EUROSTARS is a support program in r & d intensive SMEs in the development of market-oriented transnational projects. This initiative is based on article 185 of the Treaty of Lisbon (former article 169 of the EU Treaty) concerning the participation of EC on joint research and development programmes. A codecision of Parliament and the European Council is required for formal approval.
It currently has the participation of 25 States members of EUREKA and the CE, in a strong European innovative SMEs support. 2020 EC will provide 287 million euros from the instrument SME H2020, which will be added to over 800 million euros of the signatory countries. It is estimated that EUROSTARS projects reach a total budget of more than 2,000 million euros between 2014 and 2020.
Features Eurostars
EUROSTARS supports I+D intensive SMEs:
Creating a sustainable European mechanism for support to these organizations.
Encouraging creation of economic activities based on the results of this I+D and to introduce products, processes and services to the market faster.
Promoting technological and business development and internationalisation of those companies.
Ensuring the public funding of participants in the projects.
EUROSTARS is therefore aimed at the generation of project consortium led by I+D intensive SMEs such projects must represent a break with the State of technical art and commercial challenge such enabling these companies to give an important qualitative leap in its position in the market.
Eligible expenditure
Staff; costs of instruments and equipment used for the project period; cost of contractual research, expertise and patents; costs of materials, supplies and similar products incurred directly as a result of the project; costs of audit report.
Application date: until February 18, 2016.