The "1st METABUILDING GROW/HARVEST CALL" opens on June 15th, 2021.

"Up to 60.000 € for innovation and collaboration projects of SMEs"

1^st GROW/HARVEST call: the 2^nd call of the METABUILDING project opens on June 15^th, 2021.¹ The METABUILDING project aims at boosting SME innovation in the Construction sector, by encouraging cross-sectoral and cross-border collaboration.

“SAVE-THE-DATE” for the next WEBINARS

During the month of June this call will be presented to the 6 target countries during an online webinar supported by NOBATEK/INEF4 as project coordinator. ​

FREE, but REGISTRATION is required:

• SPAIN: June 7^th, 10:00 to 12:00 (CET), presented by PLATAFORMA TECNOLÓGICA ESPAÑOLA DE LA CONSTRUCCIÓN (PTEC) https://bit.ly/3yDar1Y 
• FRANCE: June 8^th, 11:00 to 12:30 (CET), presented by CERCLE PROMODUL/INEF4 https://bit.ly/3i06H50
• AUSTRIA: June 9^th, 10:00 to 11:00 (CET), presented by GRÜNSTATTGRAU https://bit.ly/3i7pf37
• ITALY: June 11^th, 11:30 to 13:00 (CET), presented by FEDERCOSTRUZIONI https://bit.ly/3wHRDwE
• HUNGARY: June 15^th, 14:00 to 16:00 (CET), presented by PANNON BUSINESS NETWORK https://bit.ly/3yWdSBg
• PORTUGAL: June 15^th, 9:30 to 11:00 (GMT) or 10:30 to 12:00 (CET), presented by PLATAFORMA TECNOLÓGICA PORTUGUESA DE CONSTRUÇAO (PTPC) https://bit.ly/3vwXvJ3

The 1st GROW/HARVEST call will be "challenge-based", and focus on the following challenges for the Construction Sector²:

• ICT challenge (https://avt.ebf.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GROWHARVEST_1_ICT-Construction-challenge.pdf)
• Nature-Based Solutions challenge (https://avt.ebf.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GROWHARVEST_1_NBS-Construction-challenge.pdf)
• Circular Economy & Recycling challenge (https://avt.ebf.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GROWHARVEST_1_Recycling-Construction-challenge.pdf)
• 3D Printing challenge (https://avt.ebf.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GROWHARVEST_1_AM-Construction-challenge.pdf)

Proposal for collaborative projects of 2 partners or more (at least 2 SMEs) can be submitted between June 15^th, 2021 and September 15^th, 2021 on https://www.metabuilding.com/grow-harvest-call/³

960.000 € in total will be distributed to SMEs. At least one SME of each consortium has to be established in one of the 6 following target countries: Austria, France, Hungary, Italy, Portugal and Spain⁴; and the other SME(s) need to be located in any of the Horizon 2020 associated countries⁵.

The proposals will be evaluated by an international panel of independent experts with regards on how they address the respective challenges.

METABUILDING Impact

• Provide direct financial and non-financial innovation support for SMEs.
• Increase competitiveness of SMEs through international collaboration.
• Support SMEs to get out of the COVID-19 crisis through innovation.
• Stimulate the innovation potential of the Construction sector through cross-sectoral and cross-border collaboration.
• Create and expand a Digital Platform facilitating collaboration and innovation in an enlarged Built Environment Sector.

Visit METABUILDING PLATFORM to recover MORE INFORMATION!  www.metabuilding.com

You can have access to the 1st GROW/HARVEST CALL WEBINAR RECORDINGS, hold by each one of the National Platforms, and to the PowerPoint presentations IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE here: https://www.metabuilding.com/grow-harvest-webinars/ 

Read the PROGRAM GUIDELINES carefully and APPLY NOW!

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^[1] See SEED Call awardees (link to the national communication about awardees).

^[2] See challenges descriptions (https://www.metabuilding.com/grow-harvest-call/).

^[3] All applications must be filled in English.

^[4] or has to be eligible for their affiliation to one of the participating European platforms (EURIC, AM, EFB, ECTP platforms).

^[5] See list on (h2020-hi-list-ac_en.pdf (europa.eu).