Stärk konkurrenskraften hos små och medelstora företag i Östra Mellansverige

This funding opportunity from the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth (Tillväxtverket) supports actors who provide services to small and medium-sized enterprises in East Central Sweden. The call focuses on increasing companies' innovation capacity, promoting business development and internationalization, and enabling collaboration between companies, academia and support systems. The initiative aims to contribute to a more accessible and coordinated innovation system, strengthen the connection to smart specialization, and create conditions for companies to grow. Projects must address one or more of four challenge areas: Smart Industry, Tomorrow's Energy Solutions, Sustainable Food Supply, and Life Science, Welfare and E-health. The call has three specific focus areas: strengthening SME competitiveness and ability to grow in new markets, strengthening industry's competitiveness and capacity for transformation, and promoting innovation and collaboration for a carbon-neutral and climate-resilient economy.