MINE.THE.GAP has published the first Open Call for project proposals on 3rd March. We are looking to fund projects for the design and implementation of a prototype/proof-of-concept to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed solution (voucher MINE-PoC) and for developing and testing in a production environment of a simple functional demo/pilot with all the major features of the product/service/solution (voucher Mine-Demo). Successful applicants will be awarded an innovation voucher with a lump sum of max. 25,000 EUR per SME for MINE-PoC and max. 50,000 EUR per SME for MINE-Demo).

The submission is open until 5th May 2021, 17:00 CEST.

Who can apply?

With these vouchers, MINE.THE.GAP funds collaborative activities between two or three for-profit and/or public SMEs that work in the raw materials and mining sector, ICT, Advanced Manufacturing, Resource Efficiency and Circular Economy. They need to come from one of the MINE.THE.GAP consortium countries or from a country of the Mining Industry Smart Specialisation Platform, which are: Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Spain, or Sweden.

Find partners to create a consortium!

In need of a partner to prepare the project proposal? Present yourself in the MINE.THE.GAP Partner Search and contact interested SMEs!