Globalstars Call for Proposals for Joint R&D Projects Under EUREKA Between Japan and the EUREKA Member Countries: Canada, Cz
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GlobalStars Call for Proposals for Joint R&D Projects under EUREKA between Japan and the EUREKA member countries: Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Spain and UK Time Schedule International opening of the Call: 8th June 2020 Deadline for EUREKA Application: 10th September 2020 Applicants Informed: December 2020 EUREKA label procedure and approval: December 2020 EUREKA (www.eurekanetwork.org) is an intergovernmental organisation for market-driven industrial research and development. It is a decentralised network facilitating the coordination of national funding on Research, Development and Innovation, aiming to boost the productivity & competitiveness of industries. 1 Call description Within the GlobalStars initiative of EUREKA, based on mutual consent, Japan, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Israel, Spain and UK are launching a common call. Participants from Japan and the respective EUREKA member countries are invited to submit joint project proposals in the research and development of innovative products and applications with a strong market potential. 2 Scope The call for proposals will be an open call inviting projects from any sector area. 3 Qualification Criteria Partners must meet the following qualifications: The consortium should include at least two companies that are independent from each other, one company for Japan and one company from one of the EUREKA member countries participating in the call. The project partners must express their will to cooperate on a win-win/fair basis in an R&D project leading to a new product, industrial process or service. The product, process or service must be innovative, and there must be a technological risk involved for all involved partners. The project must benefit all involved partners. The project should have an obvious benefit and added value resulting from the technological cooperation between the participants from the different countries (e.g. increased knowledge base, commercial leads, access to R&D infrastructure etc.). A signed Consortium Agreement (CA) is required upon approval, before the actual start of the project. It ought to include, amongst others, the ownership and use of know-how and IPR settlements. A draft consortium agreement should be submitted with the EUREKA application as an annex. The maximum duration of a project may not exceed 24 months. No individual organisation, or individual country, can claim more than 70% of the total eligible costs of a joint project. Military projects are excluded. 1 Any partner whose cooperative R&D project is consistent with the aforesaid criteria can apply to the present call in accordance with the national laws, rules, regulations and procedures in effect in each country, on a non-exchange of funds basis, and subject to budgetary availability. The amount of funding available per project partner is subject to national rules and regulations. Project partners are strongly advised, prior to submitting the application, to contact their Contact Points in participating countries (see below) in order to check the eligibility of their project. Partners from other EUREKA countries or countries outside of EUREKA can also participate, but they will not be funded by the participating funding agencies in this call. Subsequently, these partners have to secure their own funding within the deadlines for this call. 4 Submission There are 4 stages to the submission and assessment process. Stage 1: EUREKA application All partners must complete the EUREKA project application form online which is available in the call webpage through https://www.eurekanetwork.org/calls-for-projects It must be completed online by 10th September 2020 by 17.00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The form must be completed in English. The project consortium is strongly advised to read the form carefully, follow the guidelines and complete all necessary elements in the form as requested. You can contact your EUREKA National Project Coordinators to get support in preparing the form (see below for detailed information for each funding agency in section 4). The project consortium is requested to submit a draft consortium agreement as an annex to the EUREKA application. Stage 2: National applications In parallel to the submission of the EUREKA project form, all project partners are required to submit a related funding application, if required, to their respective funding agencies, taking into account all relevant procedures and submission rules. The deadline for submission might differ between the participating funding agencies (see below for detailed information for each funding agency). Applicants from Canada must: Complete the following application steps: 1. Register using the following link: (link) by July 6, 2020. 2. Complete and submit the Expression of Interest (EOI) form supplied to those who register by July 13, 2020. Submit a Canadian Application package including the EUREKA application form and draft consortium agreement by September 10, 2020, 17:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Note: instructions related to this submission will be provided only to those whose EOIs have been reviewed and deemed eligible to proceed. Applicants from the Czech Republic must: submit the application form by 17:00 GMT to MEYS the deadline, along with the supporting documentation listed in the guidance for applicants. 2 In addition to the Project Application Form and Annex, project partners that want to receive funding from MEYS need to submit a national application, including a detailed project plan and budget. It is recommended that the Czech partners contact MEYS before applying, in order to get advice on the national application. The funding application is available under INTER-EUREKA, described here: http://www.msmt.cz/vyzkum-a-vyvoj-2/inter-eureka Applicants from France must: Submit the application form by 17:00 GMT to BPI France the deadline, along with the supporting documentation listed in the guidance for applicants. In addition to the Project Application Form and Annex, project partners that want to receive funding from Bpifrance need to submit a national application, including a detailed project plan and budget. It is recommended that the French partners contact Bpifrance before applying, in order to get advice on the national application. The funding applied is Aide au Développement de l’Innovation, described here: https://www.bpifrance.fr/Toutes-nos-solutions/Aides-concours-et-labels/Aides-a-l-innovation- projets-individuels/Aide-pour-le-developpement-de-l-innovation The national application shall be submitted through Bpifrance’s normal application portal. Applicants from Germany must: In addition to the EUREKA application, project partners who want to apply for funding through the Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM) need to submit a ZIM-application to AiF Projekt GmbH by the 10th of September 2020. Detailed information and forms can be found on www.zim.de. It is highly recommended to contact AiF Projekt GmbH in due time to the deadline (a minimum of four weeks is suggested) in order to clarify individual questions. Applicants from Israel must: submit the required national application forms, including EUREKA application form and draft consortium agreement, in accordance with the Israel Innovation Authority regulations, through an online system by 12:00 IST, 10th of September 2020, to the Israel Innovation Authority, along with the supporting documentation listed in the guidance for applicants. Applicants from Japan must: submit the NEDO application form by noon JST (Japan Standard Time) by the 10th of September 2020 to NEDO along with the supporting documentation listed in the guidance for applicants. Applicants from Spain must: submit the application form through https://sede.cdti.gob.es by 17:00 GMT by the deadline to CDTI. This submission must include a draft consortium agreement. Once the application is checked, additional information will be requested to eligible applications in order to proceed with the funding application. Each company must complete and submit the funding application to CDTI within 20 days after receiving the communication of eligibility. Applicants from the UK must: submit the required Innovate UK application on the Innovation Funding Service by 12:00 BST along with the supporting documentation listed in the guidance for applicants by the 10th of September 2020. 3 Stage 3: International and national evaluation All applications are assessed against the eligibility criteria of the call before being put forward for the national assessments according to the national evaluation criteria. Applications from Canada are being put forward for assessment by the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP). Applications from the Czech Republic are being put forward for assessment by Czech EUREKA Committee consisting experts who are experts in the innovation area. Applications from France are being put forward for assessment by Bpifrance’s department in international innovation programmes, the latter could also mobilize, if necessary, Bpifrance’s experts. Applications from Germany are being put forward for assessment by DLR-PT and the national applications need to be send to AiF Projekt GmbH. Applications from Israel are being put forward for assessment by The Israel Innovation Authority’s evaluators. Applications from Japan are being put forward for assessment by the Technical Evaluation Committee consisting of external experts and the NEDO Authorization Committee. Applications