SIGMA Seal of Excellence / EIC Accelerator Pilot — 1st
Provides Czech companies with top-up support after positive innovation review, helping bridge to investable product development.
The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic (TA CR) operates the SIGMA programme for applied research and innovation support. Sub-objective 5 (SO5) was created as a dedicated track to capture Czech SMEs that received a Seal of Excellence (SoE) quality label from the European Commission under the EIC Accelerator Pilot 2020 but could not be funded due to EU budget constraints. The 1st — and to date …
Czech SMEs whose EIC Accelerator Pilot 2020 proposal received a Seal of Excellence from the European Commission but could not be funded due to EU budget constraints.
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