Deadline: 25 November 2016
EUREKA in partnership with GlobalStars is seeking proposals for its joint R&D projects, focusing on developing innovative products and applications in all technological areas.
EUREKA is an intergovernmental organisation for market‐driven industrial R&D. It is a decentralised network facilitating the coordination of national funding on innovation, aiming to boost the productivity & competitiveness of European industries. Following a bottom‐up approach with projects being in any technological area with a civilian purpose, EUREKA has been the driving force of innovation in Europe for over 30 years.
Thematic Areas
- Sustainable use of natural resources
- Sustainable Mining
- Agrofood: ‐ Aquaculture; ‐ Functional and Healthy foods; ‐ Wine
- Energy: ‐ Solar energy
- Sustainable construction and buildings
- ICT across all the above areas as an enabling technology
Time Schedule
- Feedback on Project Outlines 16 Dec 2016
- Deadline for Phase 2 31 Jan 2017
- Selected projects receive EUREKA label 31 Mar 2017
- Deadline for official endorsement 23 June 2017
Eligibility Criteria
- The project consortiums should consist of at least 1 company from Chile and 1 company from one of the EUREKA member countries participating in this call (Austria, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey). Participation of research institutes/universities is welcome as partners or subcontractors according to each country’s funding regulations.
- Companies from other countries may also participate, but they will not be funded by the participating parties of this call.
- The project partners must express the will to cooperate, on an equal base, to the development of a new product, industrial process or service. The product, process or service must be innovative and there must be a technological risk involved.
- The projects should come up within applied research and experimental development as defined in the Frascati1 manual.
- The project should have an obvious advantage and added value resulting from the technological cooperation between the participants (e.g. increased knowledge base, commercial leads, access to R&D infrastructure etc.).
- The project should demonstrate the contribution of all the partners from the participating countries on an equal base, and the project must be equally significant to them.
- The participants are required, prior the official endorsement of the Eureka High Level Group, to have signed a consortium agreement.
How to Apply
Applications must submit online via given website.
Eligible Countries: Chile, Germany, France, Austria, Sweden, Spain and Turkey.
For more information, please visit EUREKA Globalstars.