation procedures were carried with transparency, efficiency, fairness, consistency, impartiality with homogenous criteria, even among the different topics coordinated by different topic coordinators, in compliance with the applicable evaluation rules for each stage of the selection exercise (individual evaluation reports, consensus reports, panel ranking): the evaluation process was carried out in full accordance with the Horizon Europe documents on proposal evaluation.
The IT utilised systems (SEP and CIRCABC) worked very well and they are clear and useful for the evaluation procedures with many supporting documents to help the expert’s work. Webex tool was mainly used for the meetings, and it worked very well permitting a good interaction level for the experts during their discussion about each evaluated proposal.
In this way all the procedures to select the best proposal were very adequate to define the final ranking in order to select the best projects to be financed according to the call’s indications.
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We recently informed the applicants about the evaluation results for their proposals.
For questions, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.
Please note that an additional Annex to part B is created called “ Additional Annex - Financial support to third parties “which will allows participants to upload a consolidated document as separate annex to the proposal part B in the Submission System. . For calls that allow ‘Financial support to third parties’, project participants must add this document to the application and upload it as separate annex to the proposal part B in the Submission System.
Please note that an additional Annex to part B is created called “ Additional Annex - Financial support to third parties “which will allows participants to upload a consolidated document as separate annex to the proposal part B in the Submission System. . For calls that allow ‘Financial support to third parties’, project participants must add this document to the application and upload it as separate annex to the proposal part B in the Submission System.
Opening date: 2023-09-19 (3 years ago)
Closing date: 2024-02-07 (2 years ago)
Procedure: single-stage
Budget: 10,000,000
Expected grants: 2
Contribution: 5,000,000 - 5,000,000
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