Eureka LinkUp call for projects: connecting regions for innovation

NASRI has an annual budget of 200,000 euro for this call for projects.

Participants from Albania can receive a grant of up to 50,000 euro per project per year. The percentage of eligible project costs that can be funded depends on the type of organisation:

• Up to 80% of eligible project costs for universities, research organisations, startups, small companies, and SMEs
• Up to 75% of eligible project costs for midcap companies
• Up to 65% of eligible project costs for large companies

Eligible costs are equipment costs, travel costs, personnel costs, external development services and other development costs.

Additional eligibility criteria for applications from Albania

To be eligible, applications must be submitted from a collaboration (through a signed agreement) between at least one Higher Education Institution (HEI)/ University and one private company (business).

• The duration of your project may not exceed 36 months
• Your project consortium must have at least one company.
• All partners must express the will to cooperate and develop a new product, process, or service.
• Your project must benefit all partners and all partners must participate.
• Your product, process, or service must be innovative and there must be a technological risk involved.

Additional evaluation steps for applications from Albania

1. Formal evaluation by the national funding authority (AKKSHI/NASRI),
2. Expert technical evaluation by a commission of experts in the field,
3. Review and approval by the Board of Administration.

Additional steps for applications from Albania

Albanian applicants to this call must also submit a related national funding application according to the national rules.

Each ministry or funding agency will fund organisations according to local laws, rules, procedures and available budget.

If your ministry or funding agency does not have funding for organisations like yours, you can still join a project. Contact your ministry or funding agency for information about other funding options or self-funding.

FFG has an open budget for this call for projects.

In Austria, all companies are eligible to apply, with cooperation opportunities for universities and research institutions. Funding for Austrian project partners is provided through the FFG General Programme under enhanced Eureka conditions. The funding is granted in the form of non-repayable grants, and the maximum funding rate depends on the type of organisation:

• Up to 60% of eligible costs for startups and small companies
• Up to 50% of eligible costs for medium-sized companies
• Up to 40% of eligible costs for large companies
• In the case of a company-led project where a research institution participates as a subcontractor, the costs of the research institution are covered according to the total project funding rate. However, third-party costs may not exceed 50% of the total project costs.
• In the case of a collaborative project (consortium), the cost share of research institutions is co-funded at 50%.

This is an open call, which means all topics are welcome.

More information is available on the FFG website.

Additional eligibility criteria for applications from Austria

All for-profit companies registered in Austria are eligible for funding, with cooperation possibilities for universities and research organisations.

Additional evaluation steps for applications from Austria

In addition to the Eureka application, the national application must be submitted via eCall by 12 September 2025. FFG internal experts carry out the evaluation of the national application. Funding decisions for national applications submitted until 12 September 2025 will be published after the Advisory Board Meeting (Beiratssitzung) on 4 December 2025.

Additional steps for applications from Austria

In addition to the Eureka application, Austrian participants must submit a separate national application by 12 September 2025, at the latest, to FFG General Programmes (Basisprogramm) via eCall on the FFG website.

The project must fulfil the national criteria (“Basisprogramm-Leitfaden”). Detailed information about national rules and procedures is available on the FFG website.

Each ministry or funding agency will fund organisations according to local laws, rules, procedures and available budget.

If your ministry or funding agency does not have funding for organisations like yours, you can still join a project. Contact your ministry or funding agency for information about other funding options or self-funding.

The Ministry of Education, Science, and Innovation has a budget of 100,000 euro for this call for projects.

Participants from Montenegro can receive a grant of up to 50,000 euro per project per research year. Up to 100% of eligible costs can be funded for SMEs, large companies, universities and research organisations.

Eligible costs are:

• HR costs: employed on innovative project (max 25% of national co-funding)
• Material costs (medium-sized or small-sized equipment, raw material, parts, etc.)
• Development services or development costs (subcontracting)
• Costs for participation on relevant events (entry fees, transport, per diem, accommodation)
• Administrative costs and overheads.

The total amount awarded to single beneficiary may not exceed 300,000 euro for 3 fiscal years period (de minimis rule).

