S3E will select research teams, growth stage start-ups, scaling start-ups and SMEs to support them in their lab to market journey to improve the connectedness and efficiency of the Southern European entrepreneurship ecosystems. There are three different funding lines:

• S3Estart (researchers, tech transfer offices)
  S3E Start is for research teams with deep tech projects, grounded in a scientific discovery or meaningful engineering innovation and in any stage of development, that want to explore the path from the lab to the market.
  S3E Start is also for technology transfer officers that want to learn a thoroughly tested methodology to foster science-based entrepreneurship and technology commercialization.
  It offers 25 available spots for research teams and 20 for TTOS for a 18-week Hands-on Training Program on science-based entrepreneurship.
• S3Echarge (start-ups)
  Start-ups in their growth phase are welcome to submit their deep tech project ideas solving an unmet (or ill met) need that impacts at least one of the SDGs on focus. In exchange, S3E will support them developing a solid investment-ready Business Plan to facilitate their access to non-dilutable and dilutable funding and connect them to ‘Innovation Leaders’ and ‘Strong Innovators’ Ecosystems.
  It offers 30 available spots for growth startups who will be part of a Mentoring and Networking program on Deep Tech.
• S3Ereverse (corporate or public entity or scale-up/SMEs)
  Corporates and Public Organisations are invited to submit a deep tech challenge aiming at solving an unmet (or ill met) need that impacts at least one of the SDGs on focus (as Challengers). On a second stage, scale-ups and SMEs will be able to respond to the selected challenges with their innovative deep tech solutions (as Solvers).
  The programme offers 15 corporate challenges for 60 available spots for saleups participate in an Open Innovation program on Deep Tech.

More information about the respective programme is available from the source page of this call: https://south3e.eu/program/

The S3E project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement N° 101072135.