What is Eurostars?
Eurostars – which was set up in 2008 – is an international research and development programme aimed primarily at research-intensive small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) and funded by the 31 European EUREKA countries and the EU Commission.
The following countries are participating in the Eurostars programme: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Holland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.
The Eurostars programme gives research-intensive SMEs the opportunity to apply for grants for international project consortia for the research and development of products and services which must be available to the market no later than two years after the completion of the project. Universities, knowledge institutions and larger corporations are also able to participate in these project consortia.
- EU's agreement text (June 2008)
- Link to the Eurostars website (external)
- Link to Eureka website (external)
Why Eurostars? – A coordinated European effort
The purpose of the Eurostars programme is to promote market-oriented European research and development activities among research-intensive SMEs. The Eurostars programme differs from many other programmes by being a coordinated and collaborative programme with:
- common guidelines for all member countries
- applications evaluated by a single international panel of experts
- grants jointly funded by national research and innovation funds from the member states and the EU Commission under the EU’s 7th Framework Programme/FP7 for research and development.
The strenghts of the Eurostars-programme
The focus of the Eurostars-programme is the innovation-intensive SMEs, and the Eurostars-programme has become very popular among the target group. Apart from this, participation in an international Eurostars-project can help you attain access to both the best knowledge in Europe as well as access to the European market.
The project partners of the Danish participants come from various European countries.
- Find out more about statistical trends and participant characteristics (PDF).
- Eurostars - about Danish participants, benefits and the potential.
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