Under the first Phase of Horizon 2020 SME Instrument small and medium-sized businesses that seek funding under the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument can receive a lump-sum funding of €50,000 to carry out a concept and feasibility study.

Most proposals were submitted in the topics ICT (551), energy (228) and ICT for health (205). SMEs from 42 countries submitted proposals. The biggest number of proposals were submitted by Italian applicants (389), followed closely by Spanish (358) and British applicants (156). 98% of applicants were single SMEs.
Regarding the Black Sea Horizon countries, 68 proposals come from Turkey, 44 from Bulgaria and 25 from Romania. Moldova (6), Armenia (3) and Georgia  (1) have submitted a way smaller number.  The next cut-off for Phase 1 is on 6 September 2017.

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