1. This document summarizes the instructions and process for the 1st Open Call of the EDIncubator program, which provides up to €100k in equity-free funding for startups and SMEs. Applicants must choose a challenge from the catalog, propose a solution using provided data, and submit via the F6S platform by June 27th at noon. 2. Proposals will be evaluated based on technical approach, business potential, team composition, and challenge fit, with at least 12 points needed total to be considered. All applicants will receive an evaluation report, and support is available via FAQ and meetings. Eligibility requires EU/associated country SMEs or individuals working on original solutions

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1st Open Call
Miguel García
Call manager – ZABALA Innovation Consulting
http://www.edincubator.eu @edincubator

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Index
• Submission & Proposal
• Eligibility
• Evaluation
• Results communication
• Important warnings
• Q&A

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Remember the process…
We are here!

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Submission & Proposal
Read the guidelines
We are using public funding

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Submission & Proposal. Instructions 1
1st Choose a challenge from our catalogue
https://edincubator.eu/challenges
All specific but
the first one
Compulsory to
use our data
Don’t get out of
the challenges!

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Submission & Proposal. Instructions 2
2nd Check our datasets and propose a solution
https://data.edincubator.eu
Use our data
Examples are
available NOW!
Full datasets if
selected

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Submission & Proposal. Instructions 3
3rd Obtain up to €100k equity-free funding
http://www.f6s.com/edincubator
Equity-free. No
hidden fees.
Only at F6S! EC funds

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Proposal. What is this about?
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Submitted via
http://www.f6s.com/edincubator
Online form
(short)
Declaration of
Honour

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Eligibility. Are you eligible?
Eligible means you can be
(legally) selected to be part of
the incubation programme.
8 eligibility
criteria

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Eligibility criteria 1
SME or group of individuals
(2 to 4) in the EU or
associated country
Original work.
Don’t Ctrl C + Ctrl V
Organisation not
funded in
Use our DATA in the
catalogue

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Eligibility criteria 2
Use BIG DATA tools
Fill in the proposal
with valid information
at F6S
Clearly justify your
selected challenge!
Multiple participation
NOT ALLOWED

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Automatic Sorting
Based on your answers at F6S we will
automatically sort the proposals following our
internal “red flags” (which are NOT public).
Teams will be grouped among:
• Early stage (teams of individuals + SMEs with 3 years or less)
• Established (SMEs with +3 years)

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EVALUATION
Technical approach
0/5
Business potential
0/5
Team composition
0/5
+ Challenge fit
Yes/No
At least 3 points on each criteria
At least 12 in total

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Results communication
All projects submitting a proposal will receive an
Evaluation Summary Report from us!

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Q&A
Check our FAQ!
https://edincubator.eu/faq
Send us an email
opencall@edincubator.eu
Meet us!
Next week at FIWARE Global Summit (Porto)
NOW!

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DEADLINE
27th June at 12:00PM (CEST) NOON not midnight

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Thanks a lot!
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 779790