SmartAgriHubs - SERVICE the SmartAgriHubs Community Network
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Deadline: Jun 29, 2022
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Summary

Project full name: Connecting the dots to unleash the innovation potential for digital transformation of the European agri-food sector
Project acronym: SmartAgriHubs
Grant agreement number: 818182
Total EU funding available: €3 000 000
Maximum amount of financial support for each third party: SmartAgriHubs considers that proposals requesting a contribution from SmartAgriHubs between €50 000 and €200 000 would allow to support proposed projects appropriately. The budget per legal entity shall be limited to a maximum of €100 000 in total within one or several sub-grants.
Further information: https://www.smartagrihubs.eu/portal/open-call

Description

All information for submitting a proposal can be found on the SmartAgriHubs website. Proposers have to prepare a proposal that can be submitted via a proposal management system. A continuous submission scheme is used, where proposals are evaluated in batches at several dates before the open call finally closes. The evaluation in the SmartAgriHubs SERVICE open call will be organised as single stage evaluation with the involvement of two experts evaluating the submitted proposal.

The first date for evaluating a batch of proposals will be 10 November 2021 (17:00 Brussels Time).

Open call for projects coordinated by Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs) that aim at services for the support of digital transformation in the agri-food domain. For this call, projects shall develop, innovate, provide, validate and/or improve services provided by Digital Innovation Hubs. Tangible innovation services shall be provided by DIHs. They shall aim at supporting the set-up and realisation of digital innovation activities realised by stakeholders of agri-food communities and related networks.

One or more DIHs shall develop and/or deliver and validate their function as a service provider, helping agri-food companies and related stakeholders to become more competitive by improving their business, products and/or production processes.

DIHs shall act as a one-stop shop, serving agri-food related companies within their region and making agri-food related businesses more competitive by speeding up the development and uptake of digital innovations. They help customers addressing their challenges in a business focused way and with a service model, offering services that would not be readily accessible elsewhere. The funded services available through a DIH shall enable any business to access the latest knowledge, expertise and technology for testing and experimenting with digital innovations relevant to their products, processes or business models.

DIHs usually provide connections with investors, facilitate access to financing for digital transformations, help connect users and suppliers of digital innovations across the value chain, and foster synergies between digital and other key enabling technologies.

The proposed project shall support individual or groups/networks of stakeholders in the DIH’s region or in several regions based on the cooperation of several DIHs proposing a project.

Any other organisations besides the coordinating DIH can also participate. The role of those organisations shall also be to offer or plan to offer at least one or more innovation services in cooperation with the coordinating DIH or other DIHs involved in the proposed project.

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