The Interregional innovation investments instrument as part of the European Regional and Development Fund (ERDF) aims at supporting interregional innovation projects in their commercialisation and scale-up phases giving them the tools to overcome regulatory and other barriers and bring their project to investment level.

The agency will implement two call strands:

• Financial and advisory support for investments in interregional innovation projects;
• Financial and advisory support to the development of value chains in less developed regions.

What we do and what are we looking for 

General publications23 March 2023

I3 Instrument factsheet

Learn more about the three dimensions of the Interregional Innovation InvestmentsInstrument:  what we are looking for & what is is is there for you. 

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General FAQ 

Consult the FAQ of the Funding &  tender opportunites portal 

Regional Innovation Valleys - Call for proposals Informative Session - 25 May 2023

On 25 May 2023 the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)  organised an informative webinar to learn more about the Regional Innovation Valleys (RIVs) calls for proposals.

The Power Point Presentation of the event is available below along with the recording.

Information day - 23 June 2022

On 23 June 2022, a second Info Day  about the funding opportunities under the  Interregional Innovation Investment (I3) Instrument call (deadline 18 October 2022) was held. Did you miss it?  No problem - the recording and the presentation are available now.

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11 projects were selected under the first I3 Instrument cut-off.  They will receive about EUR 70.5 million of EU funding coming from the European Regional Development Fund, and at least 70% of the funding will be directly invested into companies.

The average funding for a project is EUR 6.4 million and will be shared among 255 beneficiaries from 22 EU Member States. The successful projects where selected from 28 applications.

See the list of funded projects

The Interregional Innovation Investment Instrument (I3) financed from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF represents an opportunity to support interregional portfolios of companies’ investments bringing innovation to the market at high technology readiness levels (TRL 6-9) and reshaping EU interregional value chains.

It funds interregional innovation investments projects under shared smart specialisation priorities (S3) in the following thematic areas: green transition, digital transition and smart manufacturing which take place in the S3 participating regions. It aims to use the untapped potential of investments in innovation where the public and private sectors, as well as research and business from different countries and regions, can work together.