Open Calls

Beneficiaries will be awarded with direct funding of maximum €50,000 to deploy their Industry 5.0 Transition Plan. In phase 2 of the Acceleration Programme, up to 27 SMEs will receive this funding. Financial support may be used and may cover different types of expenses:

• Procurement of external advance technology, consulting and coaching services that are not available within the consortium. External service providers with expertise in one or several of the industry 5.0 principles will be available in the Catalogue of Complementary Service Providers. Nonetheless, SME will have the possibility to suggest the inclusion of other service providers in the Catalogue.
• Personnel, consumables, equipment, and other costs necessary to set up a feasibility study, a pilot testing, or the building of a prototype/demonstrator to implement Industry 5.0 transformation, with or without supervision by consortium partners.

No. It is mandatory that all SMEs that want to access project financing complete their self-assessment and apply to Phase 1 of the Open Call. Only SMEs benefiting from Phase 1 will be able to apply to Phase 2 and therefore access financing.

The goal of the project is to support manufacturing SMEs in the adoption of Industry 5.0 principles. Being a product or service adopter means that the SME will use the support provided by SURE5.0 to enhance the products or manufacturing procedures of the products they sell.

In case your company is interested in providing a technology or tool that helps others to evolve towards Industry 5.0, then you can participate as a Service Provider in SURE5.0 Catalogue of Complementary Service Providers as external entities complementing the services delivered by consortium members for the deployment of the SMEs Industry 5.0 Transition Plan in Phase 2. Costs incurred with contracting services listed in the Catalogue will be fully eligible in the budget of SMEs receiving FSTP.

SMEs cannot be a service adopter and a service provider at the same time. This means that the companies that apply to be in the SURE5.0 Catalogue of Complementary Service Providers cannot apply to the Open Call.

For more information about eligibility criteria, as well as the Catalogue, go to Open Call 1 Guide for Applicants.

Applicants eligible to receive funding through this Open Call are a legal entity established and based in the European Union or EU Associated Countries only, which means that SURE5.0 Acceleration Programme 1 also accepts applications from:

1. Albania
2. Armenia
3. Bosnia and Herzegovina
4. Faroe Islands
5. Georgia
6. Iceland
7. Israel
8. Kosovo
9. Moldova
10. Montenegro
11. North Macedonia
12. Norway
13. Serbia
14. Tunisia
15. Turkey
16. Ukraine

SURE5.0 Phase 1 tailored services are delivered in the following manner:

• Investment Readiness Assessment.
• Support on Social Innovation and Human Centricity (advanced training programme).
• Advanced training programme for the industry 5.0 transition (Mandatory training module on industry 5.0.).

SURE5.0 Phase 2 beneficiaries will be provided the following services:

• Investment Readiness Support – business consultancy services to support the implementation of the Industry 5.0 Transition Plan.
• Service provisioning for SMEs uptake of advanced technologies (individual technological assessments and/or and/or proof-of-concept testing).
• Advanced training programme for the industry 5.0 transition (customizable modules for the upskilling and reskilling of employees).

To read the full description of the offered support, go to Open Call 1 Guide for Applicants – Section 2.3 Support provided.

All SMEs operating in the Mobility, Transport & Automotive (MTA), Aerospace & Defence, and Electronics manufacturing value chains can apply to the Open Call, both manufacturing and auxiliary industry companies. However, it is mandatory that these SMEs need to adopt technologies or services in their plants related to the Industry 5.0 transition.