More detailed information about the call may be found in the following link: http://www.elbealliance.eu/key-activities

Applications shall be submitted on the EU Survey platform: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/ELBEIndividualservices2024

The target audience of the ELBE Eurocluster call for individual services is European innovative SMEs from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) sectors intending to bring solutions that will address and match with one of the thematic priorities of ELBE Eurocluster. Applicants shall apply together with their service provider or describe the type of service they expect to get. Applicants shall be established in one of the following eligible countries: EU-27 and other non-EU countries participating in SMP/COSME Strand (see list here).

Services may be provided in various forms (individual meetings, webinars, matchmaking events…):

1. Access to test facilities
2. International development
3. Market & business intelligence
4. Development and technology transfer
5. Green and IT Technology expertise

The budget of this call is €130,000. If enough eligible applications are received, at least 13 individual services will be supported (up to €10 000 each). Applications will be funded until the budget is completed. The budget may be increased in case that additional funds are available from other calls. ELBE Eurocluster reserves the right not to award all available funds depending on the proposals received and the results of the evaluation.

Proposals will be eligible only if all the following conditions are met:

1. Applicants must be established in one of the following eligible countries: EU-27, or a non-EU country participating in the Single Market Programme (SMP) / COSME Strand (see the list of participating countries here) ;
2. Applicants must be a SME and declare that their SME status is in accordance with the SME definition of the European Union available via this link;
3. Applicants must be SMEs developing innovative products or technologies that are or can be positioned on the ORE value chains;
4. Applications must be written in English (applications partially / fully written in another language are not eligible) and must not exceed maximum number of characters stated in each text box of the predefined template;
5. Applications must be submitted through the web-based system available at https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/ELBEIndividualservices2024 by August 31^st 2024, 5 pm CET;
6. The application must be submitted with the concrete name of a service provider or a service provider profile description.

The evaluation of eligible applications will be based on a set of criteria:

1. Business strategy and scale-up potential
2. Relevance to ELBE Eurocluster domains
3. Pertinence of the service provide

The maximum score for each criterion will be 10 points. Each criterion is rated between 1 and 10 points; no half-points are allowed. The threshold for each individual criterion will be 6 points. The overall threshold, applying to the sum of the three individual scores will be 18 points. The total score is comprised by adding the scores of the three criteria and will be maximum 30 points.

Please contact Marcos Suárez (msuarez@clusterenergia.com) for more information on this open call.