From the mines of Lula to the frontiers of quantum physics: Sardegna Ricerche is launching a €4 million call for proposals to include local SMEs in the Einstein Telescope supply chain.
The goal is to transform local businesses into official suppliers for the world's largest gravitational wave detector, which could be built in the former Sos Enattos mine . This will provide an opportunity to develop enabling components and technologies (KETs) ready for export to the global high-tech market. The call for proposals, financed with European funds from the 2021-2027 Sardinia Regional Development Fund (PR ERDF), provides non-repayable grants of between €20,000 and €200,000 to cover the costs of specialized technical personnel, machinery purchases, and advanced consulting services . These grants will be available through two pathways: K-PRO , for innovating products and processes through enabling technologies (microelectronics, photonics, advanced materials, nanotechnologies); and ET-TECH , for developing specific solutions for the technical challenges of the Einstein Telescope.
The call was created with the support of scientists from the INFN (National Institute for Nuclear Physics) and in conjunction with the Einstein Telescope (ET) control room in Sardinia.
The application process will officially open on March 25 and will remain open until December 31, 2027 , unless resources run out.
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