Research Platforms – SESAME FEDER

The Île de France Region launches the call for proposals “Research Platforms – SESAME FEDER”!

This call aims to support, develop and create structuring equipment, such as research platforms open to small, businesses, by providing financial support to shared platforms and equipment allowing collaboration in research and development.

ELIGIBILITY

All non-profit, public or private higher education and research institutions Île-de-France are eligible.

Authorised partners (maximum 2 partners in addition to the leader):

• Other non-profit, public or private higher education and research institutions Île-de-France are eligible.
• Scientific cooperation foundations and foundations recognized as being of public utility.
• Small businesses.
• Competitiveness clusters and technical centres.
• Projects must fit into one or more Strategic Innovation Areas of the Smart Specialisation Strategy, several of which are related to MaTerRE themes:

Digital: Artificial Intelligence, simulations, Machine Learning…

Eco-responsible materials and CleanTechs: sustainable, organic and eco-sourced materials, recyclability, circular economy, energy transition and decarbonisation, transport, pollution control, etc.

Hydrogen sector: production, storage, transport, distribution, conversion and decarbonisation of hydrogen.

FUNDING

The total eligible cost may not be less than € 2,000,000 and the FEDER contribution rate must be between 30 % and 40 % of the total eligible cost of the operation.

Good to know: this call is compatible with a MaTerRE co-financing, contact us at dim-materre@espci.fr for more information

CANDIDACY

Applications must be submitted on the e-Synergie platform before September 12^th at 5pm.