Taking Horizon Europe clean tech project results and scaling them up with funding from the €40 billion EU Innovation Fund sounds like a no-brainer. But few Horizon grantees have managed to take the leap. Here’s why it’s not been easy going.
While European researchers produce many great ideas, Europe’s Innovation Fund’s [complex rules](https://sciencebusiness.net/news/r-d-funding/lessons-eus-estimated-eu40b-clean-tech-innovation-fund) and an investor-hungry market trip up many. Submitting a proposal requires “high efforts from the industry, and I would even say without a consultancy firm, it's difficult to submit a proposal,” says Annemarie Reiche, country manager at PNO Consultants Germany.
Reiche’s firm coordinates DIAMONDS4IF, one of five support actions the European Commission funds to help Horizon Europe projects secure…