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08/02/2023

Apply to SHAPES before 17th March 2023 for an opportunity to shape the built environment to ensure healthy ageing in a smart way.


On December 16th 2022, SHAPES launched a 3rd Open Call with a submission deadline of March 17th 2023.

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Organisations are invited to apply for a share of €500,000, to facilitate the creation of novel applications that support smart and healthy ‘Agile Ageing’ in the built environment. Individual grants of between €50,000 and €100,000 are available for the scale-up of existing products or services, or the development of new solutions. Projects funded by this Call are expected to conclude within six months (not exceeding the actual termination date of the SHAPES project).

The competition underpinned by the Call is open to micro, small or medium-sized enterprises, based in Europe – including the United Kingdom.

Proposals should include compelling social innovation concepts, encompassing equality, diversity and inclusion in the design and development of a product, process, or service which can be trialled and evaluated across participating living labs and pilot sites. They should include the SHAPES technological platform and the SHAPES Marketplace.

SHAPES (Smart & Healthy Ageing through People Engaging in Supportive Systems) is a European Union Horizon 2020 Collaborative R&D “Pathfinder” project. It spans 14 countries, and explores interactions between older adults, technology and the built environment. It is one of the several OPEN DEI health and care cluster projects.

Are you eligible?

The same eligibility criteria as the H2020 rules of participation (cf. Article 10) apply to this SHAPES Open Call. More specifically, any legal entity established in a Member State or associated country, or created under Union law eligible to receive funding through this Open Call is. For more details, visit the official European Commission website.

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