Attached to 4 February the deadline for projects by R&S presented by European SMEs in all sectors
The Eurostars programme 2 promotes transnational research activities led by small and medium-sized enterprises (PMI) and market oriented, in all sectors (except for military applications).
The main characteristics of a Eurostars project are as follows:
- be a R project&S innovative aiming at development of a product, process or service intended for the market;
- be conducted collaboratively by at least two different subjects from two different nationse, of which the leader must be an innovative SME
- at least the half of the project costs supported by innovative SMEs.
The European Commission has made available to Eurostars 2 a total contribution of 287 million euros for 7 years (2014-2020), which corresponds to a financial commitment of the Member States equal to at least 3 times this number. They participate in the program 36 EUREKA member countries by making human and financial resources available, including resources needed to finance R projects&S common.
CoD Bunch 15. For Italy, the MIUR supports the call 2021 (Cut-off Date 15 – CoD15), expiring on 4 February 2021 at 20.00, with a budget of 600.000 euro. It is required by this date
- send the international proposal to the Eurostars program on Eurostars program site
- send the national forms to the MIUR via the web platform https://banditransnazionali-miur.cineca.it.
For more information, refer to dedicated page on the MIUR website.
A condensed version of the announcement (in english language) is available on page for Italy of the Eurostars website
Webinar. It should be noted that the Eureka Association has organized a webinar mainly intended for SMEs interested in participating in the call to be held on 12/01/2021 give her 11:00 at 12:00.
To participate in the webinar you need to register at the following link
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1928248037815443727
References
- Eurostars summary sheet 2 (with references for the Italian partners) – download
- Program site www.eurostars-eureka.eu
- Sito eurostars calls 2021: www.eurekanetwork.org/countries/italy/eurostars
- Eurostars guidelines: www.eurekanetwork.org/countries/italy/eurostars/guidelines
- National web platform: banditransnazionali-miur.cineca.it (not open yet)
