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INNOWWIDE 2nd VAP Call is open!

The INNOWWIDE 2 nd Call for applications for the VAPs - Viability Assessment Projects – just opened on January 15 th.

You will be able to submit your application until March 31 st in the following portal: https://innowwide.smartsimple.ie/s_Login.jsp

The budget available for the 2 nd Call is €4.2M (to be divided approximately one third per target country group).
Each approved VAP will receive a fixed grant amount of €60,000, representing a maximum of 70% of total eligible
costs (staff, consumables, equipment, subcontracting, others) which must be a minimum of €86,000.

If you are an innovative SME with the ambition to develop a new and innovative product-market combination (or
process or service) with a strategic counterpart outside Europe; or if you need to first check the technical,
commercial, legal and socio-economic feasibility of your innovative idea, the VAP instrument supported by the
INNOWWIDE CSA can be the solution!

If you want to know more about the process before applying, you can refer to the “VAP Application and Guidelines”
page on the INNOWWIDE website, here: https://innowwide.eu/guidelines/

Published: January 2020

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