Engineering Biology Collaborative R&D: Round 3
Closes Nov 3
Innovate UK
FORTIS Open Call #2
Robotics, Human-Computer Interaction, Ergonomics and collaborative research and innovation project grant from FORTIS project
Apply by Wednesday, Nov 4 at 16:00 UTC
Up to €250,000
About
Integrate and demonstrate human–robot collaboration technologies in industrial and new civilian settings. Scope includes safety, task allocation, ergonomics, extended reality, localisation and digital twins. Topic 2.1 funds projects up to €250,000; Topic 2.2 up to €170,000. Projects run for ten months from January 2027, with three milestone-linked payments. Submit the mandatory proposal and budget through F6S by 4 November 2026 at 17:00 Brussels time. Apply as a consortium with at least one SME; universities and research organisations may hold no more than 30% of the budget. UK and Swiss entities are excluded under the call’s country rules.
Eligibility
Career stage: Not stated
Institution applies
Covers: Project ceilings: €250,000 for Topic 2.1 and €170,000 for Topic 2.2, subject to a €200,000 cumulative per-entity cap. Nonprofit costs funded at 100%, for-profit at 70%. Ten months, 11 January–10 November 2027; milestone payments of 30%, 30%, 40%.
Host location: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Entities must be established in EU member states, linked OCTs or Horizon Europe associated countries under the call’s 15 September 2023 list, valid at the November 2023 grant agreement. United Kingdom and Switzerland are explicitly ineligible. Consult the guidelines for the full list of eligible territories.
Reviewed Oct 2, 2026. Check the funder’s full conditions before applying.
Consortia of 2–3 legal entities, including at least one SME. Topic 2.1 requires three entities across at least two eligible countries; Topic 2.2 requires two and allows one country. Startups, SMEs, mid-caps, universities and RTOs qualify. University/RTO share is capped at 30%; lifetime FORTIS funding per legal entity is capped at €200,000.
Topics
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Source: fortis-project.eu