The STARHAUS Open Call aims at supporting the contribution of thirds parties to specific use-cases with additional tools, services applications, ideas or services, as well as designed strategies to enhance the acceptance of the project solutions in the target communities. STARHAUS invites artists/creatives and technology providers SMEs to submit proposals for Experiments aimed at changing the mindset of communities into adopting sustainable consumption models by using customized products manufactured by small-scale factories configured for local communities.

The project has 100 000 EUR to provide support to at least 2 SMEs that will be working side-by-side with the STARHAUS partners to produce relevant requirements and specifications for project activities, willing to contribute to research challenges of decentralised manufacturing processes and to support the validation of the proposed solutions within the project use-cases: 1) Pet Food, 2) Fertilizers, 3) Beverage and 4) Breakfast Cereals.

Proposals are evaluated against criteria of degree of innovation, technical approach, creative and business capacities and cost-benefit. Proposals can be submitted by single entities or by a consortium composed of 2 legal entities. Entities must be established in an EU or a Horizon Europe Associated country.
The deadline for submitting proposals is 31 July 2024 at 17:00 (CET).

The deadline for submitting proposals was extended to 11 August 2024 at 17:00 (CET).

The Proposal Template (Technical Annex) and the Guidelines for Applicants for submitting proposals for the 1st Open Call for Open Innovation and Creativity are available in the documents package bellow. Proposals to STARHAUS Open Call #OIC1 | VISION (OC1-STARHAUS-2024) must be submitted electronically via the EU Survey link available bellow.