RENEW-BOOSTER Eurocluster · Call 2

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For SMEs in photovoltaics, offshore wind and energy grids. Strand A funds a response to one of four industrial challenges (€10,000, then €50,000 for one SME per challenge); Strand B is the open call, with grants of €10,000, €30,000 or €60,000. Deadline 30 November 2026, 17:00 CET. Every question below is taken from the official application form or the call's eligibility rules, so nothing you write here is wasted: it goes straight into your application.

This form is in English only, because the application itself must be written in English. We work in writing: no calls. Start with the eligibility questions. If the call does not fit, we tell you there and you can stop.

First: can you apply?

RENEW-BOOSTER has conditions that end an application regardless of how good the project is. Each question below is one of them, worded as in the call documents. About three minutes.

Have you previously submitted an application to RENEW-BOOSTER? *

Question 1 of the application form, answer options copied exactly.

Which strand

Which strand are you applying to? *

Strand A: you answer one of four challenges set by an industrial challenge owner. Stage 1: three SMEs per challenge each receive €10,000 "with at least 20% of private co-funding" for a demonstration of about 3 weeks; stage 2: one of the three, chosen on a final pitch and results, receives €50,000 "with 40% private co-funding" for 12 weeks. Strand B: the open call, any topic within the scope, one stage, grants of €10K, €30K or €60K over up to 6 months. You may apply to both strands with distinct activities.

Question 6 (call type) and question 14 (topic selection) of the application form.

Partnership format *

Strand A is for single SMEs only. Under Strand B a consortium of up to three SMEs may apply; the grant may be transferred to the lead SME, which distributes it, and the co-funding requirement applies to each SME individually.

Question 4 of the application form (partnership format).

Your company

Please select your country (where is your SME legally established?) *

Question 3 of the application form, same list of 39 countries.

Which value chain does the project fall under? *

Question 10 of the application form (scope information).

Does your company comply with the EU definition of SMEs (EU recommendation 2003/361)? *

Fewer than 250 staff, and an annual turnover of at most €50 million or a balance sheet total of at most €43 million.

Declaration of conformity in the application form: SME status declaration.

Is your company part of a larger group? *

"A firm that is part of a larger group may need to include staff headcount/turnover/balance sheet data from the group (partner and/or linked enterprises), in accordance with EU SME rules." In short: another enterprise holding 25% or more of your capital or votes makes it a partner enterprise; more than 50%, or control, makes it linked. The same applies the other way round: if you hold such a stake in another enterprise, you are not autonomous either.

Call text, eligibility: group data under EU SME rules.

Number of employees

Question 16 of the application form (number of employees).

Annual turnover, latest closed financial year (€)

Question 17 of the application form (annual turnover, latest closed financial year).

Balance sheet total, latest closed financial year (€)

Question 18 of the application form asks you to upload this (max 1 MB).

How many applications will your company be part of in this Call 2? *

Each SME may receive at most €60,000 in total across all RENEW-BOOSTER calls. Applying to both strands is allowed with distinct activities, but the two grants together cannot exceed that €60,000.

Call text, Applications and the €60,000 cumulative cap per SME.

Is your company under liquidation, "in difficulty" as defined in the EU rescue and restructuring guidelines, or excluded from EU funding? *

Declaration of conformity in the application form: financial stability.

Does your company (and each partner) have the financial and operational capacity to carry out the project? *

Call text, eligibility (operational capacity) and the form's financial stability declaration.

Does your company have a conflict of interest with any of the RENEW-BOOSTER partners? *

FAQ, eligibility.

Is any part of this project already funded from another EU or public source? *

Earlier public funding is not a problem in itself. Funding the same activities or costs twice is.

Call text, general EU funding principles.

Do the project activities respect the "Do No Significant Harm" (DNSH) principle? *

For example: no significant greenhouse gas emissions without mitigation, no substantial pollution or damage to biodiversity. At application stage a self-declaration is generally sufficient; evaluators may ask for more evidence.

Declaration of conformity in the application form: DNSH principle.

