# C_2016290EN.01000701.xml

| 10.8.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 290/7 |
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10.8.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 290/7

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS — 233/G/GROW/SAT/16/9288

Galileo-EGNOS award scheme innovative ideas and support for incubation

(2016/C 290/04)

1.   Objectives and Description

Objectives and Description

Contribute to the prizes and incubation support provided by the operation of a prize awarding mechanism and incubation, for innovative applications based on the EU GNSS technology (EGNOS and GALILEO) that will promote industrial innovation and the uptake of high-technologies across Europe. The beneficiary/ies of this grant will mobilise other entities to co-fund both prizes and incubation support.

The kind of activities to be supported is:

| — | Organisation and management of a yearly prize-awarding competition including publication of calls for ideas generating applications from entrepreneurs, evaluation by experts of ideas and awarding prizes |
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Organisation and management of a yearly prize-awarding competition including publication of calls for ideas generating applications from entrepreneurs, evaluation by experts of ideas and awarding prizes

| — | Supporting incubation and acceleration of innovative product/services to enable their development and entry into the market. |
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Supporting incubation and acceleration of innovative product/services to enable their development and entry into the market.

| — | Fund raising to match the Commission grant |
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Fund raising to match the Commission grant

| — | Dissemination ‘inbound’, i.e. to expand the number of innovative ideas submitted every year into the GALILEO prize-awarding competition |
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Dissemination ‘inbound’, i.e. to expand the number of innovative ideas submitted every year into the GALILEO prize-awarding competition

| — | Dissemination ‘outbound’, i.e. obtain adequate visibility within the worldwide GNSS industry to promote the competition, its participants and winners |
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Dissemination ‘outbound’, i.e. obtain adequate visibility within the worldwide GNSS industry to promote the competition, its participants and winners

| — | Monitoring prize winners and participants |
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Monitoring prize winners and participants

2.   Eligible applicants

Eligible applicants

Applicants should be private or public organisations and established in one of the following countries:

| — | EU Member States |
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EU Member States

| — | Norway, Switzerland |
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Norway, Switzerland

3.   Budget and project duration

Budget and project duration

The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of the project amounts to EUR 1 500 000.

Financial assistance from the Commission cannot exceed:

| | 70 % of the eligible costs for management with an annual ceiling of EUR 71 000; |
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70 % of the eligible costs for management with an annual ceiling of EUR 71 000;

| | 60 % of the eligible costs for prizes with a ceiling of EUR 10 000 per prize; |
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60 % of the eligible costs for prizes with a ceiling of EUR 10 000 per prize;

| | 70 % of the eligible costs for incubation & acceleration support with a ceiling of EUR 43 000 per incubation & acceleration; |
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70 % of the eligible costs for incubation & acceleration support with a ceiling of EUR 43 000 per incubation & acceleration;

The scheduled start-up date of the action is December 2016

The maximum duration of the project is 36 months.

4.   Deadline

Deadline

Applications must be sent to the Commission no later than 19 October 2016.

5.   Further information

Further information

The full text of the call for proposals and the application forms are available on the following website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/funding/index.htm

Applications must comply with the requirements set out in the full text and be submitted using the form provided.

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