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. 

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). 

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. 

Here you will find Frequently Asked Questions and answers.

For any inquiries, please contact:

aibc@bwcon.de
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