New call for innovative project proposals in Sustainable Energy

KIC InnoEnergy, the European company for innovation, education and business creation in sustainable energy, has announced a new call for proposals to develop innovative products and services. The proposals should be linked to Sustainable Energy.

The benefits of participation include:

 ·  Stable collaboration, business-oriented framework for open innovation.

·   European partnership specialised in sustainable energy, involving top actors in the field.

·   First customer for your product within KICs European network.

·   Clear IP rules and other business support mechanisms.

·   Flexible & professional management programme.

·   Technology improvement and access to new technologies.

·   Access to new markets.

·   Faster go-to-market process.

·   Substantial KIC InnoEnergy funding, that hedges the risk of personal investment.

Public-private consortia, which currently have an innovative technology project and are looking to accelerate the deployment of their lab idea into a marketable product, can apply to the program. In order for the consortia to be eligible it must:

·   Have an innovative product or service in the late development stage

·   Have successfully achieved the proof of concept (pilot or type test validation).

·   Must gather 3-7 European partners from both the research and industry sectors.

·   At least one company commercialising the product or service must be involved in the consortium since the beginning.

·   The consortium needs to be made up of partners from at least two different countries.

The deadline for submitting proposals is 10 of April 2015.

KiNNO operates in the field of sustainable energy, implementing a variety of projects in the sector such as REPUBLICMED and ECOFUNDING. In addition, KiNNO has designed a green innovation platform www.igrinn.eu, offering technology based offers applicable to many sectors and guides on sustainable innovation as well as running a green innovation assessment tool for SMEs.

For further information please visit: http://cip.kic-innoenergy.com/