# C_2010292EN.01002301.xml

| 28.10.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 292/23 |
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28.10.2010

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 292/23

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS — DG ENTR ENT-SAT-10/5010

GALILEO-EGNOS prize award scheme

2010/C 292/06

1.   Objectives and description

Objectives and description

Co-finance the operation of a prize-awarding mechanism 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 kinds of activities to be supported are:

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

| — | 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,

| — | coordination with innovation support schemes and later stage financing facilities, so that such GALILEO prize-awarding represents an intermediate step to access finance and or other support to innovation/entrepreneurship. |
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coordination with innovation support schemes and later stage financing facilities, so that such GALILEO prize-awarding represents an intermediate step to access finance and or other support to innovation/entrepreneurship.

2.   Eligible applicants

Eligible applicants

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

| — | the 27 countries of the European Union, |
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the 27 countries of the European Union,

| — | EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway. |
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EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway.

3.   Budget and project duration

Budget and project duration

The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of the project amounts to EUR 900 000.

Scheduled start date of the action: May 2011.

The maximum duration of the project is 36 months.

4.   Deadline

Deadline

Applications must be sent to the Commission no later than 15 January 2011.

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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