EUREKA Turbo: an industrial oriented programme for large Research & Innovation projects

On 17 January, EUREKA launched a first pilot call of EUREKA Turbo. The EUREKA Turbo call is open to applications from all fields of technology. The participating countries Austria, Denmark, Finland, France and Spain have secured sufficient funding for qualified projects. The ambition is to have a maximum six months from application to securing the funding contract. All industrial partners can apply regardless of their size and get national funding according to the national funding rules in the 5 EUREKA Turbo countries. Universities and research institutes can also participate and will be funded directly or as subcontractors according to national funding rules in the 5 EUREKA Turbo countries. 
 
Partners from other countries may also participate. But before application the national funding agencies must agree on the EUREKA Turbo requirements for coordinated evaluation, time to contract, availability of funding and joint monitoring. Partners from non-EUREKA Turbo countries participation follows EUREKA participation and financing rules and procedures and the funding regulations of these partners' countries of origin. Where no dedicated budget or where the national funding agencies cannot agree on the EUREKA Turbo requirements for funding agencies these participants are required to declare their ability and willingness to self-finance their entire participation in the project, as well as describe how this will be achieved within the application form. 
 
A typical EUREKA Turbo project is expected to include participants from 2-3 participating countries and 4-6 partners. The total budget for a EUREKA Turbo project is expected to be € 2-5 million depending on the number of partners for a project duration of 36 months. In order to access the EUREKA Project Application Form you must register for an account in the call website. Applications can be submitted until 17 March 2017.