Funding will only be provided to projects that are positively evaluated by all relevant participating national funding bodies. Funding of project partners is subjected to budgetary availability and national funding conditions stipulated by each national funding body.
Austria (FFG)
Grant of up to 80% for small companies, up to 70% for medium sized companies, up to 55% for large companies and up to 85% for research institutions.
Belgium / Wallonia (SPW Research)
Funding is granted in the form of a grant with a funding rate ranging from 40% to 80% of the budget of each Walloon company. The funding rate depends on the size of the Walloon company, the consortium composition at regional and international level and whether the project activities fall into the category of industrial research or experimental development. Subcontracting to research organisations is allowed for up to 20% of the total company budget.
Belgium / Flanders (VLAIO)
Companies based in Flanders can apply for grant funding via a development project and receive up to 60% of the eligible project costs, to a maximum of €500,000 per project. Staff and other costs can be funded with a 25% to 60% subsidy of the project budget, with a minimum budget equivalent to support of €25,000.
Chile (CORFO)
Funding is available for Chilean companies on an open budget basis through a matching grant of a maximum of approximately €214,000 (CLP$220 million) per project, which varies according to company size: 40% for large companies, 60% for medium companies, and 80% for small companies. An extra 10% funding is available for female-led companies. Companies must be at least 24 months old. Universities and research centres are not eligible to receive funding directly from CORFO, but they can participate as project collaborators.
France (Bpifrance)
Funding in the form of loan or reimbursable advance from €50,000 and up to €3 million:
- up to 80% of eligible costs for SMEs
- up to 40% for companies with up to 2,000 full-time employees
There is no direct funding for universities or research institutions (either self-funded or as subcontractors). Large companies with more than 2,000 full-time equivalent employees are not eligible for public funding.
In order to check their eligibility, French participants must contact their Bpifrance chargé d’affaires innovation, cc international.innoproject@bpifrance.fr, prior to applying. Then the national funding application must be submitted using the Bpifrance En Ligne platform before 6 November 2025. The Bpifrance en Ligne account will be opened with the help of the chargé d’affaires innovation.
Germany
German partners can choose from existing national programmes to finance their share of the project.
For most SMEs, the “Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand” (ZIM) of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) is the recommended option. German research institutes/universities can participate as additional partners according to the ZIM rules or the rules of another selected programme.
Other funding programmes may be used if ZIM eligibility requirements are not met. For more information, please contact the German Eureka office.
Lithuania (Research Council of Lithuania)
Type of funding: Grant
Call for projects budget: €1 million
The Research Council of Lithuania funds projects led by research institutions with at least one Lithuanian industrial partner. The call for projects budget is up to €1 million. The budget per project is up to €300,000.
Funding rates can reach up to 100% for research institutions and up to 80% for industrial partners (depending on their size).
For more information, please contact the Lithuanian NPC.
Poland
To be eligible for NCBR support, a Polish applicant must
- be a Poland-based business, of any size
- be a research and knowledge disseminating organisation
Only Polish micro, small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can apply individually. While universities, research institutions and large enterprises are eligible for funding and may lead Polish domestic consortia, the presence of a Polish SME is obligatory in such a consortium. NCBR can fund a proportion of industrial research and development works project costs. This proportion depends on the size of your business and will be described in detail in the national rules.
- Micro or small enterprises can be funded up to 80% for industrial research and up to 70% for development works.
- Medium-sized enterprises can be funded up to 80% for industrial research and up to 60% for development works.
- Large enterprises can be funded up to 75% for industrial research and up to 50% for development works.
- Research-performing and/or knowledge-disseminating organisations can be funded up to 100% for industrial research or development works.
Please note that NCBR’s maximum total project grant to Polish applicants is no larger than PLN 2 million, with no more than PLN 1 million per partner.
As explained above, large enterprises as well as research and knowledge disseminating organisations can be leaders or partners on the project but cannot apply individually.
Eligibility of the costs and funding rates can be found at: https://www.gov.pl/web/ncbr/platforma-konkursowa#/ncbr?sort=announcementDate,desc¤tPage=0&limit=10
Portugal (ANI)
- ANI covers up to a maximum of 80% of project costs for SMEs and small mid-cap companies and 85% of project costs for research institutions and other non- entrepreneurial entities from the research and innovation system (ENESII).
- For investments located at NUT II Lisboa, the maximum co-funding rate is 40% of eligible costs.
The exact funding percentage depends on the company size, consortium collaboration, dissemination of project results and whether your project activities fall into the category of industrial research or experimental development.
For more information, please contact the Portuguese NPC.
Slovakia
Slovak participants can obtain co-funding up to 80% of eligible costs for small companies / up to 75% for medium-sized companies / up to 65% for large companies / universities a research organisations up to 100%. There is a maximum co-funding up to €150,000 for 36 months.
South Korea (KIAT)
Type of funding: Grant
Call for projects budget: €1 million
Organisations can receive a grant of up to 500 million South Korean won (approximately €370,000) per year, and the project period should be up to 3 years.
SMEs can receive up to 67% of project costs, mid-tier companies can receive up to 50% of project costs, large companies can receive up to 33% of project costs and universities and research organisations can receive up to 100% of project costs.
Spain (CDTI)
Main features of the funding for Spanish companies are: Soft loan up to 85% of eligible costs (Euribor 1 year interest fee) Minimum budget €175,000 (no maximum budget). Long recovery period (10 or 15 years) where 22.5% of the eligible costs do not have to be repaid.
Türkiye (TÜBITAK)
Type of funding: Grant
Call for projects budget: €2.5 million
The TÜBİTAK 1719 – EUREKA NETWORK 2025 LIGHTWEIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES CALL will be followed at the national level under the 1719 – EUREKA Network Calls framework. Capital companies, higher education institutions, public research centers and institutes, training and research hospitals, and other eligible organisations can participate as project partners.
Under this call, SMEs are supported at a rate of 75%, large-scale companies at 60%, and public institutions, foundation universities, training and research hospitals, as well as public research centers and institutes at 100%.
For projects applying to this call, the total project budget for Turkish project partners cannot exceed €500,000. The budget for institutions other than capital companies can be at most 50% of the total project budget and cannot exceed €250,000 in total. Additionally, institutions other than capital companies are not eligible to apply alone.
Applicants must follow the national call, consider the specified deadlines and rules, and ensure compliance with the requirements.
Ukraine
Funding body: Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Ukrainian research institutions and higher education institutions are eligible to receive grants of up to 199,000 UAH (according to the exchange rate applicable at that time, now approximately €4,400) per year for a project duration of up to 3 years. It is recommended to include a Ukrainian SME as part of the consortium.
If there is no allocated budget for your organisation type in your country and you want to participate in a project consortium, contact your national funding body to see whether there are other funding opportunities available or talk to them about self-funding.
