13 innovative projects get UFO support with Euro1.5 million funding
Posted 2021-06-18 15:09:08 by
The first UFO Open Call for innovative collaboration projects in the field of small flying objects has released details of the 13 projects that have received funding.
MSE International is one of the UK partners in the UFO project which aims to support European SMEs in the development of innovative products and services integrating new technology solutions in the fields of digital technologies, microelectronics, nanotechnologies, sensors and exploitation solutions. The funding is for technologies in the Small Flying Objects sector; drones, high altitude platforms and small satellites, working in 6 emerging industries; Blue Growth, Digital Creative and Gaming, Mobility Technologies, Climate, Environment, Finance and Insurance.
The open call for applications closed in February 2021 and 52 project proposals applied for 3 different types of funding; Feasibility, Market & Business Development and Demonstration activities. Applications came from all 5 of the partner countries; Bulgaria, France, Greece, Romania and the United Kingdom.
The winners of this first open call for innovation collaboration projects will receive up to €60,000 for feasibility projects and up to €150,000 for demonstration projects, as well as technical support from industry experts and business mentoring, networking, access to funding to support the project sustainability and market realisation.
The complete list of winning applicants and their project topics is as follows:
Feasibility
Project name
Beneficiary SMEs
Short project description
Country
1
BIOG
Biocap limited
Biodiversity in Grasslands - automated measurement
United-Kingdom
IMGeospatial
United Kingdom
2
FLORA
Vortex.io
Flood Risk Assessment From High-Altitude Balloon
France
Stratorise ltd
United Kingdom
3
AIROUS
Robosurvey ltd.
Artificial Intelligence Robust Offshore Unmanned System
Greece
Telesto iot solutions ltd.
United Kingdom
DEMONSTRATION
4
FAIR
Gisaia
An index insurance product combining ships’ over-fuel-consumption risk and marine geo spatial data
France
E-odyn s.a.s.
France
Skyline partners ltd
United Kingdom
Spire
United Kingdom
5
TMOS
Voltitude ltd
Targeted Meteorological Observations from the Stratosphere
United Kingdom
Formtech composites ltd
United Kingdom
6
RESPONSE
Everimpact s.a.s.
Measuring greenhouse gas emissions in Dijon metropole to build a platform for monetisation of GHG emission reduction
France
U-Space
France
Duomo ltd.
United Kingdom
7
5DARCH-AID
Geospatial enabling technologies
5D ARCHitectural Air Documentation (UAV 3D modeling of historical monuments)
Greece
JGC Geoinformation systems s.a.
Greece
Heritage management e-society (hermes)
Greece
Asocia?ia Monumentum
Romania
8
ALMA
Cambridge sensoriis ltd
Auto Landing, Marine unmanned Air vehicles
United Kingdom
Callen-Lenz
United Kingdom
Beia Consult
Romania
9
SEADROMS
Hellenic Technology of Robotics
Sea-vessel carried drone for persistent maritime surveillance
Greece
Hertfordshire Engineering ltd
United Kingdom
Keynsham Enterprises ltd.
United Kingdom
10
LEMIP
Recycle2Trade ltd.
On-cloud Intelligence Platform for Landfill Emission Monitoring
United Kingdom
Prodroneworx limited
United Kingdom
The Sykes Partnership llp
United Kingdom
11
DIORAMA
Sammy pc
Drone-based digital assIstant for pORts And Marinas, empowered with Artificial intelligence and edge
