Deadline: 20 January 2017
The Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova), in co-operation with the State Secretriat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) is currently seeking project proposals for Switzerland-Sweden Joint Innovation Projects under EUREKA, an initiative that is independent from the European Commission’s framework programmes.
Thematic Areas
The call focuses on the following topics:
- Life Science:
- Drug development, vaccine development.
- Medical devices, diagnostics, biomaterials.
- Smart products for automated transportation:
- Tools for smart products: sensors and communication technologies (incl. 5G, RFID and emergency/distress communication), data management (incl. big data & simulation), quality, security & standards.
- Smart solutions for automated transportation: tools for management of complex systems, tools for multi modal transportation, autonomous systems for smart cities incl. energy efficiency, quality, security & standards.
Eligibility Criteria
- The consortium should include at least one SME. Other partners such as large companies, research institutes and universities are welcome as additional participants.
- The project must have an obvious advantage and added value resulting from the cooperation between the participants from the two countries (e.g. increased knowledge base, commercial leads, access to R&D infrastructure etc.).
- The project should demonstrate the contribution of the participants from both countries in a balanced way, and the project must be significant to both countries.
- Partners from other EUREKA countries may also participate. This requires funding from their respective home countries.
How to Apply
The project submission occurs in two phases:
- In the first phase, partners are encouraged to submit a short project outline via email at the given address.
- In the second phase, partners with approved outlines will be recommended to submit their applications to EUREKA instrument through the online process.
Eligible Countries: Switzerland and Sweden
For more information, please visit Call for Project Proposals.