INNOVATION & COMPETITIONS
NEW BLUE INNOVATION CHALLENGE AAP to set up demonstrators in the Nice Côte d'Azur Metropolitan Area (Closing date: 10 September 2020)
With a view to the Assises de l'Economie de la Mer (1-2 December 2020 in Nice), the Nice Côte d'Azur Metropolitan Area is launching a call for projects to deploy innovative solutions in the maritime and port sector. The winners will be announced at the Assises de l'Economie de la Mer 2020.
This call for projects is aimed at companies (particularly start-ups) and associations.
Targeted themes: marine renewable energies, biotechnologies, maritime safety and surveillance, port management (smart ports), maritime engineering, aquaculture, fisheries and maritime tourism.
The projects selected must be part of an environmental protection approach with a high degree of technological innovation. Artificial intelligence projects will be given priority.
Type and nature of aid :
Aid of between €30k and €50k, representing up to 50% of the total cost of the demonstrator;
A year's accommodation and support at the Centre Européen d'Entreprises et d'Innovation Nice Côte d'Azur, the Nice Côte d'Azur metropolitan area's business incubator.
Specifications and other information on : http://www.ceeinca.org/appel-a-projet-blue-innovation-challenge/
Deadline: 10 September 2020
NEW Tender for a solution to create a digital twin (closes on 30 September 2020)
The "living works" of a marine platform are the submerged part of the structure, as opposed to the "dead works", which refer to everything above the water.
These two sub-assemblies are subject to severe deterioration, due to sea conditions that can be very difficult and can even permanently deform the platform's elastic structure, corrosion, or even simply the accumulation of small organisms, which can have a very strong influence on the platform's performance.
The purpose of this Call for Expressions of Interest is to identify, on behalf of 3 major industrial companies, complete integrated solutions with a high TRL for inspection in the civil and military sectors, enabling "the creation of a 3D digital twin, and the automatic referencing of structural anomalies detected either in T/R, or in post-processing, or between 2 passes (example: departure and return from mission), enabling monitoring over time for increased predictive maintenance of the living and dead parts of a maritime structure".
The expected system must be designed for fully autonomous use, at sea or alongside a quay.
AMI launched by System Factory, to register click here before 30 September 2020
NEW HORIZON 2020 "GREEN DEAL" AAP: opening in September 2020
Almost €1 billion will be devoted to the Horizon 2020 "Green Deal" call.
Replay of presentation webinars by French NCPs are available: replay green deal
In addition, the NCPs have a page dedicated exclusively to this call for tender, listing skills offers and searches: partner search
To help you submit your project, contact the Pôle Méditerranée's Europe Helpdesk europe@polemermediterranee.com
NEW Opportunity for SMEs seeking to raise funds from investors: BTCA webinar for SMEs
The Pôle Mer Méditerranée is a member of the BlueTech Cluster Alliance (BTCA).
Our partner TMA Blue Tech (San Diego) has set up monthly webinars showcasing innovative SMEs in the marine and water sectors.
TMA Blue Tech is currently looking for startups to pitch in the following areas: Big Data / Wastewater / Aquaculture&Biomarine / Marine debris &Plastic cleanup
Information/registration: Fanny MOUTIN moutin@polemermediterranee.com
NEW AMI for the SOUTH region: SMEs and ETIs: finance your projects linked to the 8 strategic sectors in the South region!
On the occasion of the next COmité d'ingénierie Financière (COFI) on 30 September 2020, and in response to the difficulties caused by the health crisis in their fund-raising process, it is proposed that 10 strategic companies from the RIOs present their financing challenges to a panel of private financiers. At the end of the event, 3 companies will receive tailored support from risingSUD.
Contact risingSUD : cofiami@risingsud.fr
Specifications and other information: AMI OIR SUD region
For the record ...
2nd PSPC-Regions AAP expected in September 2020.
As a reminder, the PSPC-Regions is the successor to the FUI and provides funding for collaborative projects (minimum 2 companies and 1 lab).
We do not yet have the final specifications, but they should be fairly similar to those of the 1st AAP, a presentation of which is attached.
Start thinking about your application to this window as the closing date may be close to the launch date as was the case in 2019.
We will be offering a webinar as soon as the AAP is launched.
