Challenges submitted by TEHNOPOL

By applying to URBAN TECH Open Call, you may enter URBAN TECH programme which will provide up to 54.350 EUR per SME or start-up in different funding stages.
SMEs or start-ups entering URBAN TECH programme will develop a new or significantly improved service or product that addresses one of the URBAN TECH challenges.

The Challenges

What is a Challenge, you may ask? It is a concrete need for a service or product from EU-based organisations, collected by URBAN TECH partners.

Here’s a selection of 25 Challenges submitted by Tehnopol – Estonia:

Healt Tech:

• Transparent public-privat partnership engagement model in healthcare
• Remote monitoring of COPD patients
• Matching mental health problems with precise personalized support
• Digital mental healthcare for people with dementia in care homes
• Digital database of injectable medicine in Estonia

Greentech:

• Thermally modified wood with increased fire resistance
• Supply Chain Management, Mapping and Analysis Software
• Solar quoting platform for customers
• Smart Urban Landscaping
• Producing green electricity from biochar factory by-products
• Organic waste recycling for personal energy sourcing
• Improving energy efficiency in historic buildings
• Hollow fiber membranes for Clean water: Efficient and Eco-friendly
• Communication platform for solar companies and municipalities
• Carports that enable charging EVs using solar as energy source

Smart City:

• Smart signs
• Safety in houses located above mine workings
• Planning of greening of streets
• Measurement of the environmental impact of decisions in municipalities
• Feasibility study for air transportation in Tallinn
• Digitalization of Tallinn’s bus schedules + real-time traffic info
• Automatic calculation of the modal share of the city transport
• Automated shuttles from Pärnu city center to beach elephants
• A terrible smell in the city makes residents worry about their health

Urban Tech Programme

Who can apply?

• SMEs and startups with legal entity based in European Union countries or H2020 associated countries or the UK. Eligible countries are listed in the Annex 1 of the H2020 Work Programme 2018-2020.
• Start-up and scale-up SME companies should meet the following criteria:
  • 1-250 employees (minimum requirement is to have at least one full-time employee)
  • <50M EUR turnover annually
• Independent commercial company, which is developing or commercializing an innovative product, service or business model with high market potential
• The company is not in a liquidation or bankruptcy process
• SMEs based in or having an affiliation in Russia or Belarus are NOT eligible to apply.

How to apply?