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The call contributes to the reduction of territorial gaps between the more and less developed regions of the Italian territory, within the “MUSA” ECS approved with funding granting decree no. 1055 of 23 June 2022, with the aim of financing Proof of Concept (Po C) and prototyping projects aimed at the development of new/improved products, processes or services. This aim is pursued through the provision of appropriate funding to research and knowledge dissemination organizations (hereinafter Od R)1, as defined pursuant to Regulation (EU) no. 651/2014 point 83, in the regions of Southern Italy: Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily.
Who is it aimed at?
Public and private research organizations (universities, public research bodies, research institutes), individually or in partnership, can apply under this notice. The research organizations must have an active operational headquarters in the South, i.e. in the following regions: Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily.
What does it predict
The call finances projects that are consistent, in terms of repercussions and impacts, with the research and innovation themes of Spoke 6 of the ECS "MUSA" and, where possible, with the intelligent specialization strategy (S3) of the region(s) in where the beneficiary has its operational headquarters. When submitting the application, the Supervisory Board will have to highlight these elements of coherence and relevance, which will be subject to an assessment of merit. In particular, consistently with the activities of Spoke 6, the call finances research and development activities on the following topic:• with reference to the MUSA action "Creation of a Digital Documentation Center on Sustainability Practices", the projects will have to support the dissemination of practices for the creation of a culture of sustainability, in its many forms.
