FuEL

INL Cluster

Future Entrepreneurs' League

Development of an action plan with the aim to stimulate idea generation between Entrepreneurs and Artists, supporting business ideas with potential to get in an Acceleration Program for creating sustainable Companies merging science and creativity. The project partners have defined a set of actions align with their respective strategy which has the following axes:

  • Creation of a platform for Entrepreneurs, Artists of Cultural and Creative Industries, mentors, business specialists and Investors, that can support communication, interaction and information for the Project activities;
  • Materialization of business ideas with recognized value by developing Proofs of Concept;
  • Mentoring and coaching Entrepreneurs to start their own Business Projects.

The FUEL Project will encourage the generation of new ideas supporting qualified and creative entrepreneurship, promote design based thinking, and support pilot validation of the ideas in the national and international entrepreneurship ecosystem. The Project will contribute to national economic development, encouraging the creation of more competitive companies.

Total Eligible Budget

373,926.00 €

INL Eligible Budget

151,312.00 €

Total Funding

317,837.10 €

INL Funding

128,615.20 €

Start Date

01-10-2017

End Date

31-12-2019

Type of action

SIAC – Promoção do Espírito Empresarial

Grant Agreement Id

POCI-02-0651-FEDER-026773

Funding Agency

COMPETE2020

Programme

POCI – PROGRAMA OPERACIONAL COMPETITIVIDADE E INTERNACIONALIZAÇÃO

Funding Framework

PORTUGAL 2020

INL Role

Coordinator

Approval Date

01-06-2017

Intervention Region

North and Center of Portugal