Cascade Fundings
To stimulate research, development, technology transfer, and training initiatives by Micro, Small, Medium, and Large Enterprises, iNEST Spoke 9 has issued two rounds of Cascade Fundings.
Second round of Fundings
Two calls were published and closed in July 2024:
- The call for the Triveneto region, which received a total funding worth €1,649,506.17;
- The call for the Mezzogiorno region, which received a total funding worth €979,141.89.
Details of the calls and the rankings of eligible project proposals can be found on the iNEST Consortium website.
First round of Fundings
Two calls were published and closed in August 2023:
- The call for the Triveneto region, which received a total funding worth 2 million euros;
- The call for the Mezzogiorno region, which received a total funding worth 600,000 euros.
Details of the calls and the rankings of eligible project proposals can be found on the iNEST Consortium website.
The project proposals that have won the first round of Fundings are listed below.
Triveneto
Infrastructural Twins for Evolutionary Monitoring – ITEM (Nplus S.r.l.)
Development of Digital Twins for life cycle management and monitoring of civil infrastructures, to reduce uncertainties in structural assessments and prevent damaging events.
ModeBoat (Plus S.r.l.)
Standardization of recreational boat development through integration of data from sea trials, to reduce costs and increase product quality.
SoLoDTwIN (Transpobank S.r.l. with InfoFactory S.r.l.)
Creation of a Digital Twin of the Gulf of Trieste port system to integrate real-time information on road, sea, and rail traffic, as well as weather conditions.
Driveline Predictive Maintenance – DPM (Carraro S.p.A.)
Design of a system that monitors the operating conditions of professional vehicles such as construction equipment and agricultural tractors in real time to reduce their environmental impact.
Farm to Twin to Fork – FtTtF (ASAC S.r.l.)
Development of Digital Twins of organic matter to assess and estimate the shelf-life of food products, to reduce waste and improve quality.
Pinksand (AcegasApsAmga S.p.A. with eXact lab S.r.l.)
Creation of a Digital Twin for a portion of the water network in the Municipality of Trieste that can improve business planning and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Mezzogiorno
MIX-RAY (MICAD S.r.l. with CO.M.MEDIA S.r.l.)
Creation of virtual 3D replicas of yachts, 1:1 scale, to visualize and manage vessels in a digital environment, in support of production and after-sales experience.
AquaFinDiT (2F Water Venture S.r.l. Società Benefit)
Realization of a digital replica of an aqueduct system through a new theory on mathematical models, to improve water resource management and leakage detection.
GIANT (Key4 S.r.l. with WPS S.r.l.)
Development of a dynamic data center resource management system using Digital Twins to reduce energy consumption and predict potential risks.
ORION (Ekso S.r.l. with Fincons S.p.A.)
Monitoring and optimizing water distribution networks through timely maintenance interventions and predictive analysis conducted with a Digital Twin.
