This grant funds the creation of a transnational SME support scheme delivering skills-matching, recruitment support, and innovation management services across Europe. It targets innovative SMEs facing labour and skill shortages in sectors like clean technologies, biotech, and digital technologies. The scheme provides lump sum grants to SMEs to recruit and train PhD-level researchers, enhancing innovation capacity and facilitating the innovation-to-investment journey. It builds on previous successful pilots and complements Marie Skłodowska Curie Actions.
Only entities that are beneficiaries in the Enterprise Europe Network from the SMP-COSME-2024-EEN call are eligible. Eligible countries are defined in the Horizon Europe Work Programme Annex B, including some non-EU/non-Associated countries with specific provisions. Applicants must meet financial an
