Globalstars Call for high Technology Projects and Sustainability Projects

Your project consortium must include two organisations that are independent from each other, one (for profit) company from Taiwan and one (for profit) company from one of the participating Eureka countries or regions.

Scope

This call invites consortia to submit high quality R&D projects that fall within the scope of the call. The participating funding organisations welcome project proposals in the field of

• High technologies, such as (but not limited to):
  • Semiconductors and photonics (integrated circuits)
  • Digital health / biotechnology
  • Telecommunication (5G, 6G)
  • Advanced manufacturing
• Sustainability, such as (but not limited to):
  • Mobility
  • Circular economy, including carbon circulation, industrial processes circulation
  • These should be collaborative research and innovation projects which tackle challenges in subtopics mentioned, resulting in innovative and marketable solutions.
• Your project should:
  • address at least one of the fields mentioned in the call description and
  • demonstrate the potential to research or develop a product, process or service for commercialisation.

Funding information

• Taiwan (DoIT)
  • The application must be submitted by a Taiwanese company. DoIT does not fund universities and research organisations. However, universities and research organisations are welcome as subcontractors of Taiwanese companies or to participate with their own budget.
  • Companies can apply for grant funding up to 50% of the eligible costs depending on the industrial impact of the project in accordance with the A+ Industrial Innovation R&D Program.
• Finland (BusinessFinland)
  • Enterprises can apply for grant funding for research projects or loan funding for development and piloting projects. A grant can cover up to 50% of the eligible costs for SMEs and 40% for large and midcap companies. A loan can cover up to 50% (70% in certain cases) of the eligible costs.
  • Public Research Organisations can receive up to 80% funding, specific national co-innovation project funding rules apply.
  • There is no specific euro limit for the project size.
• Austria (FFG)
  • There is a dedicated budget of one million euro for this call. Funding in Austria is provided on an annual basis only, therefore follow-on applications must be submitted for the maximum duration of 3 years.
• Canada (NRC IRAP)
  • Eligible Canadian SMEs may receive up to 50% reimbursement of eligible project costs up to a maximum total funding grant of 500,000 Canadian dollars.
  • Other Canadian organisations such as research institutes, universities, research and technology organisations, large enterprises and other companies may participate on a self-funded basis or as subcontractors.
• The Netherlands (RVO)
  • Enterprises and research institutes in the Netherlands can apply for grant funding up to 50% of the eligible costs, depending on the type of organisation and the type of activities. Maximum funding is 350,000 euro per project.
• Sweden (Vinnova)
  • Swedish project participants can apply for grant funding according to Vinnova’s general terms and conditions for funding: SMEs up to 50% of eligible costs, large companies up to 30% of eligible costs and universities and research institutes up to 100% of eligible costs. The maximum funding (grant) per project to Swedish project participants is 250,000 euro.

Countries/regions with funding

• Austria
• Canada
• Finland
• Sweden
• The Netherlands

Eligibility

• Eureka has limited eligibility criteria for organisations participating in a Globalstars 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 one Eureka country and a specified Globalstars country or region.
  • No single organisation or country can be responsible for more than 70% of the project budget.
• This call for projects has additional criteria for organisations to be eligible to receive funding. Partners must meet the following qualifications:
  • The consortium should include at least two organisations that are independent from each other, one (for profit) company from Taiwan and one (for profit) company from one of the participating Eureka members.
  • The product, process or service must be innovative, and there must be a technological risk involved for all involved partners.
  • The project must benefit all involved partners.
  • The project should have an obvious benefit and added value resulting from the technological cooperation between the participants (e.g. increased knowledge base, commercial leads, access to R&D infrastructure etc.).
  • The product, process or service must be innovative and with the potential to create impact.
  • A signed consortium agreement is required upon approval, before the actual start of the project. It ought to include, amongst others, the ownership and use of know-how and IPR settlements
  • The maximum duration of a project may not exceed 36 months
• Any partner whose cooperative R&D project is consistent with the aforesaid criteria can apply to the present call in accordance with their own laws, rules, regulations and procedures in effect, on a non-exchange of funds basis, and subject to budgetary availability.
• Partners from other Eureka members or outside of Eureka can also participate, but they will not be funded by the participating funding bodies in this call.

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