STARHAUS
General Information
Opening date
01 August 2024
Deadline model
single-stage
Deadline dates
11 August 2024 17:00 (Brussels time)
Open For Submission
Expected duration of participation
3 to 6 months
Total funding available
100 000,00 €
Project acronym
STARHAUS
Full name of the EU funded project
Sustainable, Technological, Accessible and Resilient human-centric manufacturing supporting the New European Bauhaus through synergies between customized production and consumption models
Grant agreement number
101136027
Topic
HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-53 – Localised and Urban Manufacturing, supporting creativity and the New European Bauhaus (RIA using FSTP)
Submission & evaluation process
Submission:
Proposals to STARHAUS #1 OIC | VISION must be submitted electronically via https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/OC1-STARHAUS-2024. The Proposal Template (Technical Annex) and the Guidelines for Applicants for submitting proposals for the 1st Open Call for Open Innovation and Creativity are available on the project website: https://starhausproject.eu/open-calls/.
Deadline Extension: The deadline for submitting proposals is 11 August 2024 at 17:00 (CET).
Evaluation:
An initial eligibility verification will be done to filter out and discard non-eligible proposals.
Eligible proposals are evaluated against criteria of degree of innovation, technical approach, research, creative and business capacities and cost-benefit. Each criterion will be scored between 0 (not relevant) and 5 (Excellent). The final score on each criterion will be given by the average of the scores and the threshold for individual criteria will be three (3).
Applications will be ranked by use-cases and the application with the highest score in each of the use-cases will be selected.Show less
Further information
The project has 100 000 EUR to provide support to at least 2 SMEs that will be working side-by-side with the STARHAUS partners to produce relevant requirements and specifications for project activities, willing to contribute to research challenges of decentralised manufacturing processes and to support the validation of the proposed solutions within the project use-cases: 1) Pet Food, 2) Fertilizers, 3) Beverage and 4) Breakfast Cereals.
The exact number of proposals approved will be decided based on the overall budget requested by the applicants and the overall sum available per call. Yet, the aim is to select at least 2 Experiments.
Task description
The 1st Open Call will focus on understanding how to change mindset of the target communities toward sustainable consumption through on-field user research and to identify the target community requirements as well as the possible barriers and resistance to introduce transformations and innovation opportunities.
Activities to be funded within the 1st Open Call should include:
1.On-field user research with target communities (e.g., municipalities, consumer groups, local associations, schools etc.) for the definition of the community requirements.
2. Experimentation of awareness process with innovative techniques, involving artistic competences, addressed to the target communities towards sustainable consumption.