Bilateral Scientific and Technological Cooperation

Bilateral Collaboration Cyprus-Greece

Funds Greece innovation teams building joint research across health and energy from proof to commercialization.

Eligibility · Greece, Cyprus

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The Bilateral Collaboration Cyprus-Greece call (BILATERAL/GREECE/1124) was launched on 20 November 2024 by the Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) under the RESTART 2016-2020 'Bilateral Collaborations' Programme, with GSRI as the funding agency on the Greek side. The call's EUR 2,000,000 budget is co-financed by the Republic of Cyprus, the European Regional Development Fund, and the Operational Programme ΘΑλΕΙΑ 2021-2027 under Priority 1 (Competitive, Smart and Digital Economy). The maximum grant per project is EUR 100,000 and project duration is 24 months. Each country funds its own participants independently; the joint Cyprus-Greece Committee makes the final selection from the joint ranking list, with only proposals scoring at or above 12.00/15.00 considered for selection.

Eligible thematic sectors are aligned with the Smart Specialisation Strategies of both countries (S3GREECE and S3Cy): health, renewable energy and smart cities, agri-food, digital technologies, and maritime/shipping. Projects must include industrial research and/or experimental development at TRL 4-8. The Greek-side consortium must include at least one research organisation or academic institution and at least one enterprise from Greece. The Cypriot consortium — which is the formal submitting entity in Cyprus — must allocate at least 40% of its budget to enterprise partners (Category B). Each enterprise may participate in a maximum of two proposals across the call. Large enterprises on the Cypriot side may only participate if an SME is also part of that consortium, per EU ERDF Regulation 2021/1058.

The submission deadline was 27 February 2025 at 13:00; the call has since closed. Greek participants submitted per Greek national rules via GSRI; Cypriot participants submitted through RIF's IRIS portal. The Greek-side contact was Cyprus@gsrt.gr. Evaluation was conducted independently by both national agencies using criteria of Excellence (40%), Added Value and Benefit (30%), and Implementation (30%). The Greek selection also factored in the regional distribution of public expenditure, making geographic spread an additional tie-breaking criterion on the Greek side.