Eurostars Funding Programme to support Innovative SMEs and Project Partners

Eurostars is part of the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs. The partnership is co-funded by the European Union through Horizon Europe.

By participating, organisations can access public funding for international collaborative R&D projects in all fields.

To have a successful Eurostars application you must:

• Define your project idea
• Collaborate internationally, sharing expertise
• Develop products, processes or services that can be easily commercialized

Funding Information

• The amount of funding your organisation receives when you participate in a project is managed by your national funding body. Funding rules vary from country to country and your national funding body decides:
  • which organisations can receive funding,
  • which project activities can be funded and
  • funding rates.
• If you are from a Eurostars country, you can discover what funding is available for your organisation on the country-specific pages and contact your national or regional funding body using the contact form. Your national funding body may have maximum funding amount per project or project partner.
• Organisations from non-Eurostars countries can participate by self-funding their project costs.

Eurostars Countries

• Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, and the United Kingdom.

Eligibility Criteria

• To apply, you must fulfil seven eligibility criteria:
  • The project consortium is led by an innovative SME from a Eurostars country.
  • The project consortium is composed of at least two entities that are independent of one another.
  • The project consortium is composed of entities from at least two Eurostars countries with at least one organisation coming from an EU or Horizon Europe Associated Country.
  • The budget of the SMEs from the participating countries (excluding any subcontracting) is 50% or more of the total project cost.
  • No single participant or country is responsible for more than 70% of the budget of the project.
  • The project duration is 36 months or less.
  • The project has an exclusive focus on civil applications.

For more information, visit Eureka.