Croatian Agency for Small Business, Innovation and InvestmentHAMAG-BICRO) announces the opening of a joint call for international collaborative projects in the programme Eurostars 3 and allows companies to send a working version of their application to the competition "Voucher programme for the services of experts to help prepare a project application for the Eurostars programme".
Vouchers in the amount of €3.350 will be awarded to the best-rated pre-applications to co-finance the services of experts to assist in the preparation of projects.
Submission of pre-registration is not mandatory, but in this way companies have the possibility to:
- get a voucher of €3,350 for the services of a project application writing specialist; and
- check how much the project is in line with the propositions of the programme.
The deadline for submission of pre-notification is 7.7.2024. of the year.
About the program
Eurostars is part of the European Partnership for Innovative Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, which encourages small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to cooperate with international partners in launching research and development (R&D) activities. The partnership is co-financed by the European Union through Horizon Europe. The basic criterion is the participation of at least two member countries in the project. List of countries available here.
Objectives of the programme
- Encourage companies to invest in R&D activities and thus strengthen their innovation capacity
- Encouraging international cooperation between entrepreneurs
- Create the basis for international market placement
Applicants
The main partner in the project must be a small or medium-sized R&D performing SME. Other project partners must be small or medium-sized companies.
Financial allocation
The maximum amount of non-repayable support per project is maximum €200,000i.e. 60% for micro and small enterprises and 50% for medium-sized enterprises, whichever is smaller.
Eligible costs: employee salaries, depreciation and small inventory, external service costs, travel costs, other development costs.
Duration
The maximum duration of the project is three years (36 months).
Log in
The EUREKA Secretariat publishes calls for applications to Eurostars twice a year (March and September).
The application consists of 2 steps:
- Online registration by completing the Eurostars Application Form by 12.9.2024.
- Submit national documentation for Croatian partners HAMAG-BICRO until 22/09/2024 towards the Eurostars Programme Handbook.
