Eureka-Globalstars call 2022
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 funding bodies from Brazil, Finland, Portugal, Spain 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.
Your project should:
- Address at least one of the fields mentioned in the call description.
- Demonstrate the potential to research or develop a product or process for commercialisation.
Timeframe
- 26 April 2022 Call opens 11 October 2022 Submission deadline (date of receipt CE(S)T);
Please note that additional national applications might be required (see text below for more details) - November 2022 Applicants informed on evaluation results
- December 2022 Eureka label procedure and approval
- December 2022 - early 2023 Funding Decision and Project Start
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.
- Belgium (Flanders): Enterprises can apply for grant funding via a development project and receive up to 50% of the eligible project costs, to a maximum of 500,000 EUR per 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.
- Türkiye: 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 with for R&D grants that depend on the type of organization and the type of activities. The maximum funding per project is 350.000 EUR and 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. RVO invites Dutch partners to contact us for a pre-check of their project ideas.
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.
