Eureka & European Union – European Partnership on Innovative SMEs
Call 9 of EUROSTARS-3 – September 2025
Scope:
– Part of the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs, Eurostars is a funding instrument that supports innovative SMEs and project partners (large companies, universities, research organisations and other types of organisations) by funding international collaborative R&D and innovation projects. By participating, organisations can access public funding for international collaborative R&D projects in all fields.
– The innovative SME must lead the project consortium.
– To have a successful Eurostars application you must define your project idea, collaborate internationally & sharing expertise, and develop innovative products, processes or services that can be easily commercialised. First, you must contact your national funding body using the Eureka website form.
Application Deadline: 4 September 2025 at 14:00 Brussels time, submission on myeurekaproject.org (create an account).
Funding amount: Your national funding body will disclose the available amount.
Grant Duration: up to 36 months (possible extension).
Eligibility:
– Consortium led by innovative SME from a Eurostars country.
– Consortium of at least 2 entities (independent from each other), from at least 2 Eurostars countries with at least one from an EU or EU-Associated country.
– Budget of SME should be at least 50% of total project cost (no single participant or country responsible for >70% of total budget).
Practical info:
– Downloaded Call information: Call for proposals (PDF)
– See Guidelines, Forms and FAQs
Check it out: Call for proposals
Eureka Network Projects
Eureka LinkUp call for projects: connecting regions for innovation
For startups/organisations in Austria, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Türkiye
Scope:
– Ministries and funding agencies in Albania (NASRI), Austria (FFG), Montenegro (Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation), Serbia (NITRA), Slovenia (MHESI) and Türkiye (TÜBITAK) have funding for international cooperation between organisations collaborating on R&D projects, i.e. R&D of an innovative product, process or service with the goal of commercialisation, in all thematic areas or application domains.
International Application Deadline: 10 September 2025. Submission on SmartSimple application platform (create an account).
National Application Deadlines: check the websites of your national funding agency: see “Applying” section from Call for proposals below. Parallel submission is mandatory on the respective national funding agencies’ platforms of participants.
Funding amount: Refer to your national funding agency for the available amount.
Grant Duration: up to 36 months (check your national funding agency’s website).
Eligibility:
– Your R&D project must include at least two organisations based in at least two of the countries participating in this Network projects call for projects.
– The project must have a civilian purpose.
– No single participant or country can be responsible for >70% of total project budget.
– See additional eligibility requirements from the participants’ national funding agencies.
Practical info:
– First, contact your national funding body using the Eureka website form.
– Eureka national funding agencies
– Downloaded Call information: Call for proposals (PDF)
– How to use the SmartSimple application platform
Check it out: Call for proposals