2nd EIT Manufacturing Call 2024 for Innovation proposals, within the Business Plan 2023 – 2025. Goals This call is open to proposals with different durations and TRL starting levels. 12 months. The consortium must propose an innovation with a TRL of at least 7 at the start of the project. The “demonstration in an operational environment” has to be proved by the Business Owner in the “Business Owner deck” attachment. EIT Manufacturing is expecting to allocate 70% of the total call budget to fund 12- month activities. 18 months. The consortium must propose an innovation with a TRL of at least 6 at the start of the project. The “demonstration in relevant environment” has to be proved by the Business Owner in the “Business Owner deck” attachment. EIT Manufacturing is expecting to allocate 30% of the total call budget to fund -month activities. In both cases, solutions are expected to achieve TRL 8 or higher by the end of the activity. The call is divided into 3 topics. Topic 1: Optimising production processes and increasing resources efficiency through digital solutions The following two types of proposals are expected: The development and commercialisation of real-time digital twins and solutions based...