Three calls, one goal

Focus on Innovation

Topic 1: Optimising production processes and increasing resources efficiency through digital solutions

The following two types of proposals are expected:

• The development and commercialisation of real-time digital twins and solutions based on artificial intelligence that allow the monitoring of manufacturing processes and help configure changes in production lines in real-time.
• The development and commercialisation of solutions with the objective of improving energy and resource efficiency.

Topic 2: Socially sustainable and human-centric manufacturing

The proposals should support workers by improving productivity, safety, decision-making, and control through human-machine collaboration and advanced technologies, robotics, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality and more.

Topic 3: Environmentally sustainable manufacturing through circular business models and new technologies

The following two types of proposals are expected:

• The development and commercialisation of new and scalable technologies to improve the efficiency of production processes by reducing resources consumption and increasing the use of recycled materials, both for new production and remanufacturing, including also advanced materials and clean production technologies.
• The development and commercialisation of new and scalable circular business models, taking into consideration the entire life cycle of the products.

Please take note of the general annexes further below.

Focus on Regional Innovation Scheme

Topic 1: Fair, green and digital ‘twin’ transition for SMEs in EIT RIS countries (RIS Business Creation)

The activity should demonstrate how EIT Manufacturing can, in practice, help local players to cover needs such as green and digital transformation piloting activities for SMEs.

Topic 2: Adopting Deep Tech innovation in RIS countries (RIS INNOVATION – AI & Deep Tech)

This call is for projects aiming to support innovative solutions with special focus – although not restricted – on applying Deep tech innovation in manufacturing in RIS countries.

Please take note of the general annexes further below.

Focus on Education

Proposals under the following topics are expected to develop upskilling programmes based on one of the following segments: “Skill-driven learning”, “education for transforming organisations” and “engage society and pupils”.

• Topic 1: Sustainability – Skills for identifying and applying enabling technologies for sustainable manufacturing
• Topic 2: Digitalisation – identification and development of skills to define and execute a digital transformation roadmap
• Topic 3: Environmentally sustainable manufacturing through circular business future trends – upskilling and reskilling in re-manufacturing and critical resources for circular economy and new technologies

Please take note of the general annexes further below.

General Annexes

Below Annexes apply to all calls mentioned above.