The applications must be submitted using the Application Form in the INGENIOUS website. Before starting the submission process, applicants should read the Guide for Applicants available on the website.

The timeline for the Internationalisation grants is as follows:

• Call opening: 22 May 2023 at 09:00 CEST
• Deadline for submission: 30 September 2024 at 17:00 CEST

The applicants can apply only for one Internationalisation Grant (one grant worth € 2500) keeping in mind that the total maximum funding will be € 60.000 per SME including all financial support to third parties (Innovation grants and Training grants) within the INGENIOUS project.

Only target countries are available for funding. The main target countries are: Africa, Asia, North America and Latin America. The specific options of target countries are described in the Guide of Applicants.

Submission

The applications must be submitted using the Application Form in the INGENIOUS website. Before starting the submission process, applicants should read the Guide for Applicants available on the website.

Only those proposals fulfilling all eligibility criteria and completing all mandatory fields in the application form will be considered eligible.

Evaluation process

Two neutral INGENIOUS consortium partners will assess submitted applications. The evaluation process starts with the assessment of the eligibility of the applicant, according to the criteria above (see chapter: Main requirements for applicants and Application conditions). The assessment period takes max. 4 weeks starting from the application date. The applicant will receive an email about the outcome of the assessment and then the results will be published. The validity of the Internationalisation Grant is 6 months starting from the approval email date. The entirety of the lump sum must be utilized by the conclusion of the project. All eligible applications will be reviewed against the following evaluation criteria: Target country (40 Points), Importance (40 Points), Motivation (20 Points). To be considered for funding, the application must pass an overall threshold of 70 points out of a maximum score of 100 points. To ensure a consistent minimum quality for all award criteria, each sub-criterion needs to score at least half of the points available for the criteria.

Eligible participants:

• Applicants must declare their SME status in accordance with the SME definition of the EU.
• Applicants need to submit their application via the INGENIOUS website using the template provided in the respective group: Internationalisation Grants
• A motivation letter (not exceeding two DIN A4 page) needs to be filled-in in the template provided on INGENIOUS website: https://ingenious-eurocluster.eu/internationalisation-grants/
• Internationalisation activities should meet one of the above mentioned main target destinations (Africa, Asia, North and Latin America)
• Applications must be written in English (applications partially written in another language are not eligible)
• Applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
• EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)) and Ukraine
•  EEA countries and countries associated to the COSME part of the Single Market Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (Please note that a minimum of 10% of selected organisations in the call must be established in a country other than the project partners’ countries.)
• Applicants can apply for only one INGENIOUS Internationalisation grant, however, a total maximum funding of €60.000 per applicant applies