The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the new Call for Proposals of the “European Partnerships – Eurostars-3” Program (EP/EUROSTARS-3/0223).
The budget of the Call is €1,150,000 with a maximum funding of €200,000 per project (for organizations from Cyprus), or €250,000 per project in the event that a Cypriot company assumes the role of Coordinator of the International Cooperation Network.
The “EUROSTARS Cyprus” Program is the funding mechanism for Cypriot entities wishing to participate in cross-border projects of the joint European EUROSTARS Program. This Call for Proposals concerns the participation of entities from Cyprus in the third Call of the EUROSTARS-3 Program, which is part of the European Partnership “Partnership on Innovative SMEs” and aims at the internationalization of innovative businesses and their support to develop new products, processes and services, through the implementation of cross-border Projects and to commercially exploit the new knowledge.
Project proposal submission is done electronically (on-line application form) by the Coordinator Innovative Enterprise of the International Cooperation Network, through the electronic Platform (Project Management Platform) of the EUROSTARS programme (https://auth.myeurekaproject.org/). The Cypriot entities that will participate in transnational proposals that will be submitted within the framework of the EUROSTARS-3 Program Call, should, in addition to the central submission of the transnational Proposal, also submit a proposal to the İDEK, through the IRIS Portal. The evaluation of the Proposals of this Call will be done centrally by the Secretariat of the European Organization EUREKA.
The Closing Date for the Submission of Proposals for the Transnational Proposal is 13 April 2023 at 14:00 (CEST).
The Closing Date for Submission of Proposals in the IRIS Portal of the RIF is April 21st at 13:00 (local time).
Small or Medium Enterprises have the right to participate in the said Program as Contracting Entities, while Research Organizations, Enterprises and Other Entities can participate as Collaborating Entities (of the Cypriot Network).
More information is presented in the documents below: