The first SME high-tech call of our top sector opened on Monday 16 December. A total budget of €5 million is available for this edition and we are applying a ‘first come, first served’ principle. We were pleasantly surprised by the high number of registrations and have closed the application due to its great success. The submitted projects will be assessed by an evaluation committee of independent experts and a maximum of 11 project proposals with a positive recommendation will be asked to submit a full project plan and detailed budget. We will communicate in the week of 3 February which projects are eligible for this.