Call for Project: Eureka Globalstars Japan Programme (UK)

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, is investing to fund collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects focused on industrial research.

The aim of this competition is to fund business led, collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects focused on industrial research. This competition will be for innovative proposals developed between the UK, Japan and the other Eureka participating countries. Innovate UK will be funding the UK partners only.

Your project must have high market potential and develop at least one of the following:

• innovative products
• technology-based applications
• technology-based services

Funding Information

• They have allocated up to £2 million to fund UK applicants undertaking innovation projects in this competition.
• UK applicants can apply for total grant funding of up to £600,000 for each project.

Ineligible Projects

• They will not fund projects that:
  • work on non-civilian technologies
  • are in the nuclear or pharmaceutical sector
  • do not include at least one UK registered business and one eligible Japanese registered SME as a minimum
  • request grants of more than £600,000 from Innovate UK
  • are not in scope
  • do not meet Innovate UK’s eligibility criteria
  • do not submit all mandatory documentation
• They cannot fund projects that are:
  • dependent on export performance, for example, giving a subsidy to a baker on the condition that it exports a certain quantity of bread to another country
  • dependent on domestic inputs usage, for example, giving a subsidy to a baker on the condition that it uses 50% UK flour in their product

Who can apply?

• Your project
  • Your project can last between 12 and 36 months and is expected to start by 1 June 2025 and end by 31 May 2028. The start date depends on the national funding procedures of the Eureka members involved in the selected projects.
  • Projects must be collaborative. No more than 70% of the total eligible project costs can be claimed by a single partner or by all partners from a single participating Eureka country collectively.
• UK lead applicant
  • The UK registered partners in your Eureka project must nominate one business, of any size, to start an Innovate UK application. They refer to them as the ‘UK lead organisation’ and the person they nominate to have overall responsibility as the ‘UK lead applicant’.
  • The UK lead applicant must collaborate with at least one SME from Japan. It must be a separate legal entity, not linked to the UK partners.
  • You can also collaborate with other participating Eureka countries in addition to Japan.
• UK project team
  • The UK lead applicant can also collaborate with:
    • other UK registered businesses of any size
    • UK registered Universities and research and technology organisations (RTOs)
  • UK research organisations cannot lead or work alone. They must be able to show how they will exploit the results of the project to grow the wider sector in the UK.
  • Each UK partner organisation must be invited into the Innovation Funding Service (IFS) by the lead to collaborate on a project. Once partners have accepted the invitation, they will be asked to login or to create an account in IFS. They are responsible for entering their own project costs and completing their Project Impact questions in the application.
  • Only UK registered partners must be listed in the project partner section of your application in IFS.
• Number of applications
  • A UK registered business can only lead on one application but can be included as a collaborator in two further applications.
  • If a UK registered business is not leading any application, it can collaborate in up to three applications.
  • A UK registered academic institution or RTO can collaborate on any number of applications.
• Sanctions
  • This competition will not fund you, or provide any financial benefit to any individual or entities directly or indirectly involved with you, which would expose Innovate UK or any direct or indirect beneficiary of funding from Innovate UK to UK Sanctions. For example, through any procurement, commercial, business development or supply chain activity with any entity as lead, partner or subcontractor related to these countries, administrations and terrorist groups.

For more information, visit Gov.UK.