The first call of the Eurostars-3 for the year 2024 (cut-off 6) has been launched on 12 January 2024. Within this call, joint international R&D projects aimed at developing market-oriented innovative products, processes and services will be funded with the participation of at least one Turkish and one foreign organization from any Eurostars member country. Unilateral project applications are not accepted. An innovative SME is expected to take part in the project consortiums as the coordinator.
Eurostars-3 is a partnership created under the Horizon Europe/ European Innovation Ecosystems Program as the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs with the cooperation of the Eureka Secretariat and 37 member countries. Within the scope of the program to be carried out between 2022-2027, it is aimed to support innovative SMEs to increase their R&D, innovation capacity and productivity, and to help them reach into global value chains and new markets.
In Eurostars-3 calls, bottom-up, international R&D projects with a civilian purpose, are funded led by innovative SMEs, regardless of any technology field or sector.
Please visit Eurostars website for details, guidelines and submission.
Stock corporations and researchers based in Türkiye can submit joint proposals to Eurostars-3 2024/1 call. If there is more than one partner from Türkiye in the same international project, the partners are required to apply with a single joint project together. Higher education institutions, public research centers and institutes, training and research hospitals, research infrastructures within the scope of Law No. 6550 can participate jointly under the leadership of stock corporations. Eligible national consortiums will be funded according to the rules of the national funding programme coded “1709-EUREKA-EUROSTARS 2024/1” and "Eurostars-3 Program National Call Announcement".
Before the national application, the call text should be carefully examined, if the application rules are not followed properly, the application may be returned without being evaluated. Please click for the national call text and rules.
National pre-registration and national pre-submission must be done to TÜBİTAK on the specified dates via TÜBİTAK PRODIS. In addition, after the international evaluation process, the accepted Turkish teams have to make a national application to TÜBİTAK.
The deadline for the call is 14 March 2024, at 14.00 CET.
- The deadline for national pre-registration 31 March 2024, at 23.59 Türkiye Time.
- The deadline for national pre-submission 02 April 2024, at 23.59 Türkiye Time.
Important Considerations for the Call:
- The Coordination Support Program is available to project coordinator candidates and their teams that apply for coordinator positions as part of this call. Once the overall application to the Coordination Support Program is approved, additional applications for each of the sub-supports indicated below must be submitted and approved by TÜBİTAK.
• Travel Support for Consortium Establishment
• Organization Support for Consortium Establishment
• Project Writing-Presentation Training Support
• Project Printing Support
• Project Pre-Evaluation Support
Please visit website to apply for the relevant support programs under the current call.
- Please note that Greece, Israel and one of the NFBs in Italy (Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (MIMIT)) do not foresee public funding for organisations from their country applying to the 6th call of Eurostars-3. Greek, Israeli and Italian organisations are welcome to apply but will have to fully self-finance their part of the project. There is funding available for Italian organizations through the NFB MUR.
For questions on Eurostars Call and International Rules:
Dr. Ayda KARA PEKTAŞ
E-mail:eureka@tubitak.gov.tr
Phone: 03122981729
For questions on 1709 Programme an National Rules:
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