EUREKA - Eurostars Cut-off Open

Deadline: Sep 14, 2017  
CALL EXPIRED

Call description

Thank you for your interest in the Eurostars-2 programme, the  passport to growth, further innovation, an opening to new global markets and even greater business success for SMEs.

The 2017 cut-off deadlines are the 2nd of March 2017 and the 14th of September 2017

The registration and application process is momently closed and will in a couple of month

Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook  to know when the next cut-off registration will open.

In the meantime, you can start preparing your application by:

• Contacting your National Office, who can guide you through the application process and advise you on the national funding rules and procedures.
•  Reading our guidelines on the eligibility criteria, on completing an application and on how to use the online application system  and many more.

We are organizing roadshows  in member countries and webinars  to help future project paricipants in their submission process. Don’t hesitate to follow us on our social networks, subscribe to our newsletter (below) or regularly visit our website to be informed about the dates.

Eligibility criteria

To help you prepare your project submission before the next Eurostars cut-off opening here are the main eligibility criteria you will need to follow: 

• Research-performing SMEs can apply for funding under Eurostars. Other SMEs, research institutes, universities and large enterprises may also participate but the project leader must be an R&D-performing SME from a Eurostars country.
• Eurostars is open to all projects in all technology areas and market fields, but projects must have a civilian purpose.
• The consortium must include at least two partners independent from each other and established in at least two different Eurostars countries. Organisations from any other country may participate (as a third country), but only if two Eurostars countries are already in the project. Subcontractors are not considered as project partners.
• The project must be completed in 36 months or less. The Eurostars project market introduction of the project results should be within 24 months of the completion of the project.

 You can find all of our eligibility rules in our guidelines.

Funding details

Eurostars adopts a decentralised funding procedure. As such, participants do not receive funding directly from the EUREKA Secretariat or the EU. All funding to participants in approved projects is managed by their respective funding body, according to national funding rules and procedures.

For more information please, contact your National Project Coordinator