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Xecs call 4 – electronic components and systems

April 16, 2025

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Description

Xecs, the Eureka cluster focused on Electronic Components and Systems (ECS), has launched their fourth annual call for collaborative research and development project proposals. Micro and nano-electronics and photonics with applications in the following areas:

  • Agrifood and natural resources
  • Digital industry
  • Digital society
  • Energy
  • Health and well-being
  • Mobility

Eligible Applicants

To be eligible for funding a Canadian SME applicant must:

  • be an incorporated, profit-oriented small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) in Canada
  • have 500 or fewer full-time equivalent employees
  • 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 that could become competitive in global markets
  • have sufficient working capital and resources to undertake a multi-year R&D collaboration and commercialize the results
  • be committed to significant growth through international market expansion

 

Preference may be given to Canadian SME applicants who:

  • have a minimum of 15 full-time equivalent employees
  • have commercialized one or more products internationally
  • have greater than $500,000 CAD in annual revenue

Eligible Expenses

Eligible project participants in collaborative projects selected through this call for proposals may receive funding from their respective national funding body. Funds will be provided in accordance with the applicable laws, regulations, rules and procedures established by the relevant national funding body, country, jurisdiction or program.

Each project participant should contact their national funding agency early in the process and follow their advice regarding national funding applications in parallel to the proposal submission.

Non-eligible project participants (e.g. universities, research institutes, and participants from other countries) are welcome to participate on a self-funded basis or as sub-contractors to funded participants, according to each country’s funding regulations.

Deadline Date

Project Outline: January 23, 2025, 17:00 CET; Full Project Proposal: April 16, 2025, 17:00 CEST

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