Eurostar funding can subsidize 35% of up to 50% of the project budget. The maximum Eurostars grant is 500,000 euros per project. The rest must be funded through the partnership. Projects must be completed within a maximum of 3 years and the products must be put on the market within two years of the end of the project. In the event that there are several research and development companies D, their overall budgets (excluding contracting) must account for at least 50% of the total project budget. In addition, the consortium must be balanced; No participant or country can support more than 75% of the total project budget). The European Union is contributing EUR 300 million to Eurostars 2 of the Horizon 2020 programme. This participation is based on Article 185 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The Eurostars programme is a programme to support SMEs that benefit from international cooperation.

Candidates for the European project must submit a project that develops new products, processes or services. There are no restrictions on thematic areas. Projects should focus on a market and marketing strategy. The EUREKA secretariat organises a website for candidates on Tuesday 12 January from 11am to 12:00 Central European Time. Eurêstars Success - Meet Andrew, your intelligent laboratory robot.pdf (PDF, 993 kB, 13.12.2018) The Eurostars 2 programme allows PETITES and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to develop their products or services in collaboration with partner companies or research teams internationally. The aim of Eurostars 2 is to strengthen the competitiveness of innovative companies in new or existing value chains. The initiative is aimed primarily at SMEs, which invest a significant part of their income in research and development. Eurostars is a programme to support research and development companies, SMEs that benefit from international cooperation.

With its bottom-up approach, it stimulates international collaborative research and innovation projects that are rapidly commercialized. Eurostars is a joint programme of national support organisations that are grouped within EUREKA and the EU. The Eurostars 2 initiative falls within the scope of EUREKA. Applications will be evaluated by the EUREKA secretariat in Brussels, which is also responsible for monitoring projects. National funding agencies pay for grants and manage projects. As a general rule, two calls for proposals are issued each year. EUREKA-Eurostars TOFU takes tv on the crest of the wave.pdf (PDF, 810 kB, 13.12.2018) Destination CountryEurostars is a transnational program in which projects have partners from two or more countries Eurostars. This international cooperation aims to facilitate SMEs` access to new markets.