Ownership handover & project kick-off. Working backwards from the deadline, protecting the critical path, and separating a compliant proposal from a winning one.
Scope decided → Option B. Still to sharpen: “what are we inventing?” vs state-of-the-art. This is the weakest part of the current draft.
Today only DK + NO are mapped. Winning needs a real 3rd-country contributor — Germany (Ridergy) or Sweden (Volvo).
Write down explicitly what “win” looks like — the European-sovereignty angle an AI won't produce.
One failed compliance item = instant rejection, regardless of how strong the rest is.
Entire platform, any SME/sector.
❌ Too broad → reads as “automated consultancy” (a past rejection reason).
Credible niche, still a real platform.
CHOSEN. Logistics / heavy-truck niche; sell “de-risking the conversion to EV”.
Identification/conversion tool alone.
❌ Too narrow → “identification” by itself isn't a fundable product.
🔴 HARD submission deadline — fixed cut-off, strict formalities.
Finalisation buffer (14–20 days). Nothing is set in stone until submitted.
🎯 Application complete — Mo's internal target.
Write the full proposal (non-technical, commercial focus); confirm all LOIs & CVs.
Contact the national funding body for their partner-search list (plant the seed now).
Confirm NTNU + Oslo; secure HPT via Philip; email Ridergy; follow up Volvo/Ewers.
Scope decided (Option B); partners mapped; plan handed to Mo.
| Mo's initial ask | |
| Total project budget (working) | ~€400,000 |
| 2AI as lead (50%) | ~€200,000 |
| Other partners (other 50%) | ~€200,000 |
Rules: lead SME ≥50% of total; no single country >70%. Size the total so €200k lands at 50%.
Mitigations: email Ridergy + pursue Volvo this week · get LOIs early & keep a backup per role · warm everyone before holidays & accept participant status · frame as genuine R&D/de-risking · sharpen the innovation story before writing · assign every partner deliverable a named owner + deadline.