GALACTICA funds 20 Spanish SMEs to apply advanced manufacturing to the textile and aerospace sectors

GALACTICS, which aims to demonstrate the viability of new industrial value chains in the textile and aerospace sectors based on advanced manufacturing across the EU, has the final list of projects selected for funding, with a total funding envelope of €1,610,181. All selected proposals now enter the grant agreement stage.
The call for proposals targeted European SMEs and start-ups planning to develop innovative solutions that could form part of cross-sectoral and cross-border value chains with two different funding streams.

 

Call for proposals

The Galactica consortium, led by AEI TEXTILS, has evaluated the 84 proposals received, involving 152 SMEs, and has selected the best projects to be funded with grants of up to 20.000€ for 11 pioneers and up to 100.000€ for 14 orbitals . The evaluation has been carried out throughout April and we can now confirm the final ranking list.

Each funded proposal has gone through an in-depth evaluation process which included an assessment of the eligibility criteria and an external evaluation by a panel of 29 experts in each of the three GALACTICA fields.

Each proposal has been reviewed by independent experts (three for orbital and two for pioneer) who have applied the evaluation criteria, with particular attention to innovation, cross-cutting and cross-border aspects.

The 2nd GALACTICA Call for Proposals featured two different types of funding instruments, in the form of lump sum vouchers, which are targeted at SMEs and start-ups with innovative solutions that could be part of cross-border and sectoral value chains in the relevant areas. sectors

The Pioneer Acceleration voucher supports the exploration of new cross-sector value chains with a focus on the development of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP).
The Orbital Projects voucher aims to support the demonstration of new cross-sectoral value chains connecting the different GALACTICA sectors with initial market testing of the developed products and services.
The GALACTICA consortium received 84 applications (55 in Orbital Projects and 29 in Pioneering Acceleration) and has selected 25 for funding. In total, these 25 projects comprise 46 SMEs from the textile, aerospace and advanced manufacturing sectors from 14 European countries.

In terms of country distribution, Spain leads the list of SMEs funded with 20 companies, followed by Germany (7), Italy (6) and the United Kingdom (3).