Participation in EUROSTARS Projects

A EUROSTARS project involves partners from at least two EUROSTARS member states. The Project Coordinator should be an R&D Performing SME, located at a EUROSTARS member state. These are the companies that fulfil EC’s requirements for SMEs (recommendation 2003/361/EC) and furthermore:

- at least 10% of their manpower in terms of full time equivalent (FTE) is occupied with R&D, or/and
- 10% of their annual turnover is dedicated to R&D.

The formal application will be submitted electronically by the Leading SME to the EUROSTARS Secretariat. Applicants should register to the EUROSTARS website to have access to all relevant documents.

The evaluation procedure involves a Preliminary Check and a Scientific Evaluation by the EUREKA Secretariat.