Italy: Regione Calabria

Name of Funding agency
Regione Calabria
Geographical coverage (national/regional)
Calabria
Name of the programme/initiative
PR Calabria FESR-FSE+ 2021/2027 – Azione 1.1.1 – Sostegno a progetti di ricerca, sviluppo e innovazione, anche in collaborazione con organismi di ricerca, nelle Aree e nelle traiettorie prioritarie della S3
Programme owner
Regione Calabria
Program manager (executing funding organisation)
Dirigente Avv. Valeria Adriana Scopelliti
Contact person(s) (e-mail, tel.)
Funding commitment
500.000 €
Anticipated number of fundable research partners

3

Maximum funding per grant awarded to a partner

€ 166.666,00 

Type of research eligible for funding: eligible TRL range

Industrial research and experimental development:
From TRL 3 – Experimental proof of concept
To TRL 7 – System prototype demonstration in operational environment

Funding rates (approx.)

Enterprises
For Industrial Research Activities up to 60% in case of medium enterprises and up to 70% in case of small enterprises
For Experimental Development Activities up to 35% in case of medium enterprises and up to 45% in case of small enterprises
Universities and public research institutions, research organizations (public)
For Industrial Research Activities 70%
For Experimental Development Activities 45%

Major eligibility criteria (e.g. types of organisations, thematic restriction, cost types and caps)

Types of organizations: SMEs and partnership between SMEs, Universities and research institutions
Thematic restriction: in according with the Smart Specialization Strategy of Calabria Region, the projects to be funded must focus exclusively on Calabria S3 innovation areas
•Agriculture 4.0 and Agri-food
• Environment, Circular Economy and Biodiversity
• Eco-sustainable construction, Energy and climate
• Tourism and Culture
• ICT, Digital Technologies and Innovative Tertiary Sector
• Smart Manufacturing
• Logistics and Sustainable Mobility
• Life Sciences
• Blue economy.

Submission of the proposal at national/regional level (schedule, cut-off dates, deadlines, etc.)

Applications must be submitted strictly
using the IT platform. All information is available at the following
link:  https://calabriaeuropa.regione.calabria.it/

Submission of financial and scientific reports at the national/regional level

Applications must be submitted strictly
using the IT platform. All information is available at the following
link:  https://calabriaeuropa.regione.calabria.it/

Further guidance

Applications must be submitted strictly
using the IT platform. All information is available at the following
link:  https://calabriaeuropa.regione.calabria.it/