![]() ![]() It supports collaboration between up to 500 highly innovative SMEs and investors or large companies (through both non-financial and financial partnerships). The programme offers SMEs free online webinars and courses, bootcamps, peer reviews, workshops, coaching academies and pitching opportunities. The programme was officially launched in May 2019 as a merger of Eureka’s E!nnoVest and the European Commission’s programme, InvestHorizon a cooperation with the goal of pooling expertise and complementary resources. InvestHorizon is an investment readiness programme for deep-tech SMEs funded by the European Commission in association with Eureka. Globalstars is part of Eureka’s multi-track approach for internationalisation and can be an entry point for countries’ increased involvement with Eureka (in the form of membership as either an associated or full member country). Globalstars ensures Eureka’s valuable engagement with active R&D markets by providing a means of building sustainable relationships with non-Eureka countries whose companies and organisations have skills and strengths that complement those of Eureka country organisations. Globalstars enables National funding bodies to coordinate and dedicate funds for bilateral or multilateral calls for projects with countries outside the Eureka network. Globalstarsīased on the simple, optimised mechanism of the Network projects programme, the Globalstars initiative has proven to be an efficient system for global cooperation. National funding bodies can initiate or opt into calls for projects according to national priorities and budget, and the programme allows for any additional rules and eligibility and evaluation assessments. Network projects has a simple mechanism and evaluation methodology that eases international collaboration for both participating National funding bodies and the companies, universities and research organisations applying for funding. Participants are free to decide their technological focus and apply all year round, but the programme model is also used as an efficient platform for national funding bodies to cooperate and launch bilateral and multilateral calls for projects (sometimes thematic or based on a specific technology or market area) with dedicated funds. Network projects is Eureka’s original, flexible, bottom-up cooperation programme. By participating, organisations from 37 countries can access public funding for international collaborative R&D projects in all fields. EurostarsĮurostars 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. Because of their scale and the range of organisations participating, Cluster projects often develop highly advanced technologies and receive significant public-private investment. Each of the Clusters supports thematic communities comprised of large companies, SMEs, research organisations, universities and end-users. The Clusters programme facilitates funding for industry-led mid- to long-term R&D projects that can include organisations along a whole value chain. ![]()
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