What is the offer about?
With this the offer, we want to support project with actors along the entire value chain within software-intensive systems and services. The areas of application can come, for example, from the automotive sector, biomedical engineering, internet services, the security industry, the production area or the area of software development itself.
In order to receive funding, the results must be relevant to the competitiveness of Swedish business and industry and benefit Swedish industry. Expected results of the projects are, for example, prototypes and demonstrators of interest to potential customers on an international market. For a successful proposal for larger funding for Vinnova, it is normally required to focus on larger industrial challenges with participation from both larger companies, SMEs and academia/research institutes. At least one company with a Swedish place of business must participate. In this call for proposals, Vinnova will only consider funding project of high quality and potential that focus on advanced digitalisation and ground-breaking innovation within Swedish industry.
ITEA Office offers support during consortium building and organizes, for example, ITEA - Project Outline Preparation Days where there is an opportunity to pitch your idea and discuss with potential partners.
Read more and register for ITEA – PO Days 2024 10-12 September
Ongoing and previous ITEA project
Vinnova has so far co-financed some 50 ongoing and previous project within the Eureka cluster. Among the Swedish project participants you will find ABB, Ericsson, Volvo, Saab, KTH, RISE and many more. ITEA gives you the opportunity for innovation and exchanges with Europe's sharpest actors in the field.
Here you can read more about successful ITEA project with Swedish participants
What is ITEA?
ITEA is an innovation cluster for software-intensive systems and services. Klustret ITEA is part of EUREKA, where generic technologies of great importance for the competitiveness of the participating countries are developed.
Most project within the EUREKA cluster are public-private partnerships with broad industrial participation, which aim to promote research or encourage standardization processes.
The multi-step application process
The application process to ITEA takes place in several steps as below.
- First, the entire international consortium submits a first outline, a so-called Project Outline, to ITEA (not to Vinnova).
- The sketches deemed to have the greatest potential will be given the opportunity to submit a complete proposal (Full Project Proposal). In connection with ITEA sending out information about which project proposals will be given the opportunity to submit a complete proposal feedback is also given on how you can improve proposal.
- The complete proposal (Full Project Proposal) from the international consortium is assessed and the applications that are approved receive a so-called label. This means that the national consortia are given the opportunity to submit applications to the respective country's funding public authority. It is at this stage that the Swedish the consortium is invited to submit a proposal to Vinnova.
- Based on your applications, both to ITEA and Vinnova, as well as a possible project interview, Vinnova will make a final assessment of whether you will receive funding or not.
On the page Vinnova's information about EUREKA Klusteransökningar
you will find call text with all information about term for the call for proposals as well as templates to be used for national proposal. Read the call text carefully!
Proposal
Proposal in the first phases (Project Outline and Full Project Proposal)) take place on ITEA's website. There is an opportunity to contact Vinnova to discuss your project and your budget before you submit your proposal.
Only project that have received the ITEA label can receive an invitation to submit a national proposal to Vinnova, these project will receive a separate invitation from Vinnova.