Israel and Spain are announcing the 9 th Call for Proposals for joint R&D projects, focusing on developing innovative products and applications in all technological and application areas. Applicants are expected to develop ready to market solutions or projects which have strong market potential for Israel and Spain.
Although this call invites projects in ALL thematic areas, special focus is given to the following domains:
Agrotechnology
Biotechnology and life sciences
Cleantech (environmental, new energy sources and natural resource use and Water management technologies)
ICT (including eHealth & cybersecurity)
Nanotechnology
Special focus
Although this call invites projects in ALL thematic areas, special focus is given to the following domains:
National authorities
The Israel Europe R&D Directorate (ISERD) is the National Eureka Office, serving as Israel's national representative in the Eureka Program, while the National Funding Body is the Innovation Authority of the Ministry of Economy of Israel.
The Spanish National Authority, acting as Eureka Office and National Funding Body, is the Centre for Industrial Technological Development (CDTI), attached to the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness of Spain.
Both ISERD and CDTI will provide all necessary assistance to project partners during project proposal, evaluation and monitoring phase. In addition, ISERD and CDTI will guide project partners throughout the EUREKA application process and will award the EUREKA label for accepted proposals.
These organizations will also provide access to public funding for endorsed joint projects. The support will be given to each partner by its respective National Authorities in accordance with 2/6 their national laws, rules, regulations and procedures in effect, on a non-exchange of funds basis, and subject to budgetary availability in each country.
Eligibility criteria
In order to apply to the present call, partners must meet the following qualifications:
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.
Submission procedure
Submission and approval procedures consist of one phase. This call invites partners to submit joint proposals for R&D projects using Eureka forms no later than 15th June 2017.
Partners will be asked to submit a short project outline via the Eureka Project Application Form.
The completed electronic form (the Eureka Project Application Form, available on EUREKA project application form must be submitted simultaneously to ISERD and CDTI by 15th June 2017.
The forms have to be legally signed by all participating companies. The signatures must be scanned and sent together with the form as an integral part of the application.
The forms must be filled in English, signed by both project partners and sent to the program managers.
Projects starting date is foreseen after 15th October 2017.
In Spain, project activities shall not start before the submission date of national funding applications to CDTI.
Companies should contact ISERD and CDTI before submission in order to receive the submission guidelines (see contact information at the right-hand side).
Evaluation and selection of projects
National authorities will evaluate and select projects in accordance with their national laws and regulations.
In case a project is selected for funding by CDTI, the latter will sign with the Spanish partner a loan agreement governing the conditions and terms of the financial support, as well as the rules for eligibility of costs and the procedures for technical and financial reporting. The Israeli Innovation Authority will sign a similar document with the Israeli partner. In addition to the above-mentioned documents a Partnership Agreement signed by the counterpart will be added as an annex
Funding details
Projects proposals submitted within the frame of this call could be financed by the respective National Authorities in Spain and Israel, in accordance with the national laws, rules, regulations and procedures in effect in each country:
Partnering opportunities
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