Research Funding for SME’s
Tuesday 01 July 2008
EUREKA's Eurostars Programme is a European programme that aims to stimulate SMEs to lead international collaborative research and innovation projects by easing access to support and funding.
“A Eurostars project is a European research and development project. It can address any technological area, but must have a civilian purpose and be aimed at the development of a new product, process or service. A Eurostars project is collaborative, meaning it must involve at least two participants (legal entities) from two different Eurostars participating countries. In addition, the main participant must be a research-performing SME”.
“A Eurostars project should be market-driven: it must have a maximum duration of three years, and within two years of project completion, the product of the research should be ready for launch onto the market.”
“In the United Kingdom only research-performing SME’s are eligible for funding under the Eurostars programme. The eligibility criteria for a research-performing SME’s is 10% of turnover or 10% of staff time dedicated to R&D activities. “
The next deadline for electronic submission of applications is Thursday, 24th September 2009.
Further information: Eurostars website