The new Action ‘Bilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Greece and Cyprus’ has been published. The Action aims to bolster the scientific and technological collaboration between Greece and Cyprus and address the needs of enterprises and other bodies active in the research and innovation ecosystem, covering the widest possible spectrum of potential Beneficiaries. The collaboration will generate a dynamic that will facilitate the establishment of researcher networks and strengthen existing partnerships. It is projected to be able to enhance access to other sources of funding for international scientific and research programmes.
The Budget for the Action amounts to €2,000,000
The Action is co-funded by the EU European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and with the participation of the Hellenic Republic.
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Beneficiaries of the Action: enterprises and research organisations.
- Enterprise: Any legal entity performing economic activity.
The Action is addressed to existing enterprises regardless of their date of establishment, which intend to implement research and development projects focused on the sectors included in this Invitation (point 4.4) within the framework of the National Smart Specialisation Strategy 2021-2027 (ESEE).
Enterprises must have been duly established and be operating in Greece as legal persons, regardless of corporate form.
- Research Organisation: A body (such as a university or research centre-institute, technology transfer organisation, innovation intermediary, and digital or brick-and-mortar partnered research body) regardless of legal status (private- or public-law entity) or funding means, the primary purpose of which must be to conduct basic independent research, industrial research or experimental development, or the widespread dissemination of the results of said activities through teaching, publications, or knowledge transfer. If this body also performs economic activities, funding, expenses and revenue arising from these activities must be declared separately. Enterprises that can decisively influence such an entity, e.g. in the capacity of a shareholder or member, do not have privileged access to the research results that they produce.
The Action is also open to the following joint ventures:
- Private Operators (enterprises of all sizes);
- Public Agencies (Research and Technological bodies, Universities, Research Centres, Institutes and their Laboratories); and
- Other Operators as defined above, from both countries.
Proposals must include at least two collaborating bodies (including the Coordinating body) from the Greek side, i.e. one (1) research organisation and one (1) SME.
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The maximum funded budget for submitted project proposals is €100,000 per project per country.
The aid intensity will range from 25% to 80%
The projects to be proposed for funding will be eligible, provided that they relate to research and development projects and that the aided project falls under one and/or two of the following categories:
a) Industrial research
b) Experimental development
The aid intensity of beneficiaries’ research and development projects will be determined by the following:
• The characterisation of the research and development category (industrial research, experimental development) of each project work module and
• The size of the enterprises (Micro, Small, Medium, Large)
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The funding application shall be submitted online via the Integrated State Aid Management Information System (iSAMIS)
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Contact – Information
Public Information Office: 8 Dragatsaniou Street, Klafthmonos Square, Athens.
Operating hours Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 14:00
By phone: 801 11 36 300 from landlines with a local charge from 09:00 to 16:30
Εmail: infoepan@mou.gr
Websites: www.antagonistikotita.gr www.espa.gr
Interested parties can request more information by sending an e-mail to the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI) at the following address: Cyprus@gsrt.gr
To see the Invitation for submission of applications for funding under the Action, click here
