Applicants can submit proposal through the DeremCo website https://deremco.afil.it/

Only SMEs established in the following regions are eligible: Austria (Upper, Lower and Carinthia), Basque Country (Spain), Centro (Portugal), Italy (Lombardy, Lazio, Umbria), Flanders (Belgium), Länsi-Suomi (Finland), Slovenia (Estern and Western).

Applications can be submitted by SMEs individually or in consortia of up to 3 members.

All applications must be filled and submitted in English language.

The evaluation is conducted by 3 independent experts. Application will be assessed against the following 9 criteria: i) Coherence of the proposed project with the DeremCo objectives and DeremCo partners’ business objectives including progress beyond the state of the art (max 10 points), ii) Consistency with the value chains of the industrial partners (max 5 points), iii) Complementarity with other innovation actions and I3 projects (max 2 points), iv) Technical-financial feasibility of the action plan (max 12 points), v) Soundness and credibility of the marketing plan (max 7 points), vi) Credibility (technical/operational capacity and experience) of the applicant (max 7 points), vii) Market potential (max 10 points), viii) Social, territorial and environmental impact (max 5 points), ix) Impact on “Less Developed Regions” (max 2 points). Application below the threshold of 35 pts will be rejected.