European UnionNon-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution
Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 1
Interregional Innovation Investments Instrument Strand 1
Funding Amount
Amount not specified
Deadline
13/11/2025
Eligible Organization Types
Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution
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What is the Interregional Innovation Investments Strand 1 Call?
Grant Description
The call under the Interregional Innovation Investments instrument supports scaling up and commercialisation of mature interregional innovation projects in digital, green and smart manufacturing areas. It addresses challenges of EU value chain competitiveness by funding consortia of innovation actors to demonstrate, test and pilot new or adapted technologies (minimum technology readiness level six), fostering market uptake, value chain integration across regions, and strengthening innovation dif...
Required Results for Successful Funding
Expected Outcomes
At project closure:
• Innovative technologies tested, validated and adopted by companies (especially SMEs) and public administrations.
• Deployment of digital, green and smart manufacturing solutions improving business confidence, competencies and means to digitalise, decarbonise and grow.
• Strengthened innovation diffusion channels and interregional co-investment capacities on common S3 priorities.
• Identification of funding sources and mixes (public-private partnerships, VC, EIB loans).
• Enhanced contributions to digital and health systems transformation, cybersecurity and interoperable e-government services.
• Demonstrated portfolio of market-ready sub-projects with clear commercialization and upscaling pathways. Long-term impact:
• Increased company productivity, efficiency and digital skills.
• Improved user-friendly, accessible public services.
• Enhanced EU innovation capacity, competitiveness and creation of new market opportunities.
• More efficient, sustainable and resilient EU industry and value chains, contributing to European Green Deal objectives.
• Positive environmental, health, social and economic impacts, including job creation, social cohesion and territorial cohesion.
• Innovative technologies tested, validated and adopted by companies (especially SMEs) and public administrations.
• Deployment of digital, green and smart manufacturing solutions improving business confidence, competencies and means to digitalise, decarbonise and grow.
• Strengthened innovation diffusion channels and interregional co-investment capacities on common S3 priorities.
• Identification of funding sources and mixes (public-private partnerships, VC, EIB loans).
• Enhanced contributions to digital and health systems transformation, cybersecurity and interoperable e-government services.
• Demonstrated portfolio of market-ready sub-projects with clear commercialization and upscaling pathways. Long-term impact:
• Increased company productivity, efficiency and digital skills.
• Improved user-friendly, accessible public services.
• Enhanced EU innovation capacity, competitiveness and creation of new market opportunities.
• More efficient, sustainable and resilient EU industry and value chains, contributing to European Green Deal objectives.
• Positive environmental, health, social and economic impacts, including job creation, social cohesion and territorial cohesion.
Funded areas
Scope Requirements
• Thematic focus: each proposal must address exactly one of Digital Transition, Green Transition or Smart Manufacturing, selecting relevant investment areas.
• Consortium composition: consortia of innovation actors from the quadruple helix (public authorities, research organizations, industry, civil society), covering multiple EU regions including less developed (LDR) and transition regions (TR) alongside more developed regions, to foster cohesion and integrate all regions into EU value chains.
• Technology readiness: business cases must start at minimum TRL 6 and aim at demonstration, commercialisation, and upscaling.
• Investment portfolio: projects must comprise several interlinked, investment-ready sub-projects targeting specific bottlenecks in shared value chains and clearly describe expected progress from innovation to commercialization and upscaling.
• Exploitation planning: proposals must include a post-project exploitation plan for broad introduction of new products, services or processes if not yet market-ready.
• Compliance: must align with ERDF Regulation (2021–2027), Article 13 (I3 Instrument), and the 2025–2027 I3 Work Programme strands; must submit S3 Compliance Declaration.
• Consortium composition: consortia of innovation actors from the quadruple helix (public authorities, research organizations, industry, civil society), covering multiple EU regions including less developed (LDR) and transition regions (TR) alongside more developed regions, to foster cohesion and integrate all regions into EU value chains.
• Technology readiness: business cases must start at minimum TRL 6 and aim at demonstration, commercialisation, and upscaling.
• Investment portfolio: projects must comprise several interlinked, investment-ready sub-projects targeting specific bottlenecks in shared value chains and clearly describe expected progress from innovation to commercialization and upscaling.
• Exploitation planning: proposals must include a post-project exploitation plan for broad introduction of new products, services or processes if not yet market-ready.
• Compliance: must align with ERDF Regulation (2021–2027), Article 13 (I3 Instrument), and the 2025–2027 I3 Work Programme strands; must submit S3 Compliance Declaration.
Additional Conditions for Applicants
Special Conditions
• Call type: single-stage I3 Project Grants (I3-PJG) under I3-2025-INV 1, budget €23 000 000, opening 22 May 2025, deadline 13 Nov 2025 (17:00 Brussels time).
• Admissibility: comply with page limits and layout in Part B of the Application Form.
• Eligibility: only organisations in eligible countries (see Call Document §6); meet financial and operational capacity (Call Document §7), exclusion criteria, and legal entity validation rules.
• Evaluation: follows criteria, scoring and thresholds in Call Document §9 and Online Manual.
• No ex-novo prototyping; only adaptation of existing prototypes combining key enabling technologies.
• Cascade funding must follow FSTP rules (I3 FSTP 100%).
• Grants managed under the I3 MGA and EU Financial Regulation (2024/2509).
• Submission via the Funding & Tenders Portal; mandatory use of provided templates and Model Grant Agreement.
• Admissibility: comply with page limits and layout in Part B of the Application Form.
• Eligibility: only organisations in eligible countries (see Call Document §6); meet financial and operational capacity (Call Document §7), exclusion criteria, and legal entity validation rules.
• Evaluation: follows criteria, scoring and thresholds in Call Document §9 and Online Manual.
• No ex-novo prototyping; only adaptation of existing prototypes combining key enabling technologies.
• Cascade funding must follow FSTP rules (I3 FSTP 100%).
• Grants managed under the I3 MGA and EU Financial Regulation (2024/2509).
• Submission via the Funding & Tenders Portal; mandatory use of provided templates and Model Grant Agreement.
Important dates
Open from: 22/05/2025
Deadline:13/11/2025
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