SMART ERA 1st open call for pilots and add-ons

Applicants have to focus on addressing one of the Challenges that SMART ERA Consortium has defined for the 6 Pilot Regions :
● Challenge #1: Information system for tracing agrifood production (Val di Sole)
● Challenge #2: Information system for Pasture ecosystem monitoring (Val di Sole)
● Challenge #3: AI Chatbot for personalized touristic experience (Sóller/Tramuntana)
● Challenge #4: AI tool for micro-farming management (Sóller/Tramuntana)
● Challenge #5: SMART Economy Service Platform (Northern Ostrobothnia)
● Challenge #6: AI-Assisted Conceptualization of Rural Businesses Based on Deep
Local Knowledge (Northern Ostrobothnia)
● Challenge #7: Smart B2B platform for the agro-tourism sector (East Herzegovina)
● Challenge #8: SMART platform for personalized tourism experience (East
Herzegovina)
● Challenge #9: Mobile App for mobility on demand (Šmarje-Padna)
● Challenge #10: AI GP Support System (Devetaki Plateau)
● Challenge #11: Map-based digital platform for tourist information, promotion and
tailor made trips (Devetaki Plateau)

Each individual Technology/Solution Provider selected under the SMART ERA 1st Open Call will receive up to € 60,000 and a 9-month Support Programme with the mentoring from SMART ERA Technical Partners.

The Support Programme includes the following stages:
● Stage 1: On-boarding Phase, during which the beneficiary should deliver an Individual Mentoring Plan (including planned activities, KPIs, milestones and budget) and a Design
Report. The duration of this stage is up to 2 months and, after completing it, the beneficiary will receive up to €10,000.
● Stage 2: Deployment Phase, which should lead to a Technical Solution Completed. The duration of this stage is up to 7 months and, after completing it, the beneficiary will receive up to €50,000.

Solutions, at the moment of applying, must have an Initial Technological Readiness Level (TRL) of at least 4 and achieve a Final TRL of at least 6.
The digital solution must implement robust security measures, including data encryption (if needed) at rest and in transit, user authentication and authorization mechanisms, regular vulnerability assessments, and compliance with relevant security standards such as ISO/IEC27001.

We are looking for individual legal entities that must act as Solution/Technology Providers.
These individual legal entities should be legally registered on the day of application submission in any of the following countries:
● The Member States of the European Union and its Overseas Countries and Territories
(OCT) or
● Associated Countries (AC) to Horizon Europe.