2nd Call for transnational proposals for eco-innovation (Deadline for pre-proposals: 8th April 2013)

Submitting a proposal

There will be a two-stage submission procedure for joint applications: pre-proposals and full proposals. Joint pre-proposals (in English) must be submitted in an electronic version no later than 8^th April 2013 at 12 a.m. Central European Time.

The following documents provide all relevant information for preparing and submitting a proposal:

• Terms of Reference of the 2^nd Joint Call of ECO-INNOVERA (call text)
• Guidelines for applicants (please read carefully)
• Template versions of the pre-proposal document form are available as pdf-file or doc-file
 

To submit your proposal, please use the Electronic Submission System (ESS). You will find additional information and documents there.

Not all funding organisations participate in each theme area and funding eligibility criteria may differ for some countries/regions. Therefore, applicants are obliged to check with their national/regional contact point for this call (see national specifications further below).

Background information

Within its second call the ECO-INNOVERA Network supports eco-innovation as a contribution to a Green Economy. The fundamental role of Innovation in a Green Economy is recognised by European policy through the Eco-Innovation Action Plan (EcoAP), which refers to eco-innovation as “any form of innovation resulting in or aiming at significant and demonstrable progress towards the goal of sustainable development, through reducing impacts on the environment, enhancing resilience to environmental pressures, or achieving a more efficient and responsible use of natural resources”. ECO-INNOVERA is looking for collaborative R&D projects which include social, environmental, market and technological issues and have a strong focus on future markets and societal needs as well as a strong capability to deliver to the market. The 2^nd Joint Call is open to public and private research organisations, non-profit organisations as well as to industry; especially SMEs are highly welcome to apply for funding in transnational consortia. Projects should well describe the expected economic and environmental impact of the related eco-innovations as well as investigating potential societal changes. Clear and realistic recommendations for policy makers should be developed on measures to support the implementation of eco-innovation along the whole value chain and its diffusion in the society.

The second call of the ECO-INNOVERA Network aims to boost Green Growth and industrial driven R&D by addressing market-oriented projects in the fields of:

• Topic 1 - System innovation: Proving the transformational potential of eco-innovation requires a systemic approach and differs from conventional approaches to innovation. As “System Innovation” it may lead to quite different models of production and consumption.
• Topic 2 - Sustainable processes and products: In this topic we are looking for proposals which will mobilise the value chain (both industry partners and the knowledge base) to deliver projects which are high impact both in terms of the market opportunity they address, and the environmental/societal benefits they will enable.
• Topic 3 - Recycling; re-use of waste and water: This topic seeks new products, processes and services which will enable significant reductions in the impact of waste and recycling processes and new products which make better use of waste and secondary materials. 

The 2^nd Call is supported by 12 funding partners with a volume of up to 10 Mio. €.

Please take care of the national specifications of the funding organizations involved: 

Agentschap voor Innovatie door Wetenschap en Technologie (IWT), Flanders,  Belgium

Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany

Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Switzerland

Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (Ministry of Life), Austria

Forskningsradet for Miljö, Areella Naringar och Samhallsbyggande (FORMAS), Sweden

Israeli Industry Center for Research and Development (MATIMOP-ISERD), Israel

Narodowe Centrum badan I Rozwoju (NCBiR), Poland

Sociedad Publica Gestion Ambiental Ihobe S.A (IHOBE), Basque region, Spain

Service public de Wallonie (SPW), DGO Economie, Emploi et Recherche, Wallonia,  Belgium

Technology Strategy Board (TSB), United Kingdom

Teknologian ja Innovaatioiden Kehittämiskeskus (TEKES), Finland

Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK), Turkey

Online Partnering Tool

Transnational call on eco-innovation (within the ERA-Net ECO-INNOVERA)

This online partnering tool is provided as a virtual platform to support forming of transnational project consortia within the 2^nd joint call of the ERA-Net ECO-INNOVERA on eco-innovation.

Requests of organisations which are intererested to join a transnational project consortium can be entered using the following form: 

Request for Projects

Requests of project consortia looking for additional project partners can be entered using the following form:  

Request for Partners

All requests for projects and partners are collected in lists and published for interested participants to browse through the lists and get in contact with potential project partners.

List Requests for Projects

List Requests for Partners

This information service is provided as it is without any warranties for functioning and availability of the system or for finding the projects or partners you are looking for. We do not assume any liability for the correctness of the information entered by individual participants and published on this site. All information provided here will be deleted after the submission deadline of the transnational call (8^th of April 2013).

For general questions regarding the transnational call for projects please check the Terms of Reference and contact the responsible national contact persons mentioned in the appendix of the call text.