Funding for Organisations to collaborate on International R&D Projects – Singapore and Turkey

Scope

• TÜBİTAK and Enterprise Singapore are announcing this call for proposals for joint R&D projects, focusing on the development of innovative products and applications in all technology and market areas. Applicants are expected to develop market-ready solutions or projects that have strong market potential for Türkiye and Singapore.

Funding

• Türkiye:
  • All companies which were established in accordance with Turkish law can apply for funding for their international projects. There is no budget limit for international projects and they can be funded by TUBITAK without any restriction in project duration. Only companies participating in international projects are funded within this program, but universities and research centers can be funded as subcontractors.
  • Companies receive a certain percentage of their eligible costs as a grant in this call. There is no maximum or minimum limit to the budget of project. The percentage of grants is 60% for large companies and 75% for SMEs of their eligible project budget.
• Singapore:
  • Interested Singaporean companies should initiate early consultation with Enterprise Singapore.
  • To be eligible for the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), which is up to 70% of total qualifying project costs, the applicant must fulfil all of the following:
    • Be a business entity that is registered and physically present in Singapore, and;
    • ≥ 30% local equity held directly or indirectly by Singaporean(s) / Singapore PR(s), determined by the ultimate individual ownership and;
    • Be financially able to see a project through to completion.
  • 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 to see whether there are other funding opportunities available or talk to them about self-funding.

Eligibility Criteria

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 two independent legal entities from a minimum of two Eureka countries
• No single organisation or country can be responsible for more than 70% of the project budget.

Eligibility Criteria by National Authorities

Eligible partners are invited to present joint proposals for industrial R&D projects according to the following criteria:

• The partners should include at least one Turkish and one Singapore company. Participation of research institutes/universities and other organizations is welcome as self-funded participants or subcontractors according to each country’s funding regulations.
• Organizations from other countries may also participate, but they will not be funded by ESG or by TÜBİTAK.
• The Turkish and Singapore partners must express their will to cooperate 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 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 project should demonstrate the contribution of all participants (not more than 70% of participants contribution from one country or one company) and the project must be significant to them.
• The participants are required, prior to obtain the Eureka label, to have signed a consortium agreement.

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