Innowwide

• Detailed Workplan in the mandatory template.
• All declarations, including the main subcontractor’s commitment and declaration of honour.
• Signed private legal entity identification form in English, official VAT document or proof of VAT exemption, and valid private body registration extract not older than one year.
• Financial identification form, SME declaration form, and signed contract with the main subcontractor.
• Documentation for activities raising ethical issues, if indicated in the grant agreement.

Who is eligible?

• SMEs and startups established in an EU Member State, Iceland, Israel, Norway, Switzerland, Türkiye or the United Kingdom.
• Foundations can apply only if they qualify as an SME under the EU definition.
• SMEs that received funding in previous Innowwide calls can apply again if they target a different country and propose a different innovative solution or a significantly different application of the same solution.

Who is not eligible

• Branches, departments, centres or offices without their own legal personality.
• Natural persons, including individual entrepreneurs and self-employed persons.
• Organisations subject to EU financial restrictive measures.
• Organisations that are bankrupt, in the process of being declared bankrupt, or undertaking in difficulty.

Eligible expenses

• Personnel.
• Subcontracting.
• Purchasing costs, including travel and subsistence, equipment depreciation, and other goods, works and services.
• Indirect costs calculated at a flat rate of 25% of total direct eligible costs, excluding subcontracting.

• Excellence: projects objectives, ambitiousness and degree of innovation; competitive advantage; co-creation or technology adaptation; alignment with the SME’s overall business strategy. Threshold: 18/30.
• Impact: market size; impact on end user; market access and risk; societal, environmental, ethical and gender relevance within the frame of the Sustainable Development Goals. Threshold: 24/40.
• Quality and efficiency of implementation: capacity and role of the applicant SME and the main subcontractor; availability of resources required; realistic and clearly defined project management and planning; reasonable cost structure. Threshold: 18/30.
• For equal scores close to the threshold, priority is given first to Impact, then Excellence, then gender balance among team members, and then geographical diversity from underrepresented applicant countries.

• Register on https://eureka.smartsimple.ie/ or log in with your existing account.
• Complete the application form in English.
• After completing the project description, invite your main subcontractor to sign a commitment on the platform.
• Upload the workplan using the mandatory template.
• Submit the completed application electronically before the call deadline.

• Applications are reviewed for completeness and eligibility before results are communicated to applicants.
• The top 105 proposals after remote evaluation progress to the independent evaluation panel and ethics review.
• The Governing Board approves the final ranking list, which is then published on the website.
• The first 70 successful SME market feasibility project coordinators receive a Grant Agreement to sign; reserve-list applicants may be offered a contract if budget remains available.
• If the final report is not acceptable, additional information may be requested within one month; if it remains insufficient, the grant may be reduced or the project declared withdrawn and pre-financing repaid.