Objective
PhotonHub Europe will establish a single pan-EU Photonics Innovation Hub which integrates the best-in-class photonics technologies, facilities, expertise and experience of 53 partners from all over Europe, including the coordinators of EU pilot lines and local photonics hubs representing 18 regions, as a one-stop-shop solution offering a comprehensive range of supports to industry for the accelerated uptake and deployment of photonics. PhotonHub will provide European companies, in particular “non-photonics” SMEs and mid-caps that are first users and early adopters of photonics, with open access and guided orienteering to the following key support services: training and upskilling opportunities within PhotonHub’s Demo and Experience Centres throughout Europe and enhanced by digital tools for online learning; “test before invest” innovation support capabilities to engage with companies on highly collaborative Innovation Projects aimed at TRL acceleration from prototyping (TRL3-4) to upscaling (TRL5-6) to manufacturing (TRL7-8), and complemented by targeted business and IP advisory supports; and support to find investment through investment-readiness coaching and investor match-making organised in collaboration with major regional and European venture fora and deep tech Investor Days. PhotonHub will uniquely support cross-border innovation activities of European companies, while simultaneously working closely with the local photonics hubs to develop and roll out best practices of the “lighthouse” regions for ongoing regional financial support of SME innovation activities and to support the creation of new innovation hubs covering most regions of Europe. Finally, PhotonHub will fine-tune and implement its business plan for long-term sustainability in the form of the PhotonHub Europe Association as a durable entity which is deeply rooted within the wider ecosystem of local, regional and EU-DIHs for maximum leverage and impact on European competitiveness and sovereignty.
Fields of science
Call for proposal
H2020-DT-2020-1
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Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
1050 Brussel
Belgium
Participants (53)
75794 Paris
10682 Athina
7521 AN Enschede
2595 DA Den Haag
9000 Gent
00 661 Warszawa
36410 Porrino
33400 Talence
75015 Paris 15
43124 Parma
70013 Irakleio
02 668 Warszawa
76131 Karlsruhe
07745 Jena
1024 Ecublens
30419 Hannover
501 15 Boras
5656 AE Eindhoven
56127 Pisa
46022 Valencia
47151 Boecillo
50041 Calenzano Fi
00195 Roma
80686 Munchen
5612 AE Eindhoven
2000 Neuchatel
3001 Leuven
02150 Espoo
T12 YN60 Cork
00185 Roma
1015 Lausanne
8010 Graz
08034 Barcelona
08860 Castelldefels
SO17 1BJ Southampton
75012 Paris
5656 AE Eindhoven
3920 Lommel
12489 Berlin
07743 Jena
80110 Joensuu
10561 Athina
02300 Vilnius
00 850 Ozarow Mazowiecki
164 40 Kista
50123 Firenze
75001 Paris
160 00 Prague
1150 Brussel
75116 Paris 16
02-305 Warszawa
1784 Sofia
TS10 4RF Redcar Cleveland