frontierCities2 2nd OPEN CALL OF MARKET ACCELERATION GRANTS

Deadline: Jan 31, 2018  
CALL EXPIRED

ABOUT THE CALL

Up to 4 start-ups/SMEs will be financed with up to € 75,000 in equity free funding.

Selected Start-ups & SMEs will have the opportunity to receive tailored technical and commercial support to succeed in their Market take-up phase!

The Programme is funded by the European Commission, within the FIWARE Ecosystem

 The  frontierCities2  Consortium comprises New Frontier Services (Consortium leader), the FIWARE Foundation, the University of Surrey, the Smart Transportation Alliance,  S3Transportation, InnovaBIC, and H3B Media.

WHEN AND WHERE 

Call opening: Wednesday 29th November 2017 at 9 am CET 

Deadline for Applicants: Wednesday 31st January 2018 at  5 pm CET

KEY ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

1.  MAG2 Grants are dedicated only to powered by FIWARE applications for the Smart Cities domain, already developed during earlier EU FI-PPP programmes (Phase 1 and 2) or during the FI-PPP Phase 3 - A16 acceleration programme.

2. Applicants must be start-ups or SMEs established in a EU Member State or H2020 Associated Country.

What is an SME? 
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/sme-definition_en

What are H2020 Associated Countries?
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/3cpart/h2020-hi-list-ac_en.pdf

3. Applicants must prove that their powered by FIWARE Application has been piloted in real life environment, with a relevant number of users in collaboration with a city and/or corporate/industrial partner and/or other institutional entity and for a reasonable period of time (Simulations are not accepted).

[Companies that are currently beneficiaries under the frontierCities2 Market Acceleration Grant (MAG) and FI-TECH programme are not eligible to apply for this MAG2 Call]

ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS

The Call will be open until Wednesday 31st January 2018 at  17:00  CET

The Application Form is available at the top of this page, just click on the "Apply Now" button and follow the instructions (the registration to the Fundingbox platform will be the first step).

We advise you to read the MAG 2 Guidelines before starting the application process.