Apply for Eurostars

This funding programme is a very popular soft funding programme due to its high success rates that converge towards 30% of all submissions. At the last cut-off, Nordic Innovators had a 63% success rate compared to programme average.

Eurostars supports research-performing SMEs and individual scientist to develop innovative products, processes and services to gain a competitive advantage. Eurostars provides funding for transnational innovation projects for rapid commercialisation and is an ideal first step in international cooperation enabling SMEs to combine and share expertise beyond national borders.

The applications are scrutinised by a panel of international research and business experts. This ensures that only the best ideas and strongest partnerships get the support needed. Eurostars helps businesses grow their teams, discover new expertise - and attract private investors.

The consortium must have partners based in at least two different Eurostars countries. Universities and large corporations can form part of the consortium. 

Funding on average is in the range of 50-75% of project costs (national rules pending) and duration can be up to 36 months. 

Eurostars call 2021

Eurostars-3 is open for proposals for innovative SMEs! It is an open call with no limitation in thematic or topics.

Your project consortium must have 2 or more SMEs from at least 2 different participating countries.

The deadline is 4 November 2021.