Eureka: Call for Projects with Spain and France

Deadline: 31-May-23

Eureka is pleased to announce a call for projects to follow Eureka’s Network projects framework based on mutual consent between participating national and regional funding bodies.

The national funding bodies from France and Spain have allocated funding for organisations collaborating on international R&D projects in all technological and application areas.

Funding Information

• France
  • The French funding scheme (ADI – Aide pour le Développement de l’Innovation) is the following:
    • Eligible partner: Innovative company up to 2000 FTE.
    • Eligible costs: Industrial research and experimental development (industrialization and commercialization costs are not eligible).
    • Funding amount: from 50,000 euro up to 3 million euro (submitted to financial analysis of the company and financial conditions) for a maximum of 80% of the cost (depending on the profile of the company).
    • Funding type: Repayable advance or R&D loan.
    • Duration: maximum of 36 months.
• Spain
  • Funding conditions for Spanish partners may vary depending on the nature of the project and the beneficiaries.
  • Funding decision is expected within 5-6 months after submitting an eligible funding application.

Eligible Projects

Eureka has limited eligibility criteria for organisations participating in a Network projects consortium:

• Your project idea must represent international cooperation in the form of a specific project.
• The project must be directed at researching or developing an innovative product, process or service with the goal of commercialisation.
• The project must have a civilian purpose.
• Your consortium must include at least one French and one Spanish company. Participation of research institutes/universities and other organizations is welcome as self-funded participants or subcontractors according to each country’s funding regulations.
• No single organisation or country can be responsible for more than 70% of the project budget.

Eligibility Criteria

This call for projects has additional criteria for organisations to be eligible to receive funding:

• Organizations from other countries may also participate, but they will not be funded by CDTI nor Bpifrance.
• The French and Spanish partners must express their will to cooperate on 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 project should have an obvious advantage and added value resulting from the technological cooperation between the participants from the countries (e.g. increased knowledge base, commercial leads, access to R&D infrastructure etc.).
• The participants are required to submit a signed consortium agreement before the project obtains the Eureka label.

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