Call description
The call is announced in the field of industrial research and development between Chile (CORFO) and respective EUREKA member countries within the EUREKA program. In order to submit a project proposal under this call, at least 1 partner from Chile and 1 partner from the respective EUREKA member countries must build a consortium.
The member countries participating are:
All parties will provide all necessary assistance to project partners during project proposal, evaluation and monitoring phase. In addition, all parties will facilitate EUREKA application process and acquisition of the EUREKA label for accepted proposals.
Time Schedule
Deadline for Phase 1
25 November 2016
Feedback on Project Outlines
16 December 2016
Deadline for Phase 2
31 January 2017
Selected projects receive EUREKA label
31 March 2017
Technological area
Although this call invites projects in ALL thematic areas, special focus is given to the following suggested domains:
Eligibility criteria
Eligible partners are invited to present joint proposals for industrial R&D projects according to the following procedures:
Any partner whose cooperative R&D project is consistent with the aforesaid criteria can apply to the present announcement in accordance with the national laws, rules, regulations and procedures in effect.
Submission and approval procedures
I/ In the first phase, partners will be asked to present a project outline in English via the following EUREKA Project Application. Prior consultation with the official relevant contact person in the respective EUREKA office is strongly advised (see details below).
The completed EUREKA Project Application Form should be submitted by the main participant to the following email: globalstars.chile2016@eurekanetwork.org ; until 25 November 2016, 05:00 pm CET
The forms have to be legally signed by all participating companies. The signatures must be scanned and sent together with the EUREKA form as an integral part of the application of phase 1.
The forms will be screened and evaluated by EUREKA National Project Coordinators (NPCs) assisted by technical experts in the National Funding Bodies (NFBs). Applicants will be contacted within three weeks to refine the definitive projects.
II/ In the second phase, partners with approved outlines will be invited to submit their updated EUREKA Project Application Form and their national applications according to its own procedures no later than 31 January 2017, 05:00 pm CET.
If the evaluation is positive, projects will obtain the Eureka label by 31 March 2017.
Funding details
Each country will fund its eligible participants within EUREKA framework. Funding conditions and eligibility criteria may vary from country to country. As summary, main aspects of funding criteria are explained below:
The funding in Austria will be provided by FFG General Programmes, here only companies are eligible for submitting the proposal, universities and research organisation can participate in consortium as subcontractor of an Austrian enterprise. FFG will fund R&D projects in form of grants: small enterprises up to 60%, midcaps up to 50% and large companies up to 40% of eligible project costs. The evaluation procedure can start after submitting national proposal.
Chilean companies participating in the call can apply for funding according Corfo’s rules for EUREKA Network projects. Micro and small companies: up to 70% of eligible costs, medium companies up to 60% of eligible costs; large companies up to 50% of eligible costs. Universities and Research Institutes are not funded. Please contact CORFO for further information regarding the funding criteria. See section 4 below for contact information.
According to Bpifrance funding rules, French Enterprises with less than 2000 employees are financed through reimbursable loan with 0 interests. The global funding amount will be partly not reimbursable in case of technical failure. The funding rate is up to 65% (maximum amount 3 M€). University/Research Organizations are not funded. They are welcomed as subcontractors of a French company. Costs relating to subcontracting are taken into account. Bpifrance provides funding support to cover French companies needs in the preparation of their project via the Technological Partnership Aid (APT).
The federal Ministry of Education and Research will finance research and/or technological development activities of German SME, Universities and research centers. To be eligible, the proposed project must be an industry driven research and development project in which the project partners are collaborating to realize a new, innovative product, process or service, which has the potential to be successfully commercialized by the consortium. At least one German SME, also domiciled in Germany, has to participate. Only then, research organisations are entitled to apply for funding, too. If there are only participants from research organisations in Germany they can usually not be funded. The project proposals have to comply with the following guidelines:
German partners participating in the call can apply for funding according to national funding rules for Network projects. Please contact DLR - PT for further information regarding the funding criteria. Second Phase formal application can be found here.
CDTI will finance industrial research and/or technological development activities of Spanish companies. Universities and research centers can be funded as subcontractors.Funding conditions for Spanish partners may vary depending on the nature of the project and the beneficiary. Spanish tasks in the project can only start after submitting the funding application to CDTI. For further information, please contact directly with CDTI. More information can be found here
Swedish partners participating in the call can apply for funding according to VINNOVAs rules for EUREKA Network projects. SMEs: up to 50% of eligible costs, large companies up to 30% of eligible costs and Universities and Research Institutes up to 100% of eligible costs. Please contact VINNOVA for further information regarding the funding criteria. See on the right hand side for contact information.
All companies which were established in accordance with Turkish law can apply for funding for their international projects. There is no budget limit for international projects and they can be funded by TUBITAK without any restriction in project duration. Only companies participating in international projects are funded within this program but universities and research centers can be funded as subcontractors. Companies receive certain percentage of their eligible costs as a grant in this call. There is no maximum or minimum limit to the budget of project. The percentage is 60% for large companies and 75% for SMEs. For further information about financing of Turkish participants please directly contact with TÜBİTAK. Detailed information can also be reached from here.
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