About
The Horizon 2020 “Innovation in SMEs” (INNOSUP) programme aims to test new approaches for better innovation support through funding opportunities for innovation actors across Europe. It consists of innovation-support measures designed to provide opportunities to Member States and regions to enhance their services to SMEs through collaboration, peer-learning, and testing new approaches that facilitate SMEs’ access to customers, capital and competencies; the latter especially in the domains of business, innovation and intellectual asset management.
Its ultimate goal is hence to help strengthen the dynamism and the resilience of the SME innovation ecosystem in Europe, though INNOSUP Actions generally operate as pilots to test out particular approaches.
Calls are, generally, directed to intermediaries that nurture and support innovative SMEs, such as innovation agencies, industrial clusters, and innovation associations of different kinds and from different sectors. Some of the calls are also directly targeted at SMEs (final beneficiaries), while others are intended to support existing European innovation-support schemes (e.g. the Enterprise Europe Network).
Currently, the INNOSUP actions fall under the European Innovation Ecosystem.
Information about past projects managed under the previous agency (EASME) can be found on the legacy legacy website.
Project results
Publications
Experimental innovation policy for SMEs: Findings and recommendations (2022 edition)
This report presents the context and set-up of 13 projects financed under the Action “Support to design and running of randomised control trials (RCTs)” under the Horizon 2020 Work Programme.
Workplace Innovation uptake by SMEs - Action report
This report presents how the INNOSUP-04 action promoted the development of a European-led model of Workplace innovation amongst SMEs through its projects.
Experimental innovation policy for SMEs: findings and recommendations
This report from the Innovation Growth Lab brings together analysis and key findings from thirteen projects who were chosen to break new ground in many agencies by applying experimental approaches to innovation policy.
Report on Public Innovation Support for SMEs in Europe
Report on Public Innovation Support for SMEs in Europe
Cluster facilitated projects for new industrial value chains - Impact Report
Cluster facilitated projects for new industrial value chains - Impact Report
News
GALACTICA EU-funded project closes with final event and pitching competition in Barcelona
On 16 February 2023, more than 110 participants attended the H2020 INNOSUP-funded project GALACTICA’s final event.
UNICO, a start-up who received funding from the H2020-INNOSUP-1 project DigiCirc, raised additional EUR 1.5 million to optimise waste collection in cities
In 2022, UNICO announced a fundraising of EUR 1.5 million to accelerate the commercial development of its Saas solution dedicated to the logistical optimisation of waste collection.
ADMA TranS4MErs xChange Platform: a one-stop shop for your digital transformation journey
The ADMA TranS4MErs project launched its xChange Platform, a single digital marketplace at the heart of a pan-European network that brings together innovative actors in the manufacturing industry and facilitates knowledge exchange.
INNOSUP-01 funded S3FOOD project awarded with the European Cluster Partnership of the Year
The Horizon 2020-INNOSUP-01 funded project S3FOOD, received the award of European Cluster Partnership of the Year at the European Cluster Conference in Prague, on 26 September.
SeerPredict: A smarter AI camera for live video productions
The Horizon 2020 INNOSUP-funded project SeerPredict delivers a smarter AI camera that elevates automation for lecture capturing, corporate events and stage productions.