R&D PROJECT FUNDING

R&D innovation projects between Israeli and Swedish Start-ups, SME’s, MNEs, academia and research institutes, which are realized as part of The Connector will be financed via the Eurostars program.

  • The Eurostars program is a part of the EUREKA framework, which is the leading European platform for industry-led, applied, close-to-market research.
  • More information on the Eurostars program can be found here: www.eurostars-eureka.eu.

A digital partnering conference is organised on 9 June 2020, in order to facilitate:

  • Industrial R&D partnering between the most technology intensive Israeli and Swedish Start-ups, SME’s, MNEs, academia and research institutes. 
  • Creation of new high tech R&D consortia between Israel and Sweden. 
  •  For more info on the upcoming event, please here.

Following requirements will apply for consortia funding of market oriented Israeli-Swedish R&D projects.:

  • R&D consortia must be led by a SME and comprised of at least one Israeli and one Swedish organisation.
  • All Eurostars project consortia must submit a Project Outline (PO) to the Israeli Innovation Authority (IIA) and the Swedish innovation agency Vinnova no later than 10 July 2020.
    • One copy of the PO is to be sent to IIA and one copy to Vinnova by e-mail to the contact persons stipulated below.
    • All Israeli project partners are strongly advised to contact IIA to check national funding requirements.
    • Project Outline template is found on this link
  • IIA and Vinnova will during July 2020 discuss the PO:s and synchronize their feedback before individual feedback letters are sent out to applicants.
  • On 24 July 2020, IIA and Vinnova will provide applicants with feedback on their project ideas and whether or not is recommended to proceed and draft a full Eurostars proposal for submission to the next Eurostars deadline on 3 September 2020.

For further information on R&D project funding and for submission of Project Outlines (POs) please turn to:

  • Israeli Innovation Authority (IIA)
    • Sapir Shimoni, +972-3-5118143, sThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
  • Vinnova
    • Mr. Peter Lindberg, +46 8 473 31 93, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    • Mr. Tero Stjernstoft, +46 8 473 32 96, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Organisers

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