KIAT International Joint Technology Development Program

KIAT EEN Korea Consortium Member Recruitment

Funds Korean industry organizations that support EEN membership and cross-border business networks.

⚠ This may reflect a past cycle — verify the current call on the funder's site.

The 2026 EEN Korea Consortium Member Recruitment is a competitive selection process run by the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) to identify and designate Korean intermediary organisations that will join the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Korea consortium. EEN is the European Commission's global SME support network, providing innovation and business matchmaking services across more than 60 countries; Korea participates as an associated partner through the consortium managed by KIAT. The 2026 recruitment was announced on 13 May 2026 and closed on 12 June 2026. Selected members deliver EU-Korea technology matchmaking and partnership brokering services to Korean SMEs seeking European business and R&D partners.

This call is not an R&D grant: it is operational funding that enables Korean intermediary organisations — typically techno-parks, regional innovation agencies, industry associations, or specialised institutes — to provide EEN services to their local client bases. Eligible applicants include for-profit, non-profit, university, and public-sector organisations registered in Korea. There are no TRL restrictions because no technology development is funded directly; instead, selected organisations are assessed on their capacity to deliver matchmaking, advisory, and partner-search services to SMEs. Award values were not published in the available records for this cycle.

Organisations interested in joining the consortium should monitor KIAT's portal for future cycles, as the consortium membership is reviewed periodically. The EEN Korea framework connects Korean SMEs to the broader European market, supporting technology transfer, joint venture formation, and access to EU innovation funding programmes — making it a relevant entry point for Korean organisations that support internationally active SMEs.