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Overview
Network Projects provide a flexible framework for international, market-oriented R&D. Partners agree a shared technology project and apply for Eureka recognition, while each country's funding body decides whether and how to support its own participants.
Start with the national coordinator.
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Success rates — the honest picture
Eligibility
- 1At least two independent organisations from two Eureka countries.
- 2A civil R&D project directed towards commercial use.
- 3No single participant or country accounts for more than 70% of the total budget.
- 4Each participant meets its national agency's eligibility and funding rules.
At least two independent legal entities from different participating countries, with one in a full member country; no country or organisation may exceed 70% of costs. The project must have a civilian purpose.
National funding for a joint R&D project
The Eureka label confirms the international project; each national authority decides whether and how to fund its participants. Some countries have no available programme budget.
A national route may provide a grant, a repayable advance or another instrument. For example, the Wallonia conditions distinguish industrial-research grants from experimental-development grants or loans.
How to apply — step by step
- 1Contact national agenciesBefore submission
Agree eligibility and financing before committing the consortium.
Official instructions - 2Prepare the joint applicationYear-round
Submit English consortium and partner forms, Gantt chart, co-signature form and required annexes.
Official instructions - 3National funding and agreementCountry-specific
Complete any separate national applications and sign a consortium agreement.
Official instructions
What evaluators look for
Impact
Market access, commercialisation and value creation.
Excellence
Innovation, technical ambition and risk.
Implementation
Consortium capability, international added value, planning and costs.
Overall recommendation
Experts give an overall recommendation; national agencies may perform another assessment.
Documents you'll need
Eligibility, country funding conditions, application steps and evaluation criteria.
- Contains:
- Eligibility, country funding conditions, application steps and evaluation criteria.
- Why:
- Use the issuing body’s current version when preparing an application.
- When:
- Before submission
International collaboration framework and national contacts.
- Contains:
- International collaboration framework and national contacts.
- Why:
- Use the issuing body’s current version when preparing an application.
- When:
- Before submission
Consortium application, partner forms, co-signature forms and required annexes.
- Contains:
- Consortium application, partner forms, co-signature forms and required annexes.
- Why:
- Use the issuing body’s current version when preparing an application.
- When:
- Before submission
Disaster resilience, response and recovery 2026 — official guidance or supporting-document access.
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View documentCanada call 8 — invited full proposals — official guidance or supporting-document access.
View documentAfter you're funded
Payments, reporting and cost eligibility follow each national agency’s agreement. Plan IP ownership and exploitation in the consortium agreement.
Practical notes
Start with the national coordinator. The key constraint is often the local funding instrument and its budget, rather than the international application.
Official sources checked on 12 October 2026. Calls can be amended; confirm the current terms and exact submission time in the linked official documents.
For every organisation record its agency, national call, rate, instrument, cost categories, co-financing, separate submission deadline and award timing. The consortium is viable only if every contribution is financed.
The shared English application needs partner forms, a Gantt chart, signed co-signature forms and annexes. Austria and Flanders require their national applications alongside the Eureka application. Other agencies follow different sequences.
Key Features
Official links & resources
Frequently Asked Questions
Companies and research partners developing a product, process or service together across borders. The open programme is useful when the technical collaboration is clear but a narrowly themed European call is a poor fit.
Support can be a grant or loan, or unavailable for a particular partner. Eureka recognition itself is not a funding award.
The general Network Projects call accepts applications continuously. Bilateral calls and national funding windows can have separate deadlines; the portal's distant end date is not an annual funding cutoff.
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