Innovative SMEs - 9th Call (Eurostars-3 Call 9)
Co-funded Polish SMEs running R&D projects with a partner in another Eurostars-3 country.
The Polish applicant had to team up with at least one partner registered in one of 36 other Eurostars-3 member or partner countries and submit a joint international application online. Formal review was done by the Call Secretariat and technical review by independent international experts outside NCBR; only proposals that cleared both steps and got an international funding recommendation could the…
Open to any field, with no thematic restrictions. Polish micro, small and medium enterprises could apply as long as the project was market-oriented — aimed at a new product, process or service — and had a civilian, non-military purpose.
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