The new Action “Bilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Greece and China” has been published. The Action aims to bolster the scientific and technological collaboration between Greece and China 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.
The Budget for the Action amounts to €4,000,000
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 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 be duly established and operating in Greece as legal persons, regardless of corporate form. Large enterprises may participate in the Action as partners of at least one
small or medium 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.
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 €200,000.
The aid intensity will be from 25% to 80%
The aid intensity of beneficiaries’ research and development projects will be determined by the following:
• the specification of the research and development category for each section of the project (industrial research, experimental development); and
• the size of the enterprise (micro-/Small, Medium, Large)
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Applications for funding are submitted exclusively through the Integrated State Aid Management Information System (iSAMIS) using the iSAMIS standardised Funding Application Form.
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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: on 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 email address China@gsrt.gr
To see the Invitation for submission of applications for funding under the Action, click here