please read the call for project information document.

 Au
ustria – Spa
ain
1st Call for Propo
osals for Jo
oint R&D Projects
Tim
me Schedu
ule
Open
ning of the Call
1 Jun 20166
Deadline forr EUREKA Applicatio n
27 Sept 201 6
De
eadline forr national fu
ull proposa
al
27 Sept 201 6
C
Consensus
s Meeting of
o Funding
g
Agencies
17 Nov 20166
EU
UREKA Lab
bel
1 Dec 20166
Within the coop
peration pra
actices exissting betwe
een Spain and
a
Austriaa in the fiellds of
indusstrial and technologic
cal researcch and de
evelopment (hereinafteer called “R&D
Coop
peration”) in
n the framework of the
e Eureka pro
ogram, in which
w
both ccountries are full
and a
active mem
mbers, partic
cipants from
m both coun
ntries are in
nvited to subbmit joint project
propo
osals for Eu
ureka Network Projectss.
1. Ca
all descripttion
Spain and Austtria are announcing th
he 1st Call for Propos
sals for joinnt R&D pro
ojects,
focussing on devveloping innovative prroducts and
d applicatio
ons in all teechnologica
al and
appliication area
as. Applicants are exp
pected to develop
d
rea
ady to marrket solutions or
proje
ects which have
h
strong market pottential for Spain and Austria.
2. Na
ational Autthorities
Resp
pective Natiional Authorities respo nsible for th
his call are as
a follows:
‐
‐
T
The Austrian
n Research
h Promotion
n Agency (F
FFG) is the national funnding agenc
cy for
in
ndustrial re
esearch and
d developm
ment in Aus
stria. As a "one-stop sshop" offerring a
d
diversified and
a targeted
d program p
portfolio, th
he FFG give
es Austrian businesses
s and
re
esearch faccilities quick
k and uncom
mplicated ac
ccess to res
search fundding.
C
CDTI: The Centre
C
for the Develop
pment of Ind
dustrial Tec
chnology (C
CDTI) is a Public
P
B
Business En
ntity, attach
hed to the M
Ministry of Economy
E
and Compettitiveness, which
w
fo
osters the technologic
t
cal developm
ment and in
nnovation of
o Spanish companies
s. It is
th
he entity tha
at acts as Eureka
E
Officce and Natio
onal Fundin
ng Body.
Thesse organizations will also provide access to public
p
fundin
ng for labeleed joint pro
ojects.
The support wiill be given
n to each p
partner by its respecttive Nationaal Authorities in
acco
ordance with
h their natio
onal laws, rules, regulations and procedurees in effect, on a
non-e
exchange of
o funds bas
sis, and sub
bject to budg
getary availability in eaach country.
3. Sc
cope
This call invites projects in
n ALL them
matic areas
s, reflecting the bottom
m-up approa
ach of
the E
Eureka Netw
work projectts.
4. Eligibility criiteria
In ord
der to applyy to the pres
sent call, pa
artners mus
st meet the following quualifications
s:

The partne
ers should include at least, one Spanish an
nd one Ausstrian (for profit)
p
company. Participation of re
esearch ins
stitutes/univ
versities iss welcome
e as
subcontracctors accord
ding to each
h country’s funding
f
regulations.

Companie
es from othe
er countriess may also participate, but they w
will not be fu
unded
by the parrticipating parties of thi s call.

The Austrian and Spanish partn
ners must express
e
the
eir will to coooperate, on
o an
equal basiss, in the dev
velopment o
of a new product, industrial processs or servic
ce.

The produ
uct, proces
ss or servi ce must be
b innovative and th ere must be a
technologiccal risk invo
olved.

The projecct must be equally
e
sign ificant for both partners
s.

The projecct should ha
ave an obvvious advan
ntage and added
a
valuue resulting from
the techno
ological coo
operation b
between the
e participan
nts from thhe two countries
(e.g. increa
ased knowledge base,, commercial leads, ac
ccess to R&
&D infrastru
ucture
etc.).

Partners are
a required
d, prior to obtaining the
t
Eureka
a label, to have previiously
signed a consortium
c
agreement
a
on the com
mmercializattion of the pproduct, pro
ocess
or service once the phase of rresearch an
nd development has bbeen comp
pleted
which inclludes the ownership and use of know-h
how and IIPR settlem
ments
(“Consortiu
um Agreement”).
Any partner who
ose coopera
ative R&D p
project is co
onsistent with the aforeesaid criteria can
applyy to the pre
esent call in
n accordan
nce with the
e national la
aws, rules, regulations
s and
proce
edures in efffect in each
h country.
5. Su
ubmission and appro
oval proced
dures
Subm
mission and
d approval procedures
p
consist of one
o phase.
Partn
ners will be
b asked to
o submit a short pro
oject outlin
ne via the Eureka Project
Application Form
m. The com
mpleted elecctronic form (the Eurek
ka Project A
Application Form,
F
available on http://www.e
eurekanetwo
ork.org/eure
eka-project--application -form) mus
st be
subm
mitted simultaneously to FFG and CDTI by 27
7th Septemb
ber 2016.
The fforms have to be legally signed byy all particip
pating comp
panies.
The signatures must be sc
canned and sent togeth
her with the
e form as ann integral part
p of
the a
application.. The forms must be
e completed
d in Englis
sh, signed by both project
partn
ners and sent to the pro
ogram man
nagers.

