The strategic innovation program Processindustriell IT and Automation (PiiA) offers funding for feasibility studies or research, development and innovation projects (FUI project) with a focus on data analysis in process industrial value chains.
The purpose of the call is to increase the sustainability and competitiveness of the Swedish process industry, and their suppliers, by increasing the use of new technology and advanced data analysis in process industry value chains, both within and between companies.
By process industry we mean processes with continuous flows. We welcome applications from all industries in the process industry, such as the forestry, mining, steel, chemical, food or pharmaceutical industries. PiiA's focus area is not discrete manufacturing in the manufacturing industry.
The call is aimed at consortia consisting of companies, universities, university colleges, research institutes and other actors (legal persons) relevant to the project.
We welcome consortia that include smaller companies with cutting-edge expertise that complement larger actors.
Foreign actors are welcome to participate in project, however not as coordinators. Funding is only granted to Swedish organizations. Swedish organizations also mean foreign organizations that have a branch or place of business in Sweden. Costs in the project must be linked to the branch's or place of business's activities.
We finance project that address real needs in the process industry.
Project will be of strategic importance for participating companies and research groups and lead to sustainable growth and strengthened market position for Sweden in the process industry.
The projects are expected to address challenges related to how industrial data can be used to ensure that the Swedish process industry and its technology suppliers maintain and develop their competitiveness.
The following two types of project are funded in this call for proposals
Feasibility Study | Up to 9 months, maximum funding SEK 600,000 per study |
FUI- project | Up to 36 months, maximum funding SEK 5,000,000 per project |