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Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) · I3-2024-INV1
Grants for SMEs developing floating offshore wind innovations at TRL 6-8 that address I3FLOAT challenges.
Quel est l’objet de cet appel ?
The call funds SMEs, alone or in pairs from two regions, developing floating offshore wind innovations close to market. Projects address either open innovation lines or specific challenges set by industry.
Que finance cet appel ?
Scope
The call funds SMEs with innovations in floating offshore wind that address one of the challenges identified by the I3FLOAT project. It targets projects relatively close to commercialisation, with expected TRLs of 6-8.
Challenges
- Open Challenges: solutions aligned with any of the 44 innovation lines in the Floating Wind Strategic Innovation Agenda, such as floating substructures, moorings and dynamic cables; electrical infrastructure and grid connection; turbines, towers and floating wind control; industrialisation; logistics and offshore installation; operation, maintenance and decommissioning.
- Specific Challenges: 11 concrete needs set by Challenge Owners, for example single-pass welding for local serial assembly or logistic optimisation of offshore wind structure transport.
- An application has to address one challenge only.
Evaluation
Applications go through an eligibility check, a qualitative evaluation by 3 I3FLOAT partners or Advisory Board members, and ranking. The highest-scoring application per Specific Challenge is selected; Open Challenge applications are funded in rank order until the budget is used.
Quelles sont les informations clés ?
- Budget du thème
- 2 520 000 €
- Code de l’appel
- I3-2024-INV1
- Programme
- Interregional Innovation Investments (I3)
- Funder
- I3FLOAT project
- Eligible applicants
- SMEs, alone or with a second SME from a different region
- Funding per project
- up to €60,000 per applicant and up to €120,000 per application
- Expected number of projects
- up to 10 for Open Challenges and up to 11 for Specific Challenges
Qui peut candidater à cet appel ?
- SMEs according to the European definition.
- Headquarters or an affiliated entity in a region represented in the I3FLOAT consortium, and/or membership of an I3FLOAT cluster partner by June 2026, and/or establishment in a less developed, outermost or overseas region.
- Applicants should be able to prove financial stability and capacity.
- Applicants should have no ownership connection with an I3FLOAT consortium partner.
- An application may involve up to two applicants from two different regions; only one application per SME is accepted.
- Applications must be written in English; applications partly or wholly in another language are not eligible.
Vérifiez votre éligibilité et la pertinence de votre projet
Dans votre compte gratuit, nous vérifions les conditions d’éligibilité au regard des documents de l’appel pour votre organisation et nous évaluons dans quelle mesure votre projet correspond à cet appel.
Quelle est la date limite ?
10 novembre 2026 (5 jours)
10 November 2026, 17:00 CET (Brussels time). The call opened on 7 September 2026 at 10:00 CEST.
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