With the aim of expanding the WASABI ecosystem, the project foresees two different Open Calls to finance 20 additional experiments.
This represents a huge opportunity for SMEs and Small Mid-caps to participate in the process of Digital Transformation of Industry 5.0, receiving complementary funding for the full implementation of their experiments.
The involvement of new experiments will undergo three stages:

1. Experiment design by the proposers
2. Submission of the experiment by the proposers
3. Selection of the experiments

The WASABI Open Call is addressed to manufacturing SMEs eligible for Horizon Europe.

Only one proposal will be accepted by each SME.

Manufacturing SMEs are defined in the European Commission recommendation 2003/361/EC1, as published in the Official Journal of the European Union L 124, p. 36 of 20 May 2003 (https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/smes/sme-definition_en):
“The category of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is made up of enterprises which employ fewer than 250 persons and which have an annual turnover not exceeding EUR 50 M, and/or an annual balance sheet total not exceeding EUR 43 M.” (Extract of Article 2 of the annex to Recommendation 2003/361/EC).

All successful applicants will benefit from WASABI unique ecosystem and will find complementary funding for the full implementation of their experiments, with a total budget for the two Open Calls of €2.5M.
Dissemination activities will be planned to ensure the best visibility to the Open Calls through events, website and social media publications, etc.