NEPTUNE, a € 4.2 million project financed through the H2020 INNOSUP-1-2015 call “Cluster facilitated projects for new value chains”, supports the development of new value chains in the Blue Growth sector through a cross-sectoral approach (Water, Maritime, Aerospace, ICT, Microelectronics, Agrifood, Logistics, Creative Industries, Energy, and Mobility).
To achieve this goal, the project will offer, among other:
– Up to 2,680,724 € in:
a) Entrepreneurship and Innovation Vouchers addressed to SMEs
b) Entrepreneurship and Innovation Vouchers addressed to Would-be entrepreneurs.
– Up to 552,092 € in:
c) Entrepreneurship and Innovation Services addressed to SMEs and Would-be entrepreneurs.
NEPTUNE has recently published an open call for SMEs and Would-be entrepreneurs to apply for vouchers and/or services.
More information on the types of vouchers and services (scope, amount, etc), eligibility, selection and award criteria are available from this page: http://www.neptune-project.eu/Neptune-Accelerator/Call-for-Interest-SMEs-and-would-be-entrepreneurs.
Please note that the call for vouchers has 2 cut-off dates: 15 March and 15 September 2017 whereas applications to receive services can be submitted at any time until September 2018.