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EUREKA EUROSTARS

Application deadline: 04/09/2025

2 calls per year, generally from January to March and from June to September: Next date 04 September 2025

Project type

Eurostars aims to finance French partners involved in transnational collaborative innovation projects with no specific theme, and which are close to the market. Eurostars is a funding program that supports innovative SMEs and their partners in collaborative R&D projects on an international scale.


Beneficiaries

Minimum 2 partners from 2 different Eurostars member countries. Among them, at least one organization must come from a European Union member state or a country associated with Horizon Europe.
The lead partner must be an innovative SME from a Eurostars lead country, with strong R&D investments and a market focus.
40% subsidy for a French SME.
Project duration of 36 months or less

Financing

Co-funded by the European Union (Horizon Europe) and Bpifrance, it can cover up to 40% of costs for SMEs and 30% for ETIs with less than 2,000 FTEs, with maximum funding of €3 million.

Type of aid

40% subsidy for companies (from €50 K to €3 M) Up to 120 K€ for academic partners No participant or country may be responsible for more than 70% of the total budget.

Characteristics of supported projects

This program is ideal if you want to diversify or enhance your offering through technological collaborations, develop your international growth, and commercialize an excellent product or service with global reach.
- 29% of applications receive funding
- Companies report an average annual increase in sales of 15%.
- 69% of companies gain access to new markets and 68% improve their market share

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