Eureka is the world’s biggest public network for international cooperation in R&D and innovation, present in over 45 countries. It is a decentralised intergovernmental organisation aiming to boost the productivity and competitiveness of industries by funding and supporting international collaborative market-driven R&D projects.
This call for projects has been launched following Eureka’s Globalstars framework based on mutual consent between participating national and regional funding bodies.
The national / regional funding bodies from Brazil, Belgium (Wallonia), Finland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and the Netherlands have allocated funding for organisations collaborating on international R&D projects within all technology fields.
The participating countries especially hope receiving applications in the fields of sustainability or health.
You can submit your R&D project application for this call for projects between 26 April 2022 and 11 October 2022. Your project consortium must include at least one enterprise from one of the Eureka member countries participating in the call and one enterprise from Brazil + one Embrabii Unit.
Participating Countries/Regions
Scope
This call invites consortia to apply high quality R&D projects within all technology fields. However, the participating countries in particular welcome project proposals in the fields of:
Your project should:
Timeline
Eureka eligibility criteria
Eureka has limited eligibility criteria for organisations participating in a Globalstars consortium:
This call for projects has additional criteria for organisations to be eligible to receive funding:
National eligibility criteria
Brazil
The financing of a project follows the EMBRAPII funding model.
According to this model, EMBRAPII finances up to 1/3 of the Brazilian project costs. The Brazilian business partner must finance at least 1/3 of the project costs. The remaining costs of the project can be negotiated with the EMBRAPII Unit that may add in-kind contribution.
SMEs and Startups may apply to additional grants from, BNDES, SEBRAE, Rota 2030 and PPI-IoT Programs. These fundings are available at the EMBRAPII Units.
Companies engage with EMBRAPII projects as follows:
The EMBRAPII Units decide autonomously on the use of the EMBRAPII funding for their contribution to an innovation project in cooperation with a business operating in Brazil. Therefore, the scope of a project must be in line with the expertise of one of the EMBRAPII Units in Brazil (Please refer to: https://embrapii.org.br/unidades-embrapii/).
Additional requirements of EMBRAPII are the following:
For more information please refer to: www.embrapii.org.br or your national contact person in Brazil.
Responsible Contribution:
More info: https://embrapii.org.br/institucional/manuais/manual-de-operacao-das-unidades-embrapii/
Belgium (Wallonia)
Funding is granted in the form of a grant or a recoverable advance with a funding rate ranging from 35 to 100% of the budget of each Walloon partner. The type of funding and percentage depend on the type of partner, the consortium composition at regional and international level and whether your project activities fall into the category of industrial research or experimental development. The research budget of the Walloon partner company(ies) must correspond to at least 40% of the total budget of all Walloon partners.
For further information : https://www.wallonie.be/fr/demarches/mener-ou-participer-un-projet-de-recherche-en-collaboration-internationale-eureka
It is highly advised that an information meeting between the Walloon project partners and the officers responsible for the programme within SPW Research is held prior to the submission of a proposal.
Finland
The general Business Finland eligibility criteria and rules for funding apply for this call.
Different rules apply for small and medium-sized enterprises, midcap companies (large companies with turnover < 300 M€), large companies, and research organisations. The impact of the international cooperation should be clear, and the participating companies should have a credible internationalization plan and business goals including export targets. If public research organisations are involved in a Co-innovation project, minimum three companies must also participate, at least two of which apply for Business Finland funding.
The applicants will be advised in detail about the applicable rules by Business Finland contact pe¬rsons prior to submitting the Eureka application.
More information:
Funding from Business Finland is intended for challenging and innovative research, development and innovation projects. For more information on eligible costs and funding rates, please see https://www.businessfinland.fi/en/for-finnish-customers/services/funding and, for example, https://www.businessfinland.fi/en/for-finnish-customers/services/funding/research-and-development/research-development-and-piloting thereunder.
Portugal
Portuguese entities participating in project applications that have been awarded the Eureka Label will be eligible to apply to a national call for funding - “Projetos de I&D Industrial à Escala Europeia”, in the framework of Portugal 2030, the multiannual funding framework programme (expected to be published on the second semester 2022).
All Information about the national funding programme will be available soon at: https://www.ani.pt/pt/promo%C3%A7%C3%A3o-internacional/redes-internacionais/eureka-eurostars/
Important note:
All information herein mentioned refers to rules and documents applicable under Portugal 2020. They are to be confirmed in the future call for funding applicable under Portugal 2030.
Maximum project duration: 36 months.
The project must fall within the priority areas of the national or regional Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialization (RIS3).
Important reference documents:
RECI – Specific Regulation for the competitiveness and Internationalisation (https://www.compete2020.gov.pt/admin/images/RECI_n.docx.pdf), which stipulates the framework and general funding rates for applied R&D projects in Portugal under PT2020 (articles 59 to 80).
Eligible entities:
The Portuguese companies need to comply with the following financial autonomy ratios (Annex G” of RECI):
Form, amount and limits of the incentive: Please check article 70 of RECI.
Form of public funding:
Co-Funding rates: Please check the co-funding rates for eligible costs at article 71 of RECI.
The exact funding percentage depends on the national consortium collaboration, the wide dissemination of project results and whether your project activities fall into the category of industrial research or experimental development.
