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Europe – Eurostars call for proposals

September 4, 2025

Value

Up to 50% reimbursement of eligible project costs up to a maximum total funding amount of $500,000 CAD.

Description

Eurostars is the largest international funding program for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) seeking to collaborate on research and development (R&D) projects to create innovative products, processes or services for commercialization. Eurostars is part of the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs. The partnership is co-funded by the European Union through Horizon Europe. Individual countries provide funding to participants based on their national funding rules and procedures.

Canadian SME participants in Eurostars projects receive advisory services and funding support through the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP).

Eligible Applicants

To be eligible for funding, the Canadian applicant must:

  • meet the Eurostars rules and call criteria
  • be an incorporated, profit-oriented small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) in Canada
  • have 500 or fewer full-time equivalent employees
  • have been in operation for a minimum of 12 months prior to the project proposal deadline specified above
  • have a minimum of 5 full-time equivalent employees located in Canada (on your company payroll and issued a T4), excluding any founders and contract 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 with commercial potential in global markets
  • have the financial capacity (working capital, sales revenue, investment, etc.) and the operational capacity (personnel, expertise, resources, etc.) to undertake an international multi-year R&D collaboration while maintaining regular operations, and to subsequently commercialize the results
  • be committed to significant growth through international market expansion
  • register with NRC IRAP (see registration section below)

Preference may be given to SME applicants who:

  • have a minimum of 15 full‑time equivalent employees located in Canada (on your company payroll and issued a T4), excluding contract employees
  • have commercialized 1 or more products internationally
  • have more than $500,000 CAD in annual sales revenue

Eligible Expenses

Eligible 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.

In Canada, eligible Canadian SMEs may receive up to 50% reimbursement of eligible project costs up to a maximum total funding amount of $500,000 CAD.

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

NRC IRAP registration deadline (for firms not yet NRC IRAP clients): August 6, 2025; Eurostars application deadline: September 4, 2025 by 14h00 Brussels time

Contact

Contact Name: Jean Léger, Canada's Eurostars National Project Coordinator

E-mail Address: jean.léger@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Website: https://nrc.canada.ca/en/irap/about/international/?action=view&id=249

Industry:

Export, Software/Technology

Location:

Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, NWT, Ontario, PEI, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Tags:

Business, Innovation, R&D, SMEs

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