Europe – Eurostars call for proposals

For a Canadian SME’s participation in a Eurostars project and to be eligible for NRC IRAP funding, it must:

• meet the Eurostars rules and call criteria
• be an incorporated, profit-oriented small or medium-sized business in Canada
• have 500 or fewer full-time equivalent employees
• have been in operation for a minimum of 12 months prior to the Eurostars call for application deadline
• pursue growth and profit by developing and commercializing innovative, technology-driven new or improved products, services or processes in Canada
• have a differentiated and protectable technology
• have sufficient working capital and resources to undertake a multi-year R&D collaboration and commercialize the results
• register with NRC IRAP (see Registration section below to register)
• must be eligible for funding as NRC IRAP clients
  • Canadian SMEs that are not yet NRC IRAP clients or are uncertain must register at least 4 weeks before the Eurostars application deadline in order to review their eligibility for NRC IRAP funding with an NRC IRAP representative (see Registration section below to register).

Participating Canadian SMEs may not be eligible to receive NRC IRAP funding if they:

• have previously received funding from NRC IRAP but did not make a substantial effort to leverage their R&D results, and/or
• are currently receiving funding from NRC IRAP and have not yet exploited their R&D results.

NRC IRAP funding for an international project is typically restricted to Canadian SMEs that have at least 15 full time equivalent employees and at least $500,000 CAD in annual revenue.