Funding will only be provided to projects that are positively evaluated by all relevant participating ministries and funding agencies. Funding is subject to budgetary availability and the national/regional funding conditions outlined by each ministry and funding agency.
Austria (FFG) funding
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.
Wallonia, Belgium (SPW Research) funding
Funding is granted in the form of a grant or a recoverable advance with a funding rate ranging from 40 to 100% of the budget of each Walloon partner. The type of funding and percentage depend on the type of partner, the consortium composition at regional and international level and whether your project activities fall into the category of industrial research or experimental development.
Flanders, Belgium (VLAIO) funding
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 euro 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.
Canada (NRC IRAP) funding
NRC IRAP may cover up to 50% of project costs for eligible Canadian SMEs. The maximum funding amount is $500,000 Canadian dollars per Canadian participant per project. Funding is a non-repayable contribution against approved work completed and invoiced.
Chile (CORFO) funding
Funding is available for Chilean companies on an open budget basis through a matching grant of maximum 233,000 euro approx. (CLP$220 million) per project, which varies according to firm size: 40% large; 60% medium; and 80% small. There is an extra 10% funding for female-led companies. Firms 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.
Estonia (Enterprise Estonia) funding
Companies based in Estonia can apply for a grant from applied research programme and receive a grant from 100,000 up to 150,000 euros per project. Applicants may receive a grant of up to 70% of the project costs depending on the nature of the activity and the size of the company.
France (Bpifrance) funding
Funding in the form of loan or reimbursable advance from 50,000 euro and up to 3 million euro:
- up to 80% of eligible costs for SMEs
- up to 40% for midcap companies (up to 2,000 employees)
There is no direct funding for universities nor research institutions (self-funded or subcontractors).
French participants must contact Bpifrance before applying to check their eligibility. Then, a national funding application must be submitted on Bpifrance En Ligne platform. The evaluation after the submission will be carried out by the International Innovation team and the company’s regional account manager (“Chargé d’Affaires Innovation”).
Germany funding
Partners from Germany have different funding options from existing national programmes. We recommend you have at least one German SME in your consortium.
Israel (Israel Innovation Authority) funding
Type of funding: Grant
Call for projects budget: Open budget
The support is in the form of a conditional grant amounting to 55% or 66% of the eligible R&D budget. For universities, 90% of the eligible R&D budget can be covered.
The grant is exempt from royalties.
Further details are available on the Innovation Authority website.
Academic institutions can take part in the call only if they conduct research in cooperation with a company, which must fund 10% of their budget. The institutions can participate as a partner in the project, not only as a sub-contractor.
Lithuania (Research Council of Lithuania) funding
Type of funding: Grant
Call for projects budget: 1.0 million euro
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 euro. The budget per project is up to 300,000 euro.
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 your Lithuanian contact.
Luxembourg (Luxinnovation) funding
Grant of up 80% of eligible costs (depending on company size and project type) with a maximum of 700,000 euro per project. Currently no funding available for research institutions.
Portugal (ANI) funding
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 dimension, 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.
South Korea (KIAT) funding
Type of funding: Grant
Call for projects budget: 1.0 million euro
Organisations can receive a grant of up to 500 million South Korean won (approximately 370,000 euro) 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) funding
The main features of funding for Spanish companies are:
- Soft loan up to 85% of eligible costs (Euribor 1 year interest fee)
- Minimum budget of 175,000 euros (no maximum budget)
- Long recovery period (10 or 15 years) where 22,5% of the eligible costs do not have to be repaid
Türkiye (TUBITAK) funding
Type of funding: Grant
Call for projects budget: 2.5 million euro
For projects applying to the relevant call, the project budget for Turkish project partners cannot exceed 500,000 euro. However, for joint project applications involving Turkish institutions, the project budget can be up to 750,000 euro. Budgets for institutions other than joint-stock companies cannot exceed 50% of the total project budget and cannot exceed 250,000 euro in total project budget.
Within the scope of the call, the support rate for large-scale enterprises is 60%, while for SMEs, it is 75%. Public administrations within the general budget framework, as well as publicly funded agencies, such as foundation universities, education and research hospitals and public research centers and institutes are eligible for 100% support.
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/regional ministry or funding agency to see whether there are other funding opportunities available or talk to them about self-funding.
