ProgrammeClosed€2,520,000

I3FLOAT 1st Open Call

Summary

This call under the Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) programme funds SMEs proposing floating offshore wind innovations addressing one of 44 Open Challenges or 11 Specific Challenges; the total budget is €2,520,000, with a maximum of €60,000 per applicant and €120,000 per project with two applicants. The call opens on 7 September 2026 at 10:00 CEST and will fund up to 10 innovations for Open Challenges and up to 11 for Specific Challenges. Applications must be submitted through Goodgrants by 10 November 2026 at 17:00 CET, in English, by SMEs meeting the eligibility conditions.

How to apply

The call provides funding to SMEs for innovative projects in floating offshore wind. Projects must address one of the I3FLOAT challenges and be relatively close to commercialisation.

Steps

Choose one of the 11 I3FLOAT Specific Challenges or 44 Open Challenges.
Complete the financial capacity self-assessment and ensure that you can demonstrate your financial stability and capacity.
If applying as an SME consortium, prepare one proposal and designate one of the participating SMEs as coordinator for submission.
Complete and submit the form on the Goodgrants platform in English, from 7 September 2026 at 10:00 CEST until 10 November 2026 at 17:00 CET (Brussels time).

Who qualifies

Applicants must be SMEs according to the European definition.
They must have their headquarters or an affiliated entity in one of the regions represented in the I3FLOAT consortium and/or be a member of an I3FLOAT cluster partner by June 2026 and/or be established in a Less Developed Region, outermost region or overseas region, according to European Commission definitions.
They must be able to prove their financial stability and capacity and pass any financial check. This includes completing a financial capacity self-assessment and meeting the obligations in section 7.3.1 of the Submission Toolkit.
The application must address exactly one of the 11 I3FLOAT Specific Challenges or 44 Open Challenges.
Applicants must not submit more than one proposal; if several are submitted, only the latest is admissible.
Applicants must not have an ownership connection with a partner in the I3FLOAT consortium.
Applications must be written in English.

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I3FLOAT 1st Open Call

EU programme: Interregional Innovation Investments (I3)
Call run by the EU-funded project Developing a southern interregional value chain to consolidate european leadership in floating wind and accelerate innovation time-to-market (open call for third parties)
Next submission deadline: 2026-11-10T17:00:00.000Z (UTC)
Budget: €2520000
Applications are submitted through the EU Funding & Tenders portal. Open to applicants from Cyprus as an EU member state, subject to each call's eligibility conditions.

The scope of the I3FLOAT 1 st Open Call is to fund SMEs with proposed innovations in the field of Floating Offshore Wind and proposing a technological solution to one of the challenges posed by the I3FLOAT project. The support scheme aims to fund projects that are relatively close to commercialisation. The expected current TRLs for projects funded under the support scheme are TRL 6-8.
Applicants to the 1 st Open Call should propose a project that is in line with the different challenges the I3FLOAT project has identified. These challenges can be Open Challenges , which means solutions that are aligned with any of the innovation lines prioritised in the Strategic Innovation Agenda, or Specific Challenges , more concrete and defined by a Challenge Owner.
Open Challenges refers to innovations that are aligned with the 44 prioritised innovation lines identified in the Floating Wind Strategic Innovation Agenda in areas such as Floating substructures, mooring systems and dynamic cables; Electrical infrastructure and grid connection; Wind turbine, tower or alternative supporting structures and FOW-specific control; Industrialisation; Logistics and offshore installation; Operation, Maintenance and Decommissioning . Further detail is available in the Annex 1 of the Submission Toolkit.
Specific Challenges are related to specific sectoral needs proposed by so-called Challenge Owners. Examples would be the challenge "Single-pass welding outside for local FOWT serial assembly" proposed by I3FLOAT partner Eolink or " Logistic optimization on the transport of offshore wind structures " proposed by I3 Board member Navantia Seanergies. The list of the 11 Specific Challenges is available in Annex 2 of the Submission Toolkit.

Project website
Submission toolkit
I3FLOAT Floating Offshore Wind Strategic Innovation Agenda
Specific Challenges

The I3FLOAT Open Call will open on September 7 th , 2026, 10:00 CEST (Brussels Time) . To apply, please complete the submission form on the Goodgrants platform at the following link , no later than November 10, 2026, at 17:00 CET (Brussels Time).
Each applicant can request a maximum of € 60,000. As an application can bring up to two applicants from two different regions in collaboration, the maximum budget for each project application can be € 120,000.
Applicants to the 1 st Open Call should propose a project that is in line with the different challenges the I3FLOAT project has identified. These challenges can be Open Challenges , which means solutions that are aligned with any of the innovation lines prioritised in the Strategic Innovation Agenda, or Specific Challenges , more concrete and defined by a Challenge Owner. The Open Call will fund up to 10 innovations proposed for Open Challenges and up to 11 innovations corresponding respectively to each of the 11 Specific Challenges.
SMEs applying as a consortium should fill in one proposal. One of the involved SMEs will act as “coordinator” and will be responsible for the submission of the application. Only one application per SME will be accepted. if an SME is present alone or in a consortium in more than one proposal, only the last submitted proposal will be admissible.
Proposals will be eligible only if all the following conditions are met:
Applicants must be SMEs according to the European definition of SMEs. The formal definition and the SME self-assessment questionnaire are available here ;
Applicants must have their headquarters or an affiliated entity in one of the regions represented in the I3FLOAT consortium, and/or be a member of one cluster partner in the I3FLOAT project by June 2026, and/or be established in a Less Developed Region - LDR or outermost or overseas region following the European Commission definitions;
Applicants should be able to prove their financial stability and capacity and pass any financial check. This includes completing a financial capacity self-assessment available here and align with the obligations listed in section 7.3.1 of the Submission Toolkit;
Applications should address either one of the 11 Specific or one of the 44 Open I3FLOAT Challenges . If an application addresses more than one challenges, it will be declared not eligible
Applicants cannot submit several proposals. If several applications from the same applicants are submitted, only the latest one will be admissible;
Applicants should not have any ownership connection with one partner in the I3FLOAT consortium;
Applications must be written in English (applications partially or completely written in another language are not eligible);
The evaluation and selection process is overseen by two partners of the I3FLOAT project, BASQUENERGY Cluster and Pôle Mer Méditerranée, constituting the Evaluation Committee. All other partners and members of the I3FLOAT Advisory Board are taking part in the evaluation and selection process as evaluators.
Following the submission of applications, a three-steps assessment process will be followed, safeguarding the principles of transparency and equal treatment, as described below:
1) Eligibility check of the application form;
2) Qualitative evaluation of each application by 3 partners of the I3FLOAT project or members of the I3 Advisory Board.
3) Ranking list of all scores. A ranking list per Specific Challenge will be done. The highest score will be selected for funding. For Open Challenges, only one ranking list will be done, and applications will be selected following the ranking until the available budget has been spent.

I3FLOAT 1st Open Call

Summary

How to apply

The call provides funding to SMEs for innovative projects in floating offshore wind. Projects must address one of the I3FLOAT challenges and be relatively close to commercialisation.

Steps

Choose one of the 11 I3FLOAT Specific Challenges or 44 Open Challenges.
Complete the financial capacity self-assessment and ensure that you can demonstrate your financial stability and capacity.
If applying as an SME consortium, prepare one proposal and designate one of the participating SMEs as coordinator for submission.
Complete and submit the form on the Goodgrants platform in English, from 7 September 2026 at 10:00 CEST until 10 November 2026 at 17:00 CET (Brussels time).

Who qualifies

Applicants must be SMEs according to the European definition.
They must have their headquarters or an affiliated entity in one of the regions represented in the I3FLOAT consortium and/or be a member of an I3FLOAT cluster partner by June 2026 and/or be established in a Less Developed Region, outermost region or overseas region, according to European Commission definitions.
They must be able to prove their financial stability and capacity and pass any financial check. This includes completing a financial capacity self-assessment and meeting the obligations in section 7.3.1 of the Submission Toolkit.
The application must address exactly one of the 11 I3FLOAT Specific Challenges or 44 Open Challenges.
Applicants must not submit more than one proposal; if several are submitted, only the latest is admissible.
Applicants must not have an ownership connection with a partner in the I3FLOAT consortium.
Applications must be written in English.

How to apply

Online

View the original source

This guide is compiled from public information and is unofficial. Check the official page for the current requirements.

