Korea and Spain are announcing the Call for Proposals for joint R&D projects, focusing on developing innovative products and applications in all technological and application areas. Applicants are expected to develop ready to market solutions or projects which have strong market potential for Korea and Spain.
The 2018 Call will be opened until 31st August 2018 at 18:00 (local time). These calls are in line with EUREKA Program.
Eligibility criteria
Eligible partners are invited to present joint proposals for industrial R&D projects according to the following criteria:
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
The completed electronic forms should be submitted to KIAT and CDTI simultaneously by 31st August 2018 for the second call in 2018.
Partners will be asked to present the following common documents in KIAT and CDTI:
The common documentation will be included at national agencies’ procedure as part of the whole process:
Procedure in KIAT
The participants will submit a formal national application through KIAT Project Advanced Smart System.
Procedure in CDTI
Participants will submit a formal R&D international project application through CDTI-EPE´s website () including the common documents mentioned above. Additional documents in Spanish, containing detailed information on the Spanish participants, could be requested depending on the specific type of funding requested by the company.
The applications will be screened and evaluated by KIAT and CDTI. The applicants will be notified of the results of the evaluation process no later than December
Funding details
Each country will fund its eligible participants in the framework of EUREKA programmes, subject to budget availability, on a non-exchange of funds basis and according to their national procedures and funding rules. Funding conditions and eligibility criteria may vary from one country to another. The main aspects of funding criteria are described below:
Spain
CDTI will finance industrial research and/or technological development activities to Spanish companies. Universities and research centers can be funded as subcontractors.Funding conditions may consist on soft loans or and grants.
Spanish tasks in the project can only start after submitting the funding application to CDTI. For further information contact directly CDTI.
Korea
The Korean dedicated budget provided by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) and managed by KIAT is open to all applications from companies with registered R&D laboratories, research institutes and universities. The partners should consist of at least one Korean and one Spain R&D performing company. Participation of research institutes or universities is welcome as additional participants or subcontractors according to each country’s funding regulations.
Project funding is comprised of government contributions and civilian dues (cash and in-kind). The amount of government contributions will vary depending on the type of executing organizations and project in accordance with Article 24 (Funding criteria) and Article 25 (Civilian dues) of the Common Operational Regulations for the Industrial Technology Innovation Programs.
A party that participates in a project shall carry out its project using the government contributions allocated to it, and for-profit organizations shall individual bear the cash portion of civilian dues.
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