Grant and co-funding

Can you fund the co-funding from your own money or a loan? *

"Co-funding must consist of the SME's own financial contribution. In-kind contributions are not eligible as co-funding. Therefore, personnel costs, salaries, and staff effort/time are not eligible as co-funding." It can pay for materials, equipment, external services, subcontracting or prototype testing.

Table 3.5 of the application form (co-funding budget).

Roughly how much co-funding can you commit (€)?

Table 3.5 of the application form.

Does your company have a PIC number (EU Participant Register)?

The 9-digit Participant Identification Code. Not having one yet is not a problem: you register in the EU Participant Register before submitting, and we tell you how.

Application form, Annex 1: PIC number.

Contact

Your name *

Application form, Annex 1: contact person details.

Email *

Application form, Annex 1: mail.

Company name *

Application form, Annex 1: PP1 lead partner, name of the organisation.

Company website

Application form, Annex 1: organisation website.

The project

Working title of the project *

Question 2 of the application form.

Brief summary of your project: objectives, approach and expected results *

Plain language is fine. This section is not scored, but the evaluators use it for the eligibility check and for overall coherence.

Project summary, question 19 of the application form. Limit 2,000 characters.

0 / 2,000

How does the project fit within the selected value chain?

The form allows a maximum of 150 words.

Question 11 of the application form. Limit 150 words.

Which EU act does your project contribute to?

The Critical Raw Materials Act (extract, process, recycle within the EU) and the Net-Zero Industry Act (at least 40% of net-zero technologies produced within the EU). Tick one or both.

Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA)Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA)Not sure yet

Question 12 of the application form.

How does it contribute?

Question 13 of the application form.

Current maturity of the innovation *

Section 1.1 of the application form (project maturity).

Evidence of readiness

For example: TRL, pilot or test results, customer validation.

Section 1.1 of the application form. Limit 500 characters.

0 / 500

Project duration

Question 9 of the application form (minimum 3, maximum 6 months).

What is new, compared with the nearest current state of the art?

Section 1.2 of the application form (innovation potential). Limit 1,500 characters.

0 / 1,500

Which market need or industrial process does it address, and what is your advantage over existing solutions?

Section 1.4 of the application form (market need or industrial process). Limit 1,500 characters.

0 / 1,500

How will you commercialise, scale up or deploy the results after the project?

Section 2.1 of the application form (commercialisation and scale-up). Limit 1,500 characters.

0 / 1,500

How does the project contribute to resilience, the green transition and/or the digital transition?

Section 2.3 of the application form (resilience, green, digital). Limit 500 characters.

0 / 500

Who does the work: roles, skills, and anyone you still need to recruit or subcontract

Section 3.1 of the application form (work allocation, skills). Limit 1,000 characters.

0 / 1,000

What would you spend the grant and the co-funding on? Main cost items are enough.

Co-funding cannot cover personnel costs. Depreciation and recoverable VAT are not eligible in either budget.

Tables 3.4 (grant budget) and 3.5 (co-funding budget) of the application form.

Anything else

Anything else we should know

I agree that Eucade uses these answers to assess this application, as described in the privacy notice. *

We reply in writing within 2 working days. Your answers are used only to assess this application and are never shared with third parties.

The application is submitted by your company through the EU Survey form of RENEW-BOOSTER, with a signed Financial Identification form and your latest balance sheet as uploads. We prepare the full application and hand it over for you to paste and submit, with a final check before you press send. Deadline 30 November 2026, 17:00 CET.

The intake and the assessment are free and carry no obligation. If the route fits, the next step is an Application Plan: €450, excluding VAT, deducted in full from the application price if the Service Agreement is signed within 30 days of delivery of the Plan. A RENEW-BOOSTER application then costs €2,450, excluding VAT, fixed and agreed before we start, with no success fee; a second, parallel application (one in each strand) adds €1,500, excluding VAT. A consortium application is quoted separately. At the €10K tier that fee is a large share of the grant; we will tell you plainly whether it is worth it.

Every condition on this page is taken from the official RENEW-BOOSTER Call 2 documents: the call text, the FAQ, the Strand A challenge document and the EU Survey application form (RENEW_BOOSTER_2nd), read on 1 October 2026.