COASTAL AND MARINE ECONOMY - JULY 2020
AD'OCC, a member of the Enterprise Europe Network, and the Pôle de compétitivité Mer Méditerranée (Mediterranean Sea Competitiveness Cluster) would like to inform you about calls for R&D projects issued by European funding programmes. You will find here the information you need to identify calls for projects for your company
European JPAs :
Close-to-market collaborative projects (Eurostars) Until 03/09/2020
Call for innovative projects EUREKA / Japan Until 10/09/2020
Financing of individual projects Until 07/10/2020
Projects close to the market (Fast Track to Innovation) Until 27/10/2020
Low-carbon technologies, CO2 capture and storage Until 29/10/2020
European Defence Fund (EDIDP) Until 01/12/2020
Other PAAs
International innovation partnerships Until 10/07/2020
Waste reduction and recovery Until 01/10/2020
Joint laboratories Public research - SME / ETI Until 01/12/2020
Defence Innovation Until 31/12/2020
Reducing the impact of ships' anchors on the Posidonia meadow Until 31/12/2020
Bioeconomy and environmental protection Until 20/01/2021
Circular Economy - Ecoefficiency in Industry, Agriculture and Water Until 20/01/2021
Energy Systems - Sustainable Cities and Territories Until 20/01/2021
Call for READYNOV projects Until 28/02/2021
Research and development projects to boost competitiveness Until 29/06/2021
Details and info: here
2020 Fund Truck Tour
The Fundtruck competition is aimed at French companies planning to raise funds in the short or medium term.
Climb aboard the financing truck and pitch in front of a panel of investors and ecosystem players.
Sowefund's analysts select projects on the basis of applications. 4 projects per city are selected by Sowefund, and one project per city wins the call for votes, which is open for 48 hours.
There will therefore be 5 finalists per metropolitan area: Nice 12/10, Toulon 12/10, Marseille 12/10
This year's winners will receive a prize worth €100,000 excluding VAT in the form of a poster campaign on the Médiatransports group's digital screens. These finalists will be selected from among the entrepreneurs who submit their applications by 28 September using the link : https://fundtruck.com/candidater/
COMPETITION: DESIGNING A MARINE DRONE TRIAL - NAVAL INNOVATION HUB (closes on 30 July)
Launched by NAVAL GROUP's Naval Innovation Hub and SYSTEM FACTORY
To take part, respond to the call for projects on the dedicated System Factory website before 30 July.
http://www.tvt.fr/Vous-informer/Actualites/Appels-a-projets-concours-AMI…
Innovation Prize 2020 (deadline 4 September 2020)
This year's competition will reward solutions in the following field: innovative solutions/technologies for the countering of swarms of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), specifically on the protection of static and dynamic land facilities and platforms.
The proposed solutions must have the potential to become a European collaborative project involving the use of the solution by several Member States by 2030.
They should help to improve the defence capabilities of EU Member States in the following areas:
Detection and identification of swarms of small drones
Intercepting and neutralising hostile drones
Reducing collateral damage.
The idea proposed must be new or based on the improvement of existing solutions. The competition is open to all players, including those not already active in the defence sector (SMEs, universities, research centres).
The winning idea will receive a €30,000 prize and support from the EDA (communication, access to the network of experts).
For further information: https://eda.europa.eu/info-hub/press-centre/latest-news/2020/03/26/call-…
Call for PSPC-9 projects (closes 29 June 2021)
Bpifrance's call for PSPC projects (No. 9) was launched on Friday 5 June in conjunction with the General Secretariat for Investment as part of the Future Investment Programme (PIA).
Competitiveness-enhancing research and development projects (PSPC) are R&D projects carried out by a consortium of industrial and research partners. These projects are worth more than €4 million, and can reach or exceed €50 million.
As we emerge from the health crisis, priority is being given to projects supported by the Strategic Sector Committees (SSCs), as well as projects in the sectors most affected by the crisis.
presentation of the call for projects : https://www.bpifrance.fr/A-la-une/Appels-a-projets-concours/Projets-de-r… (European Defence Industrial Development Programme) - closes on 01 December 2020
Attached is a list of all the EDIDP calls for proposals for 2020, with details of each call via the hypertext link to its reference, and in particular the following themes for the maritime sector:
Coastal radar and passive sensors with associated networks
Integrated solution to improve maritime situational awareness
Defence capabilities supported by artificial intelligence
Multifunctional capabilities, including space surveillance and tracking, capable of improving maritime awareness (discovering, locating, identifying, classifying and countering threats)
Maritime surveillance generated by sensor networks based on fixed and/or semi-fixed remote-controlled platforms
Innovative, forward-looking defence solutions (Special SME)
Improved defence diving solutions to detect, identify, counter and protect against underground threats
Solutions to detect, identify, counter and protect against mine threats (including those operating at very great depths)
Solutions for detecting, identifying, countering and protecting against manned, unmanned or autonomous mobile underwater systems (including those operating at very great depths).
To help you submit your project, contact the Pôle Méditerranée's Europe Helpdesk europe@polemermediterranee.com