INDUSAC Open Call for Companies - A HUMAN-CENTRED AND ETHICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES 2021 - Call for Challenges

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INDUSAC OPEN CALL FOR COMPANIES under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme invites EU and associated-country companies to submit challenges for short-term (4-8 weeks) research collaborations between industry and academia. Financial support via FSTP is provided solely to student members of co-creation teams. The programme targets a total of 300 successful collaborations, with challenges issued continuously until one of four cut-off dates. Challenges are published on the INDUSAC platform, followed by team selection using motivation, excellence, and impact criteria.

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INDUSAC Open Call for Companies

Programme and call scope

Expected outcome and challenge submission model

Eligibility and permitted countries

Company application and implementation process

Challenge templates and required information

Selection of co-creation teams and evaluation criteria

Call for Companies INDUSAC OPEN CALL FOR COMPANIES Programme: Horizon Europe Framework Programme Call: A HUMAN-CENTRED AND ETHICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL AND INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES 2021 (HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01) The call is managed by EU project INDUSAC under Horizon Europe programme. The Horizon Europe project INDUSAC, aims to financially support short-term (4-8 weeks) research collaborations between academia (students and researchers) and industry (companies), in solving company Challenges. Financial support in the form of financial support to third parties (FSTP) is given solely to student members of the co-creation teams. Expected outcome: 300 successful collaborations between industry and academia. Companies are invited to provide Challenges to receive Solutions from the cocreation teams (students and researchers) within four to eight weeks after the selection process of teams is finished. Opening date: October 2023 Deadline model: single-stage, four cut-off dates Deadline for submitting a Challenge: Companies issue Challenges continuously from the call opening date up to one of four cut-off dates: • 15.12. 2023, 23:59 CET • 15.04. 2024, 23:59 CET • 15.11.2024, 23:59 CET • 15.03. 2025, 23:59 CET Eligibility Country: Companies established in the EU as well as companies established in associated countries will be eligible to issue Challenges: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, 1 Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Morocco, UK. Companies with headquarters outside of listed countries but with branch offices and subsidiaries established in countries listed above, are also eligible. Company type: entities considered as companies according to the Wikipedia source ( [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legal_entity_types_by_country](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legal_entity_types_by_country)) are eligible to submit Challenges. There are no restrictions on the sector, or size of a company to issue a Challenge (startups and large enterprises may apply as well as SMEs) . Language: English is the official language of all INDUSAC documents using the Latin alphabet. Application and implementation process Step 1-Registration on the INDUSAC Platform The registration process (Appendix 1) allows a company to create a profile and publish a Challenge on the INDUSAC platform. During the registration, the company is invited to provide certain information about the company, and verify that a company accepts the terms and conditions of this Call. Step 2-Issuing a Challenge on the INDUSAC Platform On the INDUSAC platform, the company selects from nine different Challenge templates (Appendix 2): (1) Customer needs (and product properties) of tomorrow,(2) Finding white spots in the product portfolio, (3) Marketing campaign of the future,(4) Feel the future platform - developing a digital platform based on a market analysis, (5) Service and product ideas of the future (Basis Persona), (6) Service and product ideas of the future (Basis Scenarios), (7) Business plan-reduce your risk andoptimise your planning, (8) Innovative product ideas that solve the customer pain, and (9) Business model: Adding a service to my product-Building a PSS (product service system) . The Challenge templates-among other information-ask for the following: • title of the Challenge, • description of the problem with additional explanations of key terms,• expectations-what does the company expect in terms of solution, impact and type of collaboration with the co-creation team, 2 • desired co-creation team profile - which skills are desired in solving the Challenge,

FAQs

What collaboration does INDUSAC fund under this open call?

The call supports short-term (4-8 weeks) research collaborations between academia and industry to solve company challenges. Financial support via FSTP is provided solely to student members of the co-creation teams.

Which companies are eligible to issue challenges?

Companies established in the EU and associated countries are eligible, including entities with headquarters outside listed countries if they have branch offices and subsidiaries in eligible countries. The call places no restrictions on sector or company size.

How and when can companies submit a challenge?

Challenges are issued continuously from the opening date until one of four cut-off dates: 15.12.2023, 15.04.2024, 15.11.2024, or 15.03.2025 (23:59 CET). Published challenges must include only non-confidential information.

How are co-creation teams selected and what is evaluated?

Teams are selected based on their Motivation Letter, evaluated on team motivation (5%), excellence (30%), and impact (30%), plus additional transversal criteria, team and resources.

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