The funding support will be given to each eligible partner by its own national or regional ministry or funding agency. Funding conditions and eligibility criteria may vary from country to country.
Flanders, Belgium (VLAIO)
VLAIO only accepts development projects (an innovative idea that can lead to a successful business in the short term, but that still face some challenges that need to be overcome in developing this innovation).
Companies can receive funding for up to 60% of the eligible project costs, to a maximum of 500,000 euro per project. Staff and other costs can be funded with a 25% to 50% subsidy of the project budget, with a minimum budget of 25,000 euro.
Only Flemish companies can apply for funding via subsidies. Flemish or foreign academic partners or research institutes can be funded by VLAIO if their expertise is crucial. In addition to the Eureka project application, partners from Flanders must submit an application to VLAIO, including a project plan and a budget for the Flemish partner (company) and if they are subcontracted by this company.
Flemish partners are advised to contact VLAIO to check their project ideas and get support from our team of VLAIO advisors. The deadline for submitting the VLAIO application is 26 April 2024 at 12:00 Brussels time.
Read more detailed information on regional rules and procedures.
Chile (Corfo)
Corfo will check the eligibility of the Chilean applicants after receiving the international application. All Chilean companies must fulfil the requirements mentioned in the matching grant document “Crea y Valida” when submitting the international application.
In addition to the international application, Chilean participants must submit a separate national funding application through Corfo’s website in Spanish. Dates regarding the opening and deadline of this phase will be communicated by Corfo in good time.
Only companies that are 24 months old and that show proof of sales in the last 24 months at the time of the international application are eligible to receive funding from Corfo. Universities and research organisations are welcome to participate as company collaborators and can be funded as subcontractors only.
Eligible Chilean partners that receive a positive technical evaluation from the public authorities involved in this call for projects will be funded through a matching grant (“Crea y Valida” programme). This grant supports the development of new or significantly improved products, processes and/or technology-based services, covering the phases of low-resolution prototype development to validation at an industrial and/or commercial scale.
The matching grant covers up to 220 million Chilean pesos (approximately 233,000 euro) of project costs in total. The percentage covered varies depending on company size: 40% for large companies; 60% for medium-sized companies; and 80% for small companies. The project is expected to be developed within 24 months, extendable to 30 months. If the project involves biological cycles, an extension between 36-42 months is allowed.
Female-led companies can receive an extra 10% of funding.
Additional documents or clarifications may be requested by Corfo.
Partners involved in a joint project will be requested to provide information during the execution of the project to ensure that the project is being developed as expected. Additionally, partners will have to provide information on the impact of the project once it has ended.
Detailed information on national rules and procedures: Corfo en Eureka
France (Bpifrance)
Target: All French companies with up to 2,000 employees can join this call for projects. Research centres or other types of actors can also join the consortium but as subcontractors. French partners may also participate on a self-funding basis.
Eligible costs: Industrial research and experimental development (industrialisation and commercialisation costs are not eligible)
Funding: Loan or reimbursable advance up to 80% of the R&D costs for SMEs and large companies with fewer than 2,000 FTEs, limited to three million euro. For deeptech projects, a mix between grant and reimbursable advance can be an alternative (Aide au Développement Deeptech).
In any case, all the above information regarding French funding could be adapted to the company’s profile and project.
- Contact the international team in charge of the call for projects and your “Chargé.e d’affaires” to discuss the project through an online meeting.
- Submit the Eureka application and a draft of a consortium agreement before the Eureka deadline.
- Submit the national funding application no later than 24 April 2024 (the Chargé.e d’Affaires opens the funding application after the first meeting and Eureka deadline, so first contact is mandatory).
- When Bpifrance have evaluated your project and made a decision, submit your consortium agreement signed (sine qua non condition for funding validation).
Spain (CDTI)
CDTI will finance Spanish companies’ industrial research and/or technological development activities. Universities and research centres could take part as subcontractors.
In Spain, the participants have to submit a formal R&D international project aid application through CDTI’s website by the call for projects deadline, including the Eureka application (in English) and a draft consortium agreement (optional at this stage, but a consortium agreement must be signed and provided prior to obtaining the Eureka label endorsement).
Additional documents in Spanish language, containing detailed information on the Spanish participants may be requested depending on the specific type of funding requested by the company. If the application is not submitted before the call for projects deadline, the international project could be rejected.
CDTI will check the eligibility of the Spanish applicants after receiving the international application. If they are eligible, funding applications will be generated by CDTI for each Spanish company. Those funding applications must be completed and submitted by the Spanish companies. The deadline to reply is approximately one month after the call for projects deadline. If the funding applications are not submitted in time, the international project could be rejected.
Funding conditions for Spanish partners may vary depending on the nature of the project and the beneficiaries.
More information.
A funding decision should be made within 5 months after submitting an eligible funding application.
Project activities must not start before funding applications have been sent to CDTI. For further information, please contact CDTI
