The Action aims to bolster the scientific and technological collaboration between Greece and Turkey 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 widen access to other sources of funding for international scientific and research programmes.
Online Submission start date: Tuesday, 3 June 2025 at 13:00
Online submission end date: Monday 22 September 2025 at 15:00
Maximum project budget: €200,000 per project per country.
Action Budget: €3,000,000
The Action is co-financed by the EU European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and with the participation of the Hellenic Republic.
€660,000 for the transition regions: Attica and South Aegean.€2,340,000 for Less Developed Regions: North Aegean, Eastern Macedonia – Thrace, Central Macedonia, Epirus, Thessaly, Western Greece, Crete, Western Macedonia, Ionian Islands, Central Greece, Peloponnese.
Aid intensity: from 25% to 80%
The projects to be proposed for funding will be eligible, provided that they relate to research and development projects and 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 research and development category (industrial research, experimental development) of each work unit of the project and
- the size of the business (micro / small, medium, large).
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries of the Action: enterprises and research organisations.
- Enterprise: Any legal entity engaged in economic activity.
The Action is addressed to existing enterprises regardless of the date of incorporation, which intend to implement a research and development project, whose subject matter falls within the selected areas of activity of this Call under the National Smart Specialisation Strategy 2021-2027 (NSSS).
Enterprises must have been lawfully incorporated and operate or be active up to the time of payment of the aid, through an establishment or branch in Greece as legal persons, irrespective of type.
Large enterprises may participate in the Action as partners of at least one small or medium-sized enterprise (SME).
- 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 objective of which must be the conduct of basic independent research, industrial research or experimental development or the widespread dissemination of the results of said activities through teaching, publications or knowledge transfers. 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.
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Number of beneficiaries per project
Transnational Scientific & Technological Cooperation (S&T Cooperation) is addressed to the private and public sector of the two cooperating countries. Consequently, the following groupings are entitled to submit a proposal in the Call:
- 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.
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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.
The cooperating entities are required to submit a Cooperation Agreement, the purpose of which is to organise the work between the cooperating entities, to organise project management, to determine the rights and obligations of the participating entities, and how issues related to access and intellectual property rights are managed.
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Maximum number of submitted applications for financing
Every independent enterprise or body that is treated as an enterprise (with its own Tax ID No.) may cumulatively participate as a potential beneficiary in up to two (2) application for financings throughout the duration of the Action. This is checked when the application for financing is submitted.
Note that there is no restriction on the number of proposals involving a research organisation or entity that is treated as a research organisation.
Eligible Expenses
The eligible expenses for the Action are the costs set out in Article 25(3) of Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 for research and development projects and are allocated to a specific category of research and development and are the following:
Personnel costs: This category includes personnel costs (researchers and technicians) to the extent they are employed on the project. These costs include:
a) full-time staff of the beneficiary employed at the research facility during the project start year associated with the beneficiary on an employment contract (full-time or part-time open-ended employment contract, fixed-term employment contract);b) full-time staff in the public sector employed in the Operation by decision of the Beneficiary’s competent body;c) temporary staff employed in practice in new posts created as a direct consequence of the project either on a full-time or part-time fixed-term employment contract or on a contributory scholarship in accordance with the conditions in Article 15(4) of the ministerial decision on national eligible expenditure rules or on a contract for the hire of work, provided the conditions in Article 15(3) of Decision No. 114947/01.12.2022 (Government Gazette 6132/B) (the ministerial decision on national eligible expenditure rules) are met.
Single Calculation Coefficient for Eligible Project Costs: A uniform rate of 40% of eligible personnel costs shall be used to cover the remaining costs of the project.
Eligible expenses covered by using the single coefficient of 40% include:
a) depreciation costs of instruments and equipment to the extent and for the period used for the project;
b) depreciation costs for buildings and land, to the extent and for the duration period used for the project;
c) costs of contractual research, knowledge and patents bought or licensed from outside sources at arm’s length conditions;
d) additional overheads and other operating expenses, incurred directly as a result of the project (indirect costs).
With their application, beneficiaries commit to utilise 40% of the necessary costs of the subsidised research and development project, which falls within the Action’s eligible research and development categories of Article 25 of Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 and in accordance with the eligibility rules of the Management and Control System and this Call.
The cost eligibility starting date is the date of submission of the application for financing. The maximum duration for the completion of the physical and economic scope of the research project cannot exceed twenty-four (24) months from the date of notification of the evaluation results approval decision, with the option to extend this period by six (6) months, following the submission of documentation by the beneficiaries and approval of the documentation by the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation.
Application submission procedure
The application for financing must be submitted online exclusively via the Integrated State Aid Management Information System (iSAMIS)..
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Contact – Information
Public Information Office: 8 Dragatsaniou Street, Klafthmonos Square, Athens.Opening times: Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 14:00
Phone: Call 801 11 36 300 from a landline (charged at the local rate) between 09:00 to 16:30
Εmail: infoepan@mou.gr
Websites: www.antagonistikotita.gr www.espa.gr
For more information interested parties may send e-mails to the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI) at Turkiye@gsrt.gr
