Steps before submitting your pilot project proposal

Next steps for cities:

Explore submitted solution ideas.

Select the ideas you wish to pilot in your city and, if proven successful, integrate them into your long-term plans. See the ideas and connect the authors HERE.

Next steps for researchers, developers, and company representatives:

Find partner cities.

• Find at least one city from Estonia and one from another country willing to pilot your idea and, if successful, adopt it on a long-term basis. We recommend to involve more cities in the beginning, and it’s possible to make the final selection of pilot project partner cities in the spring.
• Find relevant city contacts HERE.

Assemble your team.

• Gather a dynamic research and development team, ensuring a blend of technical and business development expertise.
• NB! You need researchers from Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) to compile the team. If you need assistance finding the relevant people at TalTech, please send a short and specific information about who you are looking for in English to kulle.tarnov@taltech.ee.

Collaboration with companies.

• We are happy to work with companies that are eager to become the commercialisation partner of the solution created after the pilot project.
• It’s important to notice that we cannot finance salary or other direct costs of the companies. We can cover the salary costs of researchers doing the development work and carrying out the piloting and city experts and other direct piloting costs. See more under Financing section.

The pilot projects are 100% financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Estonian Ministry of Education and Research.

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