Interregional Innovation Investments Intrument (i3) Strand 1

Grantavia

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Description

Europe

Energy & Environment, Industry, Mobility & Transport +5•70% • 28.2M€

Open — Nov 12 (31d)

Dates & Deadlines

Publication Date

May 13, 2026

Opening Date

May 13, 2026

Application Phases

Deadline

November 12, 2026 at 05:00 PM

31 days left

Financial Details

Non-Refundable

Maximum Funding Rate

70%

Budget

28.2M€

Eligible Project Value

2.8M€ - 14.2M€

Maximum Duration

36 months

Criteria & Documents

Eligible Expenses

●Personnel Costs
●Travel costs
●Equipment costs
●Other goods, works and services costs
●Subcontracting
●Indirect Costs
●Financial Support to Third Parties

Access Conditions

●Legal entities from EU Member States and Associated Countries to i3 Instrument
●Consortium must include partners from at least three different EU Member States or Associated Countries
●Consortium must include partners from at least 5 different EU regions
●Consortium must involve at least 2 entities from less developed regions.
●Proposals must comply with the 'do no significant harm' principle under the EU Taxonomy Regulation
●Compliance with general and specific admissibility and eligibility criteria
●The coordinator must either be: public body; non profit organisation; Entity entrusted by national or regional governments to develop or implement innovation and investment actions for SMEs

Selection Criteria

●Relevance
●Quality
●Cost effectiveness
●Impact

Mandatory Information

●Application Form Part A
●Application Form Part B
●Part C (KPIs)
●Consolidated budget table
●Self-declaration of alignment with S3 policies

Result Indicators

●Number of regions involved in value chains
●The interregional character of the project, considered at portfolio level (quadruple helix stakeholders from different regions participating in the investment portfolio)
●Type of organisations representing both demand and supply side
●TRL at project end (TRL 7-9)
●Number of value chain investments in the portfolio
●Number of new regions/regional ecosystems integrated into the value chain
●Number of companies involved in the value chain
●Number of SMEs involved in the value chain
●Number of jobs created (FTE)
●Private financing mobilised (EUR)
●Public financing mobilised (EUR)
●Total investment mobilised (EUR)
●Number of patents exploited or valorised
●Number of licences, designs, trademarks
●Number of geographical indications
●Number of copyrights, trade secrets, NDAs exploited or valorised
●Number of persons reached

EU Programme Details

Call ID: I3-2026-INV1
Submission Mode: Single-stage
Funding Rate Rule: Maximum funding rate: 70% of eligible costs. Financial support to third parties (cascade funding) limited to EUR 100,000 per SME and 30% of the total eligible cost.

Funding Rate

70%

Budget

28.2M€

Days Left

Nov 12

Curated by

Maria Macedo

Eligibility

Eligible Sectors

Energy & EnvironmentIndustryMobility & TransportBlue EconomyConstructionICT & SoftwareAerospace & DefenseEducation & Training

Company Typologies

SMEMid-CapLargePrivate non-profit entitiesPublic entitiesMicroSmall Mid-CapNon-business entities of the R&I system (ENESII)

Application Mode

Consortium / Copromotion

Action Types

Interregional innovation investmentDemonstration and pilotingTesting and validationMarket replicationScaling and deploymentBusiness and investment planningCascade funding to SMEs

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