Can I apply to ITEA: Software Innovation?

By country

• Can a company from an EU country apply?Yes
• Can a company from Poland (a Widening country) apply?Yes
• Can a company from the UK apply?Yes
• Can a company from Switzerland apply?Yes
• Can a company from Norway apply?Yes
• Can a company from Israel apply?Yes
• Can a company from Ukraine apply?Yes
• Can a company from Türkiye apply?Yes
• Can a company from Canada apply?Yes
• Can a company from Japan apply?NoOrganisations in Japan can't apply: it is open to Eureka member countries.
• Can a company from South Korea apply?Yes
• Can a company from the United States apply?NoOrganisations in the United States can't apply: it is open to Eureka member countries.
• Can a company from India apply?NoOrganisations in India can't apply: it is open to Eureka member countries.

By organisation

• Can a founder without a company yet apply?Yes, ifRegister a company first: the applicant must be an incorporated SME.
• Can a startup apply?Yes
• Can an established SME apply?Yes
• Can a mid-cap company apply?Yes
• Can a large company apply?Yes
• Can a university apply?Yes
• Can a research organisation apply?Yes
• Can a company apply on its own, without partners?NoYou need a consortium of at least 2 organisations from 2 different countries.

By stage

• Can I apply with an idea or early research?Yes
• Can I apply with a proof of concept?Yes
• Can I apply with a prototype?Yes
• Can I apply with a pilot with real users?Yes
• Can I apply with a product on the market?Yes

The rules in full

Where you must be based

Eureka member countries

Partners must be in a Eureka member or associated country, and at least one must be in a Eureka member country.

Who can apply

a startup, an SME, a mid-cap, a large company, a university, a research organisation, a public body or a non-profit

Large companies, SMEs, research institutes, universities and user organisations (profit or non-profit) can all take part. Funding per type is set nationally.

Alone or with partners

Consortium of at least 2 organisations from 2 countries

At least two partners from two different countries: one from a Eureka member country, the other from a Eureka member or associated country. Real projects are much bigger, roughly 40 to 350 person-years.

Stage

No set TRL

ITEA sets no TRL band. The project must be industry-driven, technically innovative software R&D with a business case.

What you get

grants, loans or a quality label

ITEA pays nothing itself. National funders decide per partner, for example up to €4M per consortium in the Netherlands and SEK 15M per project in Sweden (Call 2026). Call 2024 projects averaged about €12.7M total cost.

Funding rate

Set by each national funder (for example Netherlands SMEs 45% research / 35% development, Sweden SMEs up to 50%, large firms up to 30%)