Call for Proposals: Eureka Globalstars Japan

Participating countries include the United Kingdom, Canada, Austria, France, Singapore and Finland. This call for proposals is open to organizations who wish to form project consortia to perform collaborative projects focused on developing innovative products, processes or technology-based services.

Sectors of Focus

• This call for proposals is open to projects in the following sectors, excluding technologies associated with nuclear power and drug discovery:
  • aerospace
  • artificial intelligence
  • biotechnology
  • electronics
  • energy and environment
  • new materials
  • medical devices
  • mining and other industrial technologies
  • robotics
  • semiconductors
  • quantum

Funding Information 

• Eligible Canadian SMEs may receive up to 50% reimbursement of eligible project costs up to a maximum total funding amount of $500,000 over 12 to 36 months (an extension of 12 months may be considered if sufficiently justified and accepted by both countries).

Eligible Project

• The project must focus on co-development, adaptation or validation of an innovative product, process or technology-based service that has:
  • substantial commercial potential and outcomes that can be realized within 2 to 3 years of completion of the project
  • a civilian (non-military) purpose
  • The project must demonstrate:
  • a complementary technological contribution from each partner
  • an obvious advantage and added value resulting from the cooperation between the participants
  • a balanced contribution between project partners and countries (i.e. no more than 70% of the effort contributed by any one partner or country)

Eligibility Criteria 

• To be considered for funding, applicants must form a project consortium and develop a collaborative R&D project that meets the following criteria:
  • Canadian eligibility requirements
    • The Canadian applicant must:
      • be an incorporated, profit-oriented small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) in Canada
      • have 500 or fewer full-time equivalent employees
      • pursue growth and profit by developing and commercializing innovative, technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada
      • have a differentiated and protectable technology with commercial potential in global markets
      • have sufficient working capital (e.g. revenue, investment) and resources to undertake a multi‑year R&D collaboration and commercialize the results
      • be committed to significant growth through international market expansion
      • Preference may be given to SME applicants who:
      • have a minimum of 15 full-time equivalent employees
      • have commercialized one or more products domestically or internationally
      • have greater than $500,000 CAD in annual revenue
  • Consortium
    • For National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) consideration, the project consortium must include at least:
      • 1 incorporated Canadian SME
      • 1 eligible Japanese partner
      • the parties making up the consortium must be unrelated parties (i.e. no direct, indirect, beneficial or constructive ownership interest between these parties)
    • the project partners that form the consortium must agree on a plan addressing intellectual property rights and intent to commercialize
  • Foreign eligibility requirements
    • This call for proposals is being supported by government bodies in Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, Austria, France, Singapore and Finland.

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