OPEN CALL FOR SOLUTION IDEAS TO TACKLE COVID-19

OPEN CALL FOR SOLUTION IDEAS TO TACKLE COVID-19

OPEN CALL FOR SOLUTION IDEAS TO TACKLE COVID-19 AMable is offering grants to develop ideas to help with the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Field: COVID-19, Innovation
AMable is a consortium funded by the European Commission consisting of a group of experts from the technology, business and training industries who’s aim is to create a new eco-system that’s conducive to additive manufacturing.
Given the Coronavirus has caused issues across industries and borders, AMable is aiming to support ideas that help tackle product shortages, issues in the medical field as well as other issues affecting our economy and standard of living.
The open call will be done in two stages:

Submission of a definition of challenges where additive manufacturing can be applied. These will be published as “Challenge-sets”.
Call for proposals for a solution idea to one of the published challenge-sets.

Successful applicants will benefit from up to €10,000 and the support of the experts from AMable.
Find out more here.

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CALL FOR STARTUPS & SMES DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

CALL FOR STARTUPS & SMES DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

CALL FOR STARTUPS & SMES DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY Impact EdTech is looking for ideas that will enhance the learning experience in the digital age.
Field: Education, Technology, Innovation
Impact EdTech is a programme co-funded by the European Commission aimed at boosting innovations in education throughout Europe. The first of two open calls is looking for Startups and SMEs with disruptive ideas that will facilitate the creation of gender-friendly, personalised and inclusive learning.
In addition to financial support, selected applicants will have access to an EdTech-specific incubation environment that will offer access to an education ecosystem as well as business and access-to-market support.
Solutions with these elements are encouraged:

AI and data analytics powered solutions.
Assistive educational technology for special needs education.
New assessment models tools.
Next generation Virtual/Exploratory Learning Environments and e-Portfolio softwares.
Blockchain technology based solutions.
Hardware-based devices.
Gamification.
Solutions aimed at tackling privacy and data protection in the use of digital learning tools.
Virtual or Augmented Reality (VR/AR) powered solutions.

The deadline for this open call is June 30th 2020 at 13:00 (CEST).
More information can be found here.

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SRTI PARK AND BARRABÉS LAUNCH 100% DIGITAL ACCELERATOR PROGRAMME FOR THE MENA REGION

SRTI PARK AND BARRABÉS LAUNCH 100% DIGITAL ACCELERATOR PROGRAMME FOR THE MENA REGION

SRTI PARK AND BARRABÉS LAUNCH 100% DIGITAL ACCELERATOR PROGRAMME FOR THE MENA REGION Sharjah Advanced Industry Accelerator aimed at attracting innovative solutions in the MENA region
Field: Innovation, Startups, MENA
Sharjah Research Technology and Innovation Park (SRTI Park) and the Spanish innovation consultancy Barrabés are launching an Industry 4.0 100% digital accelerator with a unique value proposition in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The digital accelerator, called Sharjah Advanced Industry Accelerator, is aimed at attracting startups with innovative solutions.
 
Startups working in response to challenges faced by Industry 4.0 in areas like Smart Construction, smart materials, sustainable design, green building, modularisation and prefabrication, building information modelling (BIM), additive manufacturing, as well as infrastructures and connected ecosystems will receive support from the programme.
 
Startups that offer solutions to these challenges in these focus areas with technologies such as Big Data, 3D printing, robotics, augmented reality, the Internet of Things, Blockchain or cybersecurity, are encouraged to apply.
 
 
Application to the programme will be open until the 25th of June and startups worldwide are encouraged to apply.

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CALLING FOR SOLUTIONS FOR THE HIGH-IMPACT HUMAN PANDEMIC

CALLING FOR SOLUTIONS FOR THE HIGH-IMPACT HUMAN PANDEMIC

CALLING FOR SOLUTIONS FOR THE HIGH-IMPACT HUMAN PANDEMIC Preparing for future high-impact pandemics
Field: Pandemic; Innovation
Eureka, a publicly-funded intergovernmental network aims to enhance European competitiveness by fostering innovation-driven entrepreneurship, between small and large industries, research institutes and universities.
 
Eureka is holding an open call for solutions geared towards managing the next pandemic and participants are invited to submit research and innovation project proposals aiming to provide solutions and preparedness for highly contagious human infectious disease pandemics which inflict a high impact on society.
 
These solutions can include (but are not limited to):

Technologies enabling local resilience or self-sufficiency
Medical intervention robotics
Infection prevention and protection
Prevention of antibiotic resistance
Sanitation technology
Diagnostics and testing
Therapeutics, vaccines and medicines
Medical intervention robotics
Disease-tracking technology
Smart technologies for critical production and supply chains under lockdown
Education technologies and digital workplace
Govtech/Open data and Big Data

 
The deadline for this call is 15th July and eligibility criteria and the application link can be found here.

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MEDIA MOTOR EUROPE OPEN CALL

MEDIA MOTOR EUROPE OPEN CALL

MEDIA MOTOR EUROPE OPEN CALL Calling deep-tech innovators targeting challenges in the media industry.
Field: Startups; Innovators; Media
MediaMotorEurope (MME), a mentoring programme supported by Startup Europe, is looking for 20 high-potential European deep-tech innovators who can target the most relevant challenges in the media industry.
 
The 6-month programme will foster the development of creative and unique deep-tech solutions targeting some of the biggest challenges and needs that the media sector faces, such as the fight against misinformation and fake news, improved accessibility and inclusion of media services for people with disabilities, more advanced human-machine interaction, better protection of personal data through new technologies and transition towards a data-driven media 4.0 market.
 
European startups and scaleups are invited to apply by 17 July 2020 at 17h00 CEST. More information can be found here.

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GALILEO MASTERS COMPETITION

GALILEO MASTERS COMPETITION

GALILEO MASTERS COMPETITION Submit your application for the leading satellite navigation competition
Field: Innovation; Satellites
The Galileo Masters is an innovation competition scouting for the most forward‐thinking satellite navigation-themed applications. Funded by Galileo, an EU space programme, the competition will provide support for innovations at any development stage, with the ultimate aim of turning them into real businesses.
 
The competition is open to innovators, such as companies, startups, students, research associates, non-university research & development institutions, and consortia, as well as individuals and teams, (minimum age of 18 years) from almost anywhere in the world.
 
Interested parties are encouraged to submit GNSS‐related innovations in areas such as pandemics, agriculture, healthcare, leisure, traffic management, rail, sea, air transport logistics and so on.
 
The deadline for submission is 30th June 2020. For a chance to win a cash prize of €750,000, apply here.

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