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AIBC EUROCLUSTERS Open Call for Participating in the International Mission to Austin, TX, USA
This Open Call supports Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups working on Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Blockchain (BC) technologies, from the digital, manufacturing, mobility, logistics and energy industrial ecosystems, interested in participating to AIBC’s International Mission in USA. The mission will be held from Monday, July 15th to Wednesday July 17th, 2024, in Austin, Texas, with an optional welcome meeting on Sunday, July 14th afternoon. Participating SMEs must have implemented at least a little of AI and BC in their business to enable being more digital, resilient, and greener.
The Mission provides the opportunity to take part to a structured business program aimed at providing insights and tools regarding new business models from data, to meet local technology and market experts in person, and to develop potential collaborations and cooperation opportunities with different stakeholders in the AI and BC fields from the United States. Furthermore, the mission will allow to explore collaborations between the European SMEs participating in the mission.
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Applications must be presented by SMEs or start-ups (as defined by the EU legislation: Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC and the SME user guide) registered in an EU Member State or a country participating in the Single Market Programme (SMP). The beneficiary must come from the ICT, manufacturing, mobility, logistics and/or energy industrial ecosystems and already be working with AI and/or BC technologies.
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Only selected beneficiaries (SMEs / start-ups) attending the entire mission program (from Monday July 15th 9:00, until Wednesday, July 17th 20:00) will receive financial support, thus, all travel arrangements must be planned accordingly. The financial support provided by this call is meant to contribute to travel, accommodation, and subsistence (meals, transfers, …) expenses, for 1 person participating in the Mission.
The Participation to the Mission is free of charge thanks to the AIBC project. Light catering services during the workshops are included. Other direct costs related to the mission, such as transfers and meals, are not included and should be covered by the companies. More specific information is available in the call Guidelines above.
Participating companies must commit to ensure the necessary resources needed to carry out the activities and must have stable financial capacity. This will be stated in the Declaration of Honour and the agreement that beneficiaries will sign before the mission with all the conditions to meet. All the supporting documents are available in the Guidelines.
Beneficiaries can participate to the different AIBC EUROCLUSTERS Open Calls (project proposals, training, participation to international events, digitalisation services and product development) but a single beneficiary cannot receive more than 60.000,00 EUR overall. Only one application per SME is allowed.
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Within this call, AIBC has destined 30.000,00 EUR for supporting in-person participation of SMEs to this International Mission in USA. Thereby, a maximum number of 15 companies will be selected to participate to the mission and will receive the financial support of 2.000,00 EUR, in the form of lump sum, after taking part to the 3-day Mission organised by the project Consortium. For organisation purposes, only 1 person per SME will be admitted to participate in the Mission (there are 15 slots available).
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All needed information is included in the Call Guidelines above. The application form is available at the EUSurvey Platform and all the documents to successfully complete an application are found here: Supporting Documents.
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Here you will find Frequently Asked Questions and answers.
For any inquiries, please contact:
aibc@bwcon.de
aibc@piemonteinnova.it
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The AIBC EUROCLUSTERS Project is funded under Grant Agreement no. 101074645 – SMP-COSME-2021-CLUSTER Call for proposals.
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