Globalstars call with Japan Globalstars call with Japan for projects in the industrial sector within energy

Examples of scope include, but are not limited to: renewable energy production, energy efficiency and decarbonization of industrial processes, CO2 capture, transport and storage, batteries, hydrogen, ammonia, and other industrial technologies within energy.

Eureka has eligibility criteria for organisations participating in a Globalstars consortium:

• Your project idea must represent international cooperation in the form of a specific project.
• You must direct your project towards researching or developing an innovative product, process or service with the goal of commercialising your project results.
• Your project must have a civilian purpose.
• Your consortium must include at least two independent legal entities, where one must be an SME from Japan. Read more about the Japanese criteria on the Globalstars call’s website (link at the bottom of this page).
• No single organisation or country can be responsible for more than 70% of the project budget.
• The duration of a project must be between 12 to 36 months.
• Prior to the start of the project, participants are required to have signed a project consortium agreement on the execution of the project and commercialisation of the projects results. This must be sent to the relevant national funding agencies (The Norwegian Research Council) after the results of the evaluation have been communicated and before project activities are conducted.

Additional eligibility criteria for applications from Norway

• Applicants must be registered in the Norwegian Register of Business Enterprises and have economic activity in Norway. Public enterprises that carry out activities of an industrial or business nature may also serve as the formal applicant.
• Norwegian and foreign research organisations and other expert communities may participate as R&D suppliers, with responsibility for carrying out R&D work on behalf of the companies in the project.
• Sole proprietorships cannot be the formal applicant in this call but may partake as a partner.
• Applicants and their partners must be independent of each other.
• All partners must have identified costs in the project, but they may choose not to have the costs covered through the award.
• Aid cannot be granted to undertakings in difficulty within the meaning of EEA law.

Otherwise, the same rules apply as for an Innovation Project for the Industrial Sector (IPN).

Contact

• The Research Council: Maria Eide
• Innovation Norway: Benjamin Smith

State aid

You can apply for funding to cover up to 50 per cent of the costs of each of the companies in the project. The funding is provided as state aid under Article 25, and the degree of support for the company's project costs within the framework of 50 per cent depends on the size of the company and the type of R&D activities.

Norwegian applicants must contact the Research Council of Norway to confirm the fulfilment of the thematic requirement before applying. 

More information

Read more about the call, the requirements and the application process at the Globalstars Japan page on the Eureka website: https://www.eurekanetwork.org/programmes-and-calls/globalstars/globalstars-call-with-japan/

If you’re looking for a project partner – check out the B2match page for the Globalstars call with Japan: https://b2match.com/e/eureka-globalstars-japan