I3-2026-INV1 - Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 1
Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 1 · I3-PJG · TRL 6 to 9 · Needs partners
What this call funds
This call funds interregional projects that take innovations already tested at TRL 6 and push them all the way to market readiness at TRL 9. It supports consortia of companies, research bodies and public authorities working across EU regions to demonstrate, scale up and commercialise new technologies, especially in digital transition, green transition and smart manufacturing. Money can go directly to consortium partners or be passed on to third parties, and can also fund non financial support like business planning, IP protection and certification.
advanced manufacturing · sme scaleup · regional development · twin transition · deep tech
Who wins this
An interregional consortium of enterprises, especially SMEs, research organisations and public authorities from multiple EU regions with a mature TRL 6 innovation ready to scale up and commercialise together, particularly involving less developed regions alongside more developed ones.
Could you win this call?
Only the website is required.
The call in detail
- Funding model
- I3-AG
- Submission
- Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
- Type of action
- I3 Project Grants
- Partners
- Required. The call asks for a consortium: a group applying together, typically 3+ organisations from 3+ countries.
- Eligible applicants
- SME, large enterprise, research organisation, public body
- Support to third parties
- Financial support to third parties through cascade funding is permitted as one form of support, exact per third party maximum not stated.
- Also required
- Proposals must address one or more of digital transition, green transition or smart manufacturing thematic priorities, and should involve collaboration between innovation actors from less developed and more developed regions.
Read the full conditions from the official call ›
Conditions 1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout described in section 5 of the call document. Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. 2. Eligible countries described in section 6 of the call document. 3. Other eligibility conditions described in section 6 of the call document. 4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion described in section 7 of the call document. 5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual. 5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds described in section 9 of the call document. 5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement described in section 4 of the call document. 6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants described in section 10 of the call document. Call document and annexes: Call document