Project costs in the Lisbon region (according to NUTS II) can receive funding of up to 50% of eligible costs.
Eligible costs: Please check article 72 of RECI.
R&D direct costs that fall into the category of industrial research or experimental development plus the application of a flat rate of 25% of direct eligible costs.
Ineligible costs: Please check article 73 of RECI.
More info: Please contact the Portuguese Eureka NPC
https://www.ani.pt/pt/promo%C3%A7%C3%A3o-internacional/redes-internacionais/eureka-eurostars/
Spain
CDTI will finance industrial research and/or technological development activities of Spanish companies. Universities and research centers could take part as subcontractors.
CDTI will check the eligibility of the Spanish applicants after receiving the international application. If it is eligible, funding applications will be generated by CDTI to each Spanish company and it must be completed and submitted by them. A full memory (in Spanish) must be attached to these applications. Deadline to reply 7 November 2022. If the funding applications are not submitted in time, the international project could be rejected.
Funding conditions for Spanish partners may vary depending on the nature of the project and the beneficiaries.
For more information please access: http://www.cdti.es/index.asp?MP=100&MS=802&MN=2
Funding decision is expected within 4-5 months after submitting an eligible funding application
It is mandatory that project activities do not start before submitting the funding applications to CDTI. For further information, please contact CDTI.
Turkey
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. The percentage is 60% for large companies and 75% for SMEs.
Turkish applicants must complete their national application in one week after the Eureka application at the latest. For further information about financing of Turkish participants please directly contact with TÜBİTAK.
Detailed information can also be reached from here.
The Netherlands
In the Netherlands programme, only R&D costs are eligible for funding. Enterprises and research institutes can apply for grant funding up to 50% depending on the type of organization and the type of activities:
The maximum funding (grant) per project is 350.000 EUR. The total budget for this call is 925.000 EUR. In addition to the centrally submitted Eureka Project Application Form, partners from The Netherlands need to submit an application to RVO, including a detailed project plan and budget. The deadline for submission is 19 October 2022. We invite Dutch partners to contact us for a pre-check of their project ideas.
More info: https://www.rvo.nl/globalstars
Funding details
Brazil
Following the EMBRAPII funding model, EMBRAPII finances up to 1/3 of the Brazilian project costs. The Brazilian business partner must finance at least 1/3 of the project costs. The remaining costs of the project can be negotiated with the EMBRAPII Unit that may add in-kind contribution.
Belgium (Wallonia)
Walloon partners may apply for grant or recoverable advance funding from 35% to 100 % of the eligible costs, depending on the type of partner, the consortium composition and the type of research activities. There is no maximum limit to the budget of the project.
Finland
Enterprises can apply for grant funding up to 50% of the eligible costs, depending on the type of organization and the type of activities (up to 70% loan in certain cases). Public Research Organisations can receive up to 70 % funding, specific national co-innovation project funding rules apply. There is no specific Euro limit for the project size
Portugal
Enterprises and research institutions can apply for grant funding of up to 80% of the eligible costs, depending on the type of organization and the type of activities. There is no maximum funding for project. Companies can receive a grant, up to M€ 1, per beneficiary, and reimbursable funding on the exceeding amount over M€ 1. Universities and research organisations will receive a grant.
Spain
Main features of the funding for Spanish partners are: Soft loan up to 85% of eligible costs (0% interest fee) Minimum budget 175.000 euros (no maximum budget). Long recovery period (10 or 15 years) where 24,75% of the eligible costs have not to be repaid.
Turkey
Companies receive a certain percentage of their eligible costs as a grant in this call. The percentage is 60% for large companies and 75% for SMEs. There is no maximum or minimum limit to the budget of the project. Universities and research centers can be funded only as subcontractors.
The Netherlands
Enterprises and research institutes can apply for grant funding up to 50% of the eligible costs, depending on the type of organization and the type of activities. Maximum funding is 350,000 EUR per project.
If there is no allocated budget for your organisation type in your country and you want to participate in a project consortium, contact your national funding body using the form below to see whether there are other funding opportunities available or talk to them about self-funding.
Evaluation
Applications will be evaluated at the level of the participating funding bodies. The basis for the national evaluation is the general Eureka eligibility criteria, national eligibility criteria and evaluations, the Eureka application form and if required a national application form.
A multilateral consensus meeting between all involved national funding organisations will agree which projects to approve based on the assessors’ scores, using the Eureka Network projects evaluation methodology (see Annex A). After a common list of funded and non-funded projects has been agreed the national funding bodies and Eureka Association will inform the applicants about the results.
Your project application will be reviewed according to our Network projects evaluation methodology.
Impact
Excellence
Quality and efficiency of implementation
Overall perception
Experts will list three positive and negative points to your application and finally state whether they recommend your project for public investment.
Your national funding body may carry out a further evaluation (performed by the national project coordinator and technical experts) according to national rules before allocating funds to successful applicants.
How to apply
In parallel to the submission of the Eureka project application form, all project partners are requested, if required, to submit a related national funding application to their respective funding agencies, taking into account all relevant procedures and submission rules. Deadline for submission might differ between the participating funding agencies, see below for detailed information for each funding agency.
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