Prepare your application

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I3FLOAT 1st Open Call EU programme: Interregional Innovation Investments (I3) Call run by the EU-funded project Developing a southern interregional value chain to consolidate european leadership in floating wind and accelerate innovation time-to-market (open call for third parties) Next submission deadline: 2026-11-10T17:00:00.000Z (UTC) Budget: €2520000 Applications are submitted through the EU Funding & Tenders portal. Open to applicants from Cyprus as an EU member state, subject to each call's eligibility conditions. The scope of the I3FLOAT 1 st Open Call is to fund SMEs with proposed innovations in the field of Floating Offshore Wind and proposing a technological solution to one of the challenges posed by the I3FLOAT project. The support scheme aims to fund projects that are relatively close to commercialisation. The expected current TRLs for projects funded under the support scheme are TRL 6-8. Applicants to the 1 st Open Call should propose a project that is in line with the different challenges the I3FLOAT project has identified. These challenges can be Open Challenges , which means solutions that are aligned with any of the innovation lines prioritised in the Strategic Innovation Agenda, or Specific Challenges , more concrete and defined by a Challenge Owner. Open Challenges refers to innovations that are aligned with the 44 prioritised innovation lines identified in the Floating Wind Strategic Innovation Agenda in areas such as Floating substructures, mooring systems and dynamic cables; Electrical infrastructure and grid connection; Wind turbine, tower or alternative supporting structures and FOW-specific control; Industrialisation; Logistics and offshore installation; Operation, Maintenance and Decommissioning . Further detail is available in the Annex 1 of the Submission Toolkit. Specific Challenges are related to specific sectoral needs proposed by so-called Challenge Owners. Examples would be the challenge "Single-pass welding outside for local FOWT serial assembly" proposed by I3FLOAT partner Eolink or " Logistic optimization on the transport of offshore wind structures " proposed by I3 Board member Navantia Seanergies. The list of the 11 Specific Challenges is available in Annex 2 of the Submission Toolkit. Project website Submission toolkit I3FLOAT Floating Offshore Wind Strategic Innovation Agenda Specific Challenges The I3FLOAT Open Call will open on September 7 th , 2026, 10:00 CEST (Brussels Time) . To apply, please complete the submission form on the Goodgrants platform at the following link , no later than November 10, 2026, at 17:00 CET (Brussels Time). Each applicant can request a maximum of € 60,000. As an application can bring up to two applicants from two different regions in collaboration, the maximum budget for each project application can be € 120,000. Applicants to the 1 st Open Call should propose a project that is in line with the different challenges the I3FLOAT project has identified. These challenges can be Open Challenges , which means solutions that are aligned with any of the innovation lines prioritised in the Strategic Innovation Agenda, or Specific Challenges , more concrete and defined by a Challenge Owner. The Open Call will fund up to 10 innovations proposed for Open Challenges and up to 11 innovations corresponding respectively to each of the 11 Specific Challenges. SMEs applying as a consortium should fill in one proposal. One of the involved SMEs will act as “coordinator” and will be responsible for the submission of the application. Only one application per SME will be accepted. if an SME is present alone or in a consortium in more than one proposal, only the last submitted proposal will be admissible. Proposals will be eligible only if all the following conditions are met: Applicants must be SMEs according to the European definition of SMEs. The formal definition and the SME self-assessment questionnaire are available here ; Applicants must have their headquarters or an affiliated entity in one of the regions represented in the I3FLOAT consortium, and/or be a member of one cluster partner in the I3FLOAT project by June 2026, and/or be established in a Less Developed Region - LDR or outermost or overseas region following the European Commission definitions; Applicants should be able to prove their financial stability and capacity and pass any financial check. This includes completing a financial capacity self-assessment available here and align with the obligations listed in section 7.3.1 of the Submission Toolkit; Applications should address either one of the 11 Specific or one of the 44 Open I3FLOAT Challenges . If an application addresses more than one challenges, it will be declared not eligible Applicants cannot submit several proposals. If several applications from the same applicants are submitted, only the latest one will be admissible; Applicants should not have any ownership connection with one partner in the I3FLOAT consortium; Applications must be written in English (applications partially or completely written in another language are not eligible); The evaluation and selection process is overseen by two partners of the I3FLOAT project, BASQUENERGY Cluster and Pôle Mer Méditerranée, constituting the Evaluation Committee. All other partners and members of the I3FLOAT Advisory Board are taking part in the evaluation and selection process as evaluators. Following the submission of applications, a three-steps assessment process will be followed, safeguarding the principles of transparency and equal treatment, as described below: 1) Eligibility check of the application form; 2) Qualitative evaluation of each application by 3 partners of the I3FLOAT project or members of the I3 Advisory Board. 3) Ranking list of all scores. A ranking list per Specific Challenge will be done. The highest score will be selected for funding. For Open Challenges, only one ranking list will be done, and applications will be selected following the ranking until the available budget has been spent.

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