MINE.THE.GAP
Project: Creation and Integration of New Industrial Value Chains for SMEs in the Mineral Raw Materials sectors (mines and quarries) through ICT, Circular Economy, Resource Efficiency and Support for Advanced Manufacturing Innovation.
Acronym: MINE.THE.GAP
Application Number: MINE.THE.GAP-Call1-2021-2022
Grant agreement number : 873149
MINE-PoC
Design and implementation of a prototype to demonstrate the viability of the proposed solution.
TRL Covered – TRL6-7
Project Duration – 9 Months
Candidature Consortium – Consortium consisting of at least 2 and a maximum of 3 SMEs from at least 2 different sectors and 2 different countries.
MINE-Demo
Development and testing in a production environment to demonstrate a fully functional pilot with all the main features of the product/service/solution.
TRL Covered – TRL7-8
Project Duration – 12 Months
Candidature Consortium – Consortium consisting of at least 2 and a maximum of 3 SMEs from at least 2 different sectors and 2 different countries.
Innovation Vouchers for Innovative SMEs
The competition is open for the award of INNOVATION VOUCHERS (up to 60,000.00 Euros) for SMEs in the Mineral Raw Materials sectors (mines and quarries) and SMEs in the supplier sectors (ICT, Circular Economy, Resource Efficiency and Support for Advanced Manufacturing Innovation).
INNOVATION VOUCHERS are collaborative projects of the MINE.THE.GAP Program.
With the participation of seven European Countries, MINE.THE.GAP aims to create and integrate new industrial value chains for SMEs in the mineral raw materials sectors (mines and quarries) through ICT, circular economy, resource efficiency and support for advanced manufacturing innovation.
MINE.THE.GAP vouchers will support projects that respond to the 10 challenges of the raw materials and mining industry value chain, according to the following diagram:
Contact points:
Portugal is part of MINE.THE.GAP, through the participation of the Mineral Resources Cluster and Assimagra.
The national contact for additional information is: marta.peres@clustermineralresources.pt
Consortium
Co-financed:
