The new Action ‘Participation in the European Co-funded Research and Innovation Partnerships of Horizon Europe’ of the ‘Competitiveness’ Programme has been published. The Action is part of the support/promotion of international partnerships and aims to enhance the openness and competitiveness of the research and innovation system through the participation of Greek research organisations and enterprises in cooperation with bodies of other countries in the international competitive calls of the EU co-funded partnerships of the ‘Horizon Europe’ Framework Programme. The Action covers projects with Greek participants (enterprises and research centres) in the calls of the European Co-funded Partnerships, in which the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI) participates, which are issued by the EU in the framework of the ‘Horizon Europe’ Programme (Regulation (EU) 2021/695) to fund international research and innovation partnerships.
The budget for the Action amounts to €18,000,000
The total Public Expenditure is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) with the corresponding national participation and by the ‘Horizon Europe’ EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.
Beneficiaries of the action: enterprises and research organisations.
- Enterprise: any legal entity engaged in economic activity.
The Action is addressed to existing enterprises irrespective of the date of incorporation, which intend to implement a research and development project the subject matter of which falls within the selected areas of activity of this Call (point 4.4) under the National Smart Specialisation Strategy 2021-2027 (NSSS).
Enterprises must have been lawfully incorporated and be operating or 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).
The size of the enterprise is determined as per the definition of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 651/2014, to determine the aid intensity (ANNEX III hereto). Entities engaged in an economic activity, i.e. offering products and services on a given market that are not subject to commercial law, are potential beneficiaries of this Action, and will be declared as ‘Other entities treated as enterprises’ upon submission of the funding application
It is noted that the enterprise – potential beneficiary must – at the time of the aid payment – have an establishment or a branch which operates legally in the Greek region where the aid is allocated in accordance with the application for funding.
- Research Organisation: a body (such as a university or research centre-institute, technology transfer organisation, innovation intermediary, and physical or virtual collaborative research entity) irrespective 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 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 maximum total budget for submitted applications for funding must not exceed €250,000 where the Greek body acts as the coordinator of the European project and €200,000 where the Greek body/bodies participate(s) as partner(s).
The aid intensity is up to 100% for Research Organisations and up to 70% for enterprises.
Online application submission start date: 1st July 2026 at 13:00.
The call will remain open until the available budget has been used up.
The funding application must be submitted online via the Integrated State Aid Management Information System (iSAMIS)
Applications that are not submitted online will not receive aid. No applications may be submitted after the expiry of the deadline for electronic submission of Applications for Funding.
Contact – Information
Public Information Office: 8 Dragatsaniou Street, Klafthmonos Square, Athens.
Opening times: 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
For more information, interested parties may send a message to the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI), at the e-mail address Partnerships@gsrt.gr or speak with a GSRI telephone operator at 213 1300 097.
To see the Call for the Action, click here
