Insights

Almost 270M€ in grants earmarked to Spinverse clients’ Innovation Fund projects to tackle climate change

We at Spinverse had the honour to work with our clients on several project proposals during spring 2024 and were very excited to learn that six significant projects were awarded to receive funding in this round. In all, the Innovation Fund announced 85 groundbreaking projects selected to receive a total of 4.8B€ in grants. These projects aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 476 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent over a time span of ten years.

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UNLOOC mitigates the use of animal testing in drug development by designing groundbreaking Organ-on-Chips technologies

The UNLOOC project (Unlocking the data content of Organ-on-Chips), launched in May 2024 in Germany, is a three-year initiative focused on creating Organ-on-Chips (OOC) technologies to reduce animal testing and bridge the gender gap in drug development. Funded by the Chips Joint Undertaking and national agencies, the project uses human cells to enhance personalized medicine and tackle gender disparities inherent in clinical research. Spinverse supported the consortium during the project proposal phase and is now taking care of the daily administration of this fascinating project.

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CEF Digital: A key enabler for Europe's digital future

Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Digital is a European Union initiative designed to boost a  high-performance and resilient Europe, and to secure digital infrastructures across Europe, fostering growth and competitiveness in line with the EU’s Digital Decade 2030 goals. The programme supports the interconnection of digital networks within and between member states, ensuring robust digital services and communication infrastructures across the continent. The calls were published on the 22nd of October 2024.

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Revolutionizing microbiological preservation: microLIFEguard project secured a funding of 2.25M€ from the LIFE programme

In a groundbreaking development for the industry, the microLIFEguard project aims to revolutionize microbiological preservation by offering sustainable and safe preservatory solutions for both industrial and consumer goods. Spinverse funding experts supported the project’s coordinator Purgos ApS in the successful funding application. 

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Aerones receives a 4.4M€ grant from EU’s Innovation Fund for first-of-a-kind robot-enabled turbine blade repair services

Aerones is a Latvian company specialising in robot-enabled turbine inspection and maintenance services. Aerones secured the Innovation Fund support provided for highly innovative, market-ready, scalable and ambitious infrastructure projects aimed at CO2 emission reduction. Spinverse supported Aerones in their successful application phase by providing the company with project preparation support.

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ExpandFibre – a unique collaboration to accelerate the development of sustainable bioproducts

ExpandFibre is an ambitious R&D collaboration launched in 2020 by two Finnish companies Fortum and Metsä Group. ExpandFibre was one of the first leading company or “Veturi” projects – a public funding scheme initiated by Business Finland to boost the Finnish R&D landscape. With wood pulp from the forest industry and straw from agriculture as the preliminary feedstocks, ExpandFibre envisioned to accelerate the development of sustainable bioproducts by upgrading pulp fibres, hemicellulose and lignin into new bioproducts. Co-funded by Business Finland and the leading companies themselves, this 4-year programme officially ended in August 2024 giving way to the next phase in the ExpandFibre journey – a transition phase coordinated by Metsä Group. Spinverse team has been proudly supporting this vibrant programme and ecosystem every step of the way. 

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