The ERCI - European Railway Clusters Initiative is presenting the ERCI Innovation Awards for innovations in rail transport technology for the tenth time this year.
Are you a company from the Berlin-Brandenburg capital region?
- Have you recently developed an innovative product/project or service for use in the rail transport sector?
- Are you on the verge of launching this innovation on the market or already beyond (TRL =7 or higher)?
Then apply by 22 May 2024 at the latest - also as a consortium of business and science - for the Berlin-Brandenburg regional pre-selection for this year's ERCI Innovation Awards.
ERCI - Strong for SMEs from the railway industry
The ERCI - European Railway Clusters Initiative brings together 17 railway technology clusters with members from 16 countries (in addition to Germany, from France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Poland, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Turkey).
Regional preselection Berlin-Brandenburg until 22 May
The European selection is preceded by a regional pre-selection, for which you can apply until 22 May 2024, 24:00 CEST (UTC+2). Applications for the Berlin-Brandenburg regional pre-selection can be submitted in German or English.
What we need?
- Application form (in Word format, please note the maximum number of characters)
- 5 slides (in ppt format) describing the innovation in more detail
- Meaningful, press-ready photos of the innovation (with a minimum resolution of 300 dpi and citation of the image source)
- Optional: additional documents to illustrate the innovative product/service/project presented (e.g. certification reports...), naming the applicant and the innovation submitted.
As a result of the regional pre-selection, the Cluster Management Transport, Mobility and Logistics will nominate up to three applications for the European competition.
Please note
- Please use the application form provided. Applications for the Berlin-Brandenburg regional pre-selection can be submitted in German or English.
- The regulations of the ERCI Innovation Awards 2024 apply accordingly to the Berlin-Brandenburg regional pre-selection.
- In deviation from Article 2.1 of the regulations, applications for the Berlin-Brandenburg regional pre-selection must be sent to lutz.huebner@berlin-partner.de by 22 May 2024, 24:00 CEST (UTC+2) at the latest.
- Participation in the European final round is exclusively by nomination of the cluster organisations represented in the ERCI. Direct applications for the European final selection are not possible.
Do you have any questions? Then please contact us!
Please send your application to lutz.huebner@berlin-partner.de. We look forward to receiving your application.