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Team up and get a €30,000 Green Innovation Development Programme and certificate
Students, graduates or any individual can now join the GAEA project that promotes green innovation. It can be an initial idea or, for example, your final thesis from your studies. It doesn’t even matter if you are alone, have an idea or not. You just need to have ambition and we will find you a team! Try something new, get a prestigious European certificate for completing the programme, development services worth up to €30,000 and apply easily thanks to the last extended deadline until 26 Jun.
Who can receive a grant?
GAEA is designed for a wide range of participants – from individuals with no previous entrepreneurial experience to experienced teams looking for support to develop their innovative ideas.
The competition is open to participants from eight European countries: Serbia, Slovakia, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Greece.
GAEA is a comprehensive open innovation programme for innovators and idea holders who want to create or refine an innovative concept into a startup. This means that whether you have an innovative idea or not, and whether you have a team or not, GAEA is a program for:
Individuals from the academic sectors of business, finance, marketing, technology and engineering who are studying or have recently graduated from any European university,
researchers and/or PhD students in any scientific field relevant to innovation from any European university,
Other persons interested in collaborating with the above categories.
What activities will I receive a grant for?
- Smart and sustainable cities,
- Renewable energy,
- energy efficiency,
- energy storage,
- Circular economy: designing products and services for the circular economy,
- Exploration: exploration and assessment of raw material resources,
- Mining: Mining in challenging environments,
- Mineral and metallurgical processes: Improving resource efficiency in mineral and metallurgical processes,
- Recycling: Recycling and optimisation of the material chain for end-of-life products,
- Substitution of critical and toxic materials in products for optimized performance.
What can I get?
- Support for your start-up: take a chance and get support services for your start-up worth up to 30,000 euros. This is your moment to take your vision from paper to the real world!
- Get a certificate of participation: upon successful completion of the programme, you will receive a digital certificate of participation from one of Europe’s leading green innovation initiatives. Confirm your commitment to a sustainable future and increase your professional prestige.
- Mentoring: Be guided by an experienced mentor who will support you and your team in your development, helping you to formulate your innovative idea and turn it into a commercially successful product or service. It’s people like you who change the world for the better.
- Connectivity: meet industry leaders, successful entrepreneurs and mentors. Listen, discuss and share new ideas. This is your opportunity to be part of a community of change leaders and innovators.
- Education: get access to Bootcamp Training, startup development materials and tools to help you in your journey from idea to execution.
How and when to apply?
Registration for the GAEA call in Slovakia is open until 06 Jun 2024. Feel free to register your idea on this simple form. You’re done in 5 minutes and you don’t even have to have an idea. Just register and we’ll find you a team.
About GAEA project
The GAEA project, called “Green Alternatives for European Autonomy”, is an innovation programme funded by the European Union. It is a key initiative in line with the European Green Deal, aiming to address the continent’s energy challenges through innovation and sustainable development.
The project is supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme and organised by Mantis Beyond Innovation in collaboration with leading organisations, including the UNESCO Chair for Green Innovation and Circular Economy at the National Technical University of Athens as well as the EIT Raw Material in Krakow.
Its aim is to promote innovative solutions contributing to Europe’s energy autonomy. This project invites innovators, researchers and enthusiasts for startups to get involved either individually or as a team, with an existing or new business idea.