Organizations are invited to apply for a share of €500,000, to facilitate the creation of novel applications that support smart and healthy ‘Agile Ageing’ in the built environment.

Individual grants of between €50,000– and €100,000 are available for scale-up of existing products or services, or development of new solutions. The competition is open to micro, small or medium-sized enterprises, based in Europe – including the UK – proposing substantive innovations which can be trialled and evaluated across participating living labs and pilot sites, including the SHAPES technological platform and the SHAPES Marketplace.

Submission deadline 17th March 2023 at 7pm CEST. Winners will be announced April 1st. Projects will be expected to commence 1st May 2023 and conclude before 31st October 2023.

This webinar is an opportunity for prospective applicants to meet the SHAPES management team, find out more about Open Call expectations, the application and evaluation process, and ask any questions relating to your application.

This initiative is funded through SHAPES (Smart & Healthy Ageing through People Engaging in Supportive Systems) an EU Horizon 2020 Collaborative R&D “Pathfinder” project, spanning 14 countries, exploring interactions between older adults, technology and the built environment.

For further information visit : https://shapes2020.eu/open-calls/call-3/

NOTE, this webinar is FREE for all attendees.