Innowwide - OC#5
Funding for innovative SMEs to assess the technical, commercial, legal and socio-economic feasibility of innovative products, processes or services in new international markets outside Europe.
TYPE OF PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED: Market feasibility projects assessing the technical, commercial, legal and/or socio-economic feasibility of an innovative product, process or service in a new international market. Projects must combine eligible market and technical activities, which may include co-creation and technology uptake preparation, technology scouting and valuation, certification and compliance verification, small-scale proof of concept, market research and analysis of market barriers. Limited business development and promotional activities may also be included. Full-scale development, large-scale piloting and commercial deployment are not eligible.
SECTORS / DOMAIN: Bottom-up call with no specific sector, topic or technical area prescribed.
INDIVIDUAL OR CONSORTIUM: Mono-beneficiary programme. The beneficiary must be one eligible SME, but each project must include an independent local partner in the target country acting as the main subcontractor.
SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must be legally constituted SMEs established in an EU Member State, Iceland, Israel, Norway, Switzerland, Türkiye or the United Kingdom. The applicant SME must have been legally established for at least two years by the call deadline and must not have received funding under a previous Innowwide call in 2022, 2023, 2024 or 2025. The project must include an independent local subcontractor legally established in an eligible target country in Africa, the Americas, Asia or Oceania. Countries in which SMEs are eligible to receive Innowwide funding cannot be selected as target countries. The innovation must have a minimum TRL of 4 and must not exceed TRL 8 in the target country. Projects must focus exclusively on civil applications.
SPECIFIC TOPICS OR CHALLENGES: The call is bottom-up, with no specific topic or technical area. Projects must assess how an innovative solution fits a new target market, including relevant demand, technical and regulatory conditions, user needs and potential market barriers.
PROJECTS DURATION: Six months.
BUDGET, FUNDING RATES AND PAYMENT CONDITIONS:
Funding rate: Maximum 70%.
Budget conditions / limitations: Each successful project receives a fixed grant of €60,000. Total eligible project costs must be at least €86,000, with beneficiaries self-funding project costs beyond the €60,000 grant. The overall call budget is €4.2 million to fund 70 projects.
Payments: 70% of the grant (€42,000) is provided as pre-financing at the beginning of project implementation. The remaining 30% (€18,000) is transferred at the end of the obligatory six-month project, subject to delivery and acceptance of the complete Final Report.
Links
Closes
01/12/2026
Max funding per project
60.000€