The new Action entitled “Bilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Greece and Turkey” has been published. 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.
The Budget for the Action amounts to €3,000,000
The Action is co-financed 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 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.
Right to submit a proposal in the Call have partnerships:
- 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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Maximum project budget: €200,000 per project per country.
The aid intensity will be 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).
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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
Click here to see the Call for submission of applications for financing under the Action.
