Area Science Park launches Deep Tech Revolution: €1 million for innovative frontier research projects
Applications are open until 30 June 2025. In September, the 12-month pathway for the five funded projects will start, allowing the beneficiaries to use the research infrastructure and laboratories of the R&S
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Area science park, a public research organisation of the Mur, launches Deep tech revolution, a new initiative worth EUR 1 million dedicated to supporting innovative high-tech business projects. The programme is designed to promote and support frontier research and deep tech innovation with a focus on four sectors identified as key areas for the development of high-impact technologies, namely material sciences, advanced digital, green energy chains and life sciences.
Fringe Financing
The programme provides non-reimbursable funding for five innovative projects of up to EUR 200,000 each, half of which is provided in cash and half in the form of services. The cash contribution is intended to cover expenses related to R&s (research and development) activities, such as consultancy costs, the acquisition of intangible assets, tools and equipment for carrying out technical-scientific research and/or experimental development activities.
The remaining 50% is provided in the form of business acceleration and growth accompaniment services and high-tech services. Researchers and/or startuppers promoting funded projects will have privileged access to Area science park research infrastructures and laboratories. These include laboratories for instrumental investigations, structural, cellular and molecular biology, and the genomics and epigenomics laboratory; instrumentation for the analysis of nanomaterials and innovative materials for energy with the electron microscopy laboratory; the high performance computing (Hpc) infrastructure with the Data Engineering laboratory; and the network of demonstrators of the Digital Innovation Hub.
Research Exchange
.The programme, which will start after the summer, will last twelve months and will also include two international study visits that will put participants in direct contact with the main global innovation and research ecosystems through visits to centres of excellence and meetings with experts, entrepreneurs and researchers; as well as training and capacity-building bootcamps and networking activities through ad hoc events and meetings to foster collaboration, investment and strategic growth through connections with key players. Also envisaged is the possibility of awarding the winners an annual research grant for a young researcher to be involved in the research and development activities to be carried out in the framework of the submitted project.
Project Evaluation
.The call for participation in the Deep tech revolution programme is already open. It is aimed at start-ups, spin-offs, individual researchers and research groups with projects that aim to develop or validate cutting-edge deep tech solutions, demonstrating the technical feasibility of the proposed solution and preparing it for industrial or commercial applications. Candidate projects will be evaluated by an international technical-scientific committee according to criteria including the innovativeness of the solution, potential impact, scalability and replicability, and effective use of high-tech services offered. The deadline for applications is 30 June 2025. More information on the Area science park website page dedicated to the programme.