Additional eligibility criteria for applications from Montenegro

• The consortium must include at least one Montenegro-based company
• The company must be actively involved in at least 40% of development activities, and accordingly must implement at least 40% of national co-funding on the project

Each ministry or funding agency will fund organisations according to local laws, rules, procedures and available budget.

If your ministry or funding agency does not have funding for organisations like yours, you can still join a project. Contact your ministry or funding agency for information about other funding options or self-funding.

NITRA has an open budget for this call for projects.

Participants from Serbia can receive a grant of up to 50,000 euro per project year. Up to 50% of eligible project costs can be funded for universities and research organisations.

This is a bottom-up call with no thematic restrictions.

Eligible costs are salaries, equipment costs (amortisation), travel costs, development costs.

More information is available on the website of NITRA.

Additional eligibility criteria for applications from Serbia

• Only consortia of the Serbian industrial and the research partners are eligible for funding.
• Public funding is available to universities and scientific institutes.
• Companies must cover their own project costs.

Additional evaluation steps for applications from Serbia

A formal two-step evaluation is carried out according to the basic administrative criteria (Ministry) and national criteria defined in the Act for Funding (done by national experts).

Additional steps for applications from Serbia

In addition to the Eureka application, the Serbian participant must submit to the Ministry. a separate national full project proposal and Consortium Agreement.

Each ministry or funding agency will fund organisations according to local laws, rules, procedures and available budget.

If your ministry or funding agency does not have funding for organisations like yours, you can still join a project. Contact your ministry or funding agency for information about other funding options or self-funding.

The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation has an open budget for this call for projects.

Participants from Slovenia can receive a grant of up to 450,000 euro. The percentage of eligible project costs that can be funded depends on the type of organisation:

• Between 60% and 80% of eligible project costs for startups and small companies
• Between 50% and 65% of eligible project costs for midcap companies
• Between 50% and 80% for SMEs
• Between 40% and 55% of eligible project costs for large companies

Projects must be consistent with the environmental principle of ‘do no significant harm’ (DNSH).

More information is available on the MHESI website.

Additional eligibility criteria for applications from Slovenia

Beneficiaries of the national public tender may be large, medium, small, and micro enterprises from Slovenia and must meet both the general conditions of the international call and the national conditions of the public call for proposals for the allocation of incentives within the framework of the Eureka 2025-2029 initiative (JR Eureka 2025), which will be published at the end of June 2025.

On the date of application, the applicant may not have overdue liabilities of 50 euro or more from mandatory duties or non-tax obligations as per the law on Financial Administration.

Additional evaluation steps for applications from Slovenia

The project evaluation is carried out by external experts after a review of the implementation of the national conditions of the public tender.

Additional steps for applications from Slovenia

National applications will be possible after the public call for applications is published, (expected at the end of June) via the Digital Forms ARIS.

Each ministry or funding agency will fund organisations according to local laws, rules, procedures and available budget.

If your ministry or funding agency does not have funding for organisations like yours, you can still join a project. Contact your ministry or funding agency for information about other funding options or self-funding.

TÜBİTAK has an open budget for this call for projects.

Participants from Türkiye can receive a grant. The percentage of eligible project costs that can be funded depends on the type of organisation:

• Up to 75% of eligible project costs for SMEs
• Up to 60% of eligible project costs for large companies

All companies that are resident in Türkiye can apply for funding. Only companies participating in international projects are funded within this programme, but universities and research centres can be funded as subcontractors. Turkish applicants must complete their national application through the TÜBİTAK website within six weeks after the Eureka LinkUp call application. For details, please refer to the 1509 – TÜBİTAK International Industrial R&D Projects Support Program.

Additional eligibility criteria for applications from Türkiye

Only companies involved in international projects are directly funded, Turkish applicants must complete their national their national application via the TÜBİTAK website.

Additional evaluation steps for applications from Türkiye

TÜBİTAK carry out a further evaluation (performed by the technical experts) according to national rules before allocating funds to successful applicants.

Additional steps for applications from Türkiye

For more information and national rules please visit the TÜBİTAK website.

Each ministry or funding agency will fund organisations according to local laws, rules, procedures and available budget.

If your ministry or funding agency does not have funding for organisations like yours, you can still join a project. Contact your ministry or funding agency for information about other funding options or self-funding.