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InnoBuyer brings together big public and private organisations (Challengers) and innovative SMEs (Solvers) to jointly co-create innovative solutions, through a lean new model of innovation procurement.
Challengers and Solvers work together on innovative solutions to solve specific needs, and co-create a pilot in 10 months.
The EU project provides a €1.5M fund to support this new model for innovation procurement.
The InnoBuyer team facilitates and oversees the co-creation process all the way through.
Identify and describe unmet innovation needs in the organisation with the collaboration of experts and funding support (Get 10.000 EUR).
Identify solutions and providers for innovation challenge with the support of market consultation experts and funding support (Get 10.000 EUR).
Engage with an innovative SME to co-create a pilot tackling the organisation’s challenge, in a 10-month period, with funding support (Get up to 6.500 EUR).
Conceptualize and create ToR specifications for a simplified form of innovation procurement with experts’ support (Get 15.000 EUR).
Meet public & private procurers and learn more about their unmet innovation needs.
Propose innovative solutions to solve challenges proposed by big European organisations.
Develop a pilot in collaboration with a challenge proposer with coaching and funding support (65.000 EUR), in a period of 10 months.
Establish strong and long-lasting connections that enable generating new business or access to other potential customers.
Identifies challenge €10k for the Challenger
2 months
Applications closed on the 31st of March 2023 at 17:00 CET
Proposes the solution €10k for the Challenger
6 months
Applications closed on the 6nd of June 2024 at 17:00 CET
Pilot solution €6.5k for the Challenger €58.5k for the Solver
10 months
Ongoing
Procurement support €15k for the Challenger
9 months
Expected for 2024/2025
Public tender after InnoBuyer journey
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Grant Agreement 101071212.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
