ExpertiseUpdated on 22 April 2024
PhotonHub Europe: Competitiveness acceleration through photonics
Technology transfer portfolio manager at Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)
Barcelona, Spain
About
ICFO participates at PhotonHub Europe (www.photonhub.eu), a new pan-European photonics digital innovation hub funded by EU's Horizon 2020 program which helps European SMEs and mid-caps to increase competitiveness through an accelerated deployment of photonics-based technologies.
Photonics is the technology of light and a key digital technology for businesses to innovate. It can create new solutions and open up exciting new market opportunities for growth in fields such as Digital Infrastructure, Agriculture & Food, Health & Safety, Manufacturing, and particularly in Climate & Energy.
PhotonHub Europe acts as a one-stop-shop matchmaker between companies and the photonics EU ecosystem (from RTO’s, training centres and industry across), giving you tailored expert advice about the successful implementation of the photonics innovation you require across 8* technology platforms, offering a range of free-of-charge services (www.photonhub.eu/our-services)::)
- Training & Reskilling - Investor Matchmaking
- Business Coaching - Local support
- Subsidized prototyping, upscaling & manufacturing**
Examples of photonics applications in the Climate & Energy field include:
- Photovoltaics - Thin film scribing
- Photo-electrochemistry - Laser manufacturing
- Light engineering films - Gas (H2, CO2) sensors
- Light sensing - Wind turbine sensing
- Low energy data-centres - Laser-enabled sensing
If you are an European company looking for innovation support, don’t hesitate to contact us at www.photonhub.eu/application-form.
*PhotonHub’s counts with 8 technology platforms covering the full supply chain from design, mastering, prototyping, characterization, replication, assembling and packaging (www.photonhub.eu/platforms)::)::))
Free-Space Photonic Components and Systems
Glass and Polymer Specialty Fibres and Fibre devices
Polymer-based photonics and large-area organic-photonics
MOEMS and Hybrid Photonics Systems
Silicon-based photonic integrated circuits
InP-based Photonic Integrated Circuits
Silicon Nitride waveguide technology
Laser-based Manufacturing
**Subsidies examples:
Prototype (TRL 3-4) projects for SMEs:
- 50k€ project: 45 k€ subsidy + 5 k€ cash contribution
- 125k€ project: 100 k€ subsidy + 25 k€ cash contribution
For large-scale companies:
- Max. 200k€ project: 100 k€ subsidy + 100 k€ cash contribution
Up-scaling (TRL 5-6) projects for early adopters and first user SMEs (only EU-based):
- Max. 500k€ project: 250 k€ subsidy + 250 k€ cash contribution by SME
More at www.photonhub.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/PhotonHub-Trifold-1.pdf
Field
- Destination 03: Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply
Similar opportunities
Project cooperation
Coordinator/partner in 2024 call
- Planning
- Partner looking for consortium
- Consortium looking for partners
Guillermo Gerling
Technology transfer portfolio manager at Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)
Barcelona, Spain
Project cooperation
Project cooperation for HORIZON-CL5-2024-D2-02-02
- Partner looking for consortium
Simon Walther
Research Associate at Bern University of Applied Sciences
Burgdorf, Switzerland
Expertise
Anwar Hamasaiid
Founder, R&D Manager at 3DmetDie, ROVALMA SA, Carrasco Tool Components, Innomaque 21
Barcelona, Spain