In AUSTRIA: The Eu
ureka Projecct Applicatiion Form and the signnatures mu
ust be
scanned and sent tog
gether as an
n integral pa
art of the ap
pplication too: eureka@
@ffg.at
until 27 Se
eptember 2016.
2
The p
partners of the consorrtium shoulld also fill in the
national fu
ull proposall until 27 S
September 2016. The
e National proposal should
describe in detail the work of the respective
r
partner bby using eCall
www.ffg.at//ecall.
 In SPAIN: Spanish partners s
should subm
mit the Eureka propoosal through the
submissio
on system (https://sede
(
e.cdti.gob.e
es). In addition to thee Eureka Project
Application Form, a short
s
projecct outline an
nd a draft consortium
c
aagreement must
be attache
ed. In Spain
n, project acctivities sha
all not start before the submission
n date
of nationa
al funding applications
a
s to CDTI. The
T
projectts starting ddate is fore
eseen
after 1 Jan
nuary 2017.
Dead
dline for sub
bmission to FFG and to
o CDTI: 27 Sep 2016 (12:00
(
h. loccal time)
Each
h country will fund its eligible
e
partticipants acc
cording to its national procedures
s and
fundiing rules law
ws, rules an
nd regulatio
ons:
6. Fu
unding deta
ails
Natio
onal funding
g to approv
ved project proposals will be con
nsidered unnder the no
ormal
pective pro
natio
onal funding
g schemes for the resp
ograms. The
ere is no addditional bu
udget
alloccated to this call for pro
ojects.
a
a.
In Austrria
All comp
panies regis
stered in A
Austria are eligible for funding, universities
s and
ded as subcontractorrs only. In addition to
research centers can
c
be fund
o the
EUREKA
A project forrm the Austtrian particip
pant has to submit a sseparate national
full propo
osal to the General P
Program (Basisprogram
mm) via e-C
Call at the FFG
webpage
e. The evaluation of th
he Austrian project part is carriedd out by intternal
experts. The project must fulfill the national criteria (“B
Basisprogra
ammLeitfaden
n”). There is
i no dediccated budget for this call. Fundiing in Austtria is
provided on an annual basis only, therrefore follow
w-on appliccations must be
submitted
d for the max.
m
duratio
on of 3 yea
ars. The fun
nding providded by FFG
G are
grants:
‐ max. 60% of the
e eligible cossts for small companie
es,
‐
‐
max. 50% of the
e eligible co
osts for med
dium-sized companies and
max. 40%for larg
ge compan ies,
Detailed information
n on nationa
al rules and procedures
s www.ffg.aat/eureka
b
b. In Spain
n:
CDTI will finance ind
dustrial rese
or technolog
gical develoopment activities
earch and/o
of Spanish compan
nies. Unive
ersities and research centers cann be funde
ed as
subcontractors. In Spain, fund
ding condittions for Spanish
S
parrtners may vary
dependin
ng on the nature off the proje
ect and the
e beneficiaaries. For more
information please access:
a
ww.cdti.es/index.asp?M
MP=7&MS=
=563&MN=3
3
http://ww
Spanish
h tasks in the projecct can only start aftter submittiing the funding
application to CDTI. For furthe r informatio
on, please contact direcctly with CD
DTI.
Participants are
e invited to contact the
eir national project coo
ordinators bbefore subm
mitting
the d
documents in
i order to check
c
the e
eligibility of the
t project idea and coonsortium.
Fund
ding at this extent willl be provid ed only to projects po
ositively evvaluated by both
publiic funding agencies:
a
CT
TDI and FF
FG.
7. Co
ontacts forr details:
Austria
Spain
Irina Slosar
Inma
aculada Cab
brera Hinojoosa
FFG Austrian Research
R
Promotion
Agen
ncy
CDT
TI (Centro pa
ara el Desaarrollo
Tecn
nológico e Industrial)
EUR
REKA / Euro
opean and Internationa
al
Prog
grammes
GEN
NERAL DIRECTORATE
E. Department
of Fo
oreign Tech
hnology Actiion
Senssengasse 1
C/ Cid,
C 4
A-10
090 Vienna
2800
01 Madrid
Tel. +
+43 (0) 577
755-4901
+34 91 581 56 07
0
Email: irina.slossar@ffg.at
Ema
ail: Inmacula
ada.cabreraa@cdti.es