European Industrial Research and Innovation
EUREKA and Eurostars
XX International Symposium – INNOVATION 2013
Tuesday December 3, 2013; Prague, CZ
Dr. Peter Chisnall
Eurostars Programme Call Coordinator
Doing business through technology www.eurekanetwork.org

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> EUREKA: a public network with nearly 30 years experience in supporting R&D-performing businesses.
> Market-oriented products, processes or services for civilian use.
> Bottom-up: The consortium decides. There is no thematic restriction .
> Financed using national and regional public and private money.
EUREKA has 41 full members
• Transitional status :
Albania
Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Associate countries :
South Korea
Canada
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
European Union
Finland
France
FYR Macedonia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Montenegro
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom www.eurekanetwork.org

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> Collaborative R&D&I projects within any field of technology .
> Development of a product, process or service for any civilian market .
> The huge participation by industry ensures that
R&D&I results are rapidly brought to the market .
Participation in 5000+
Projects www.eurekanetwork.org

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> SMEs are the European growth engine:
• More than 99% of all companies being either small or medium-sized
• 85% of all jobs created over the last years are in SMEs
> Benefits of internationalisation:
• Internationalised SMEs create more jobs
• Internationalised SMEs are more innovative
• Internationalised SMEs are more competitive
The EUREKA Network supports SMEs with specific funding instruments www.eurekanetwork.org

Start with
Individual
Projects
Introduction of Clusters
Introduction of Eurostars
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Total Number of EUREKA projects: 5310 www.eurekanetwork.org

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> Small, shorter-term projects
> Result in a product, process or service with a significant advance in their sector
~4 participants
Typically
SME lead
33 month average duration
1.7
M€
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> Medium-term, strategicallysignificant initiatives
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> Develop generic technologies of key importance to European competitiveness
~20 participants
Large Company can lead
40 month average duration
20
M€
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> A joint EUREKA-EU funding programme running 2008-2013 and continued under Horizon 2020
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> National funding support in 33 countries, all agreeing to common rules
> Projects led by high-growth,
Innovative SMEs
> Simple and fast application
> 1.15 Billion Euro of public support available between 2014-2020
> Close to market innovation without thematic restriction; market access within 5 years of funding decision.
Eurostars is a joint programme between more than 30
EUREKA member countries and the European Union

33 countries involved
R&D performing SME lead
2008 - 2013
400 M€
Over 3500 projects submitted…
> 783 projects funded
(1.1 Bn€ total value)
> 79% of participants are SMEs
> Annual approval rate of 20-25%
> Fast processes compared to equivalent programmes (less than 10 months from application to funding received)
33 countries involved + third countries
R&D performing SME* lead
2014 – 2020
Budget is tripled to
1.15 Billion €
> *R&D definition widened
> Even faster time to contract
> More standardisation
>Remove duplication
> Fast and simple
>Reduce bureaucracy
> Partnership with third countries
>South Korea, Canada
Eurostars is a joint programme between more than 30
EUREKA member countries and the European Union
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• Consortium Leader is an R&D-performing SME
> Target group
• At least 2 participants from 2 different Eurostars members
> International project
• Project duration is less than 3 years
> Market driven
• Market introduction is foreseen within 2 years after project completion
> Direct impact on the company turnover
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• The R&D performing SMEs are undertaking at least 50% of total R&D cost (excluding sub-contracting)
> SME driven projects
• Well balanced partnership (no country responsible for more than 75% of the project costs)
> Effective partner cooperation
• No restriction on thematic area (bottom up)
> Answer future needs
Eurostars is a joint programme between more than 30
EUREKA member countries and the European Union

An international evaluation based on 3 major criteria:
> Project planning and consortium quality
> Level of technology and innovation of product, process or service
> Market access and competitiveness
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Assessment by 3 experts
2.
Financial Viability check
3.
Scoring & Ranking by an Independent Panel
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4 participants,
2 to
3 countries involved
R&D performing SME lead
29 month average duration
1.4
M€
Eurostars is a joint programme between more than 30
EUREKA member countries and the European Union
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EUREKA member country
Associated country
(may lead projects but it must include a full EUREKA member; 1+1 rule)
Country has participated as a ‘third’ country
(may contribute to projects with two EUREKA members; 2+1 rule) www.eurekanetwork.org

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www.eurekanetwork.org/projects/success-stories
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Injection System for Transderm
Administration of drugs
Design, test and validate on human skin a needle free drug delivery injector with the advantages: easy to use, safe, efficient in terms of injection, no contamination, no fear from needle.
The growing market of new drugs like biologics is targeted.
Countries >
France, Austria
Cost: 3.58 M€
EUROSTARS project > E! 4258 ISTAR
• CrossJect, the company leading the project, signs a $ 470 M worldwide contract
• plans to double its staff in the next 5 years www.eurekanetwork.org

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Managing Academic Knowledge with
INtegrated, collaboratIve Tools
Develop a consistent database of academic knowledge, driven by semantic algorithms, to manage and share academic content, and to achieve superior recommendations based on personalised user profiles and user preferences.
Countries >
Austria, UK, Estonia
Cost: 0.86 M€
EUROSTARS project > E! 4811 MAKIN’IT
UK Company Mendeley has sold their developed technology for $ 100 M www.eurekanetwork.org

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138 running projects
Active in
399 projects
Since
1995
161
M€ of CZ investment
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Eurostars backed high-tech firm helps taxi drivers
As the trend for geo-location applications is rapidly expanding, Correlation Systems developed RAE is a device which adapts the principle of data-mining to GPS and helps taxi companies to work more efficiently. The additional turnover expected in two years is of
10 million euros. 8 new jobs were created in the company during the course of the project.
Countries >
Israel, Hungary, CZECH REPUBLIC
Cost: 0.5 M€ Duration: 12 Months
Contact: info@correlation-systems.com
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The Future of airport passport control
Digital security specialists, major European electronics makers, and experts in biometrics worked together to make passport control at airports faster. The technology also could have broader applications on the way our identity documents are design and on the way we access public services .
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EUREKA Cluster project – MEDEA+ BioP@ss
Countries >
Czech Republic , France, Germany, Hungary, Sweden
Cost: 23 M€ Duration: 12 Months
Contact: patrice.plessis@gemalto.com www.eurekanetwork.org

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Thank you for your attention
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The Eurostars Programme helping SMEs to innovate and compete internationally.
NEXT APPLICATION
DEADLINE 13 March 2014
Peter Chisnall
Eurostars Programme Call Coordinator peter.chisnall@eurekanetwork.org
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