36th IraSME Open Call for Transnational Research and Development Projects

Objectives

• The main objective of IraSME is to strengthen the competitive capacity of SMEs by:
  • increasing collaboration between SMEs from different countries,
  • increasing cooperation between SMEs and RTOs,
  • increasing cooperative and competitive capabilities of SMEs by working in international R&D networks,
  • supporting them in developing new products, processes or technical services that exceed the existing state of the art and have good market opportunities by lowering economical risks.

Funding Information

• Funding will be provided to each partner by their corresponding national/regional funding agency according to its respective rules.
• Project Duration:
  • Projects may take between 12 and 36 months to complete according to the applicable national rules. A project start date not earlier than five months after the call deadline is highly recommended in order to avoid rescheduling during the evaluation process.

Basic Requirements

• Project Requirements:
  • In addition to the basic IraSME requirements, national or regional rules may apply.
  • Projects must be innovative and must aim at either developing new or significantly improving existing products, processes or technical services that in their parameters exceed the existing state of the art. All projects must have significant technical risks. The outcome of the project must be clearly defined and demonstrate real market potential. At least one of these three statements must apply:
    • Without public funding, eligible projects can:
      • not be carried out at all,
      • only be carried out in a reduced form, or
      • be carried out only with significant delay.
• General Project Conditions:
  • At least two SMEs from two different countries/regions participating in the current call (at least one SME in each country/region)
  • Participation of RTOs is possible but not mandatory, except for consortia with partners from Brazil where companies must collaborate with an EMBRAPII unit of their choice
  • Balanced participation of all partners in the project
  • All participating SMEs need to share in the economic results of the project
  • Every participant has a defined role in the project (subproject) that:
    • contains research and development tasks with significant technical risks,
    • is distinguishable from the other subprojects (no redundancy), and
    • is necessary for the project success.
  • If RTOs are involved, at least 50% of the work packages in the whole project must be carried out by companies.
  • Only use person-months (PM) in order to specify work packages!
  • They recommend you set the start date of the project approximately 5 months after the call deadline (in order to allow for the time it takes to review the proposals in each respective country; however, in many cases you are allowed to start your project at your own risk before any official funding decision – please consult with your local funding organization).
  • Every consortium must prepare a draft of their own consortium agreement (not yet signed!) as part of the overall application process and submit this draft to their national/regional funding agency according to their national/regional specifications.

Target Audiences

• Targeted at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and research and technology organisations (RTOs) which jointly conduct international research, technology, development and innovation (RTDI) projects.

Eligibility Criteria

• IraSME proposal must be signed by all partners and submitted by e-mail.
• Draft of consortium agreement (unsigned).
• National/regional requirements for participation fulfilled (please see overview of funding schemes, programme portraits, and please contact your local agency).
• The following regions/countries are participating in the 36 th IraSME call:
  • Austria
  • Brazil
  • Czech Republic
  • Flanders (Belgium)
  • Germany
  • Luxembourg
  • Switzerland
  • Wallonia (Belgium).

For more information, visit IraSME.