{"id":27889,"date":"2026-05-20T15:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/?p=27889"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T12:33:14","slug":"new-call-for-proposals-for-the-creation-and-initial-development-of-startups-with-international-orientation-pre-seed-programme-pre-seed-0526","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/new-call-for-proposals-for-the-creation-and-initial-development-of-startups-with-international-orientation-pre-seed-programme-pre-seed-0526\/","title":{"rendered":"New Call for Proposals for the \u00abCreation and Initial Development of Startups with International Orientation (PRE-SEED)\u00bb Programme (PRE-SEED\/0526)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the new Call for Proposals of the \u00abCreation and Initial Development of Startups with International Orientation (PRE-SEED)\u00bb Programme\u00a0(PRE-SEED\/0526).<\/p>\n<p>The Call budget is \u20ac1.000.000, and the maximum funding per project is \u20ac119.999.<\/p>\n<p>Proposals have to be submitted through the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Firis.research.org.cy%2F%23!%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccbitoulas%40research.org.cy%7C4bcf35fb19ac47f07a2408deb66b548d%7C9288f3de15d245a8bec99473fb4a7e09%7C0%7C0%7C639148769243880004%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=QAecwKDkBwQfIAHgX8BvGb6ZxpVTK3dueb8K0lqbBcs%3D&amp;reserved=0\">IRIS portal<\/a>\u00a0and the deadline for proposal submissions is until\u00a0<u>11 September 2026, 13:00<\/u><\/p>\n<p>The \u00abCreation and Initial Development of Startups with International Orientation (PRE-SEED)\u00bb Programme\u00a0supports the creation and initial development of innovative Startups which aim to develop innovative products and services with global market penetration prospects.<\/p>\n<p>Entities eligible to participate in this Programme as Host Organisations are Startups which are in the stage of developing their business idea and\/or they are at the early stages of their product or service development.<\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Firis.research.org.cy%2F%23!%2Fcalls&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccbitoulas%40research.org.cy%7C4bcf35fb19ac47f07a2408deb66b548d%7C9288f3de15d245a8bec99473fb4a7e09%7C0%7C0%7C639148769243923750%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=%2F4ZBLZ8uaNpZz0vJxLBpECaaA%2FrVYxrHcSzPrdyuc%2F8%3D&amp;reserved=0\">information regarding the RIF\u2019s open calls<\/a>, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Firis.research.org.cy%2F%23!%2Fdocumentlibrary&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccbitoulas%40research.org.cy%7C4bcf35fb19ac47f07a2408deb66b548d%7C9288f3de15d245a8bec99473fb4a7e09%7C0%7C0%7C639148769243952842%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=cDAbOKi3M9ojvupor1X2betpHc6BAHeReVBI6wCMJcw%3D&amp;reserved=0\">useful documents and guides<\/a>, interested parties can visit the IRIS portal.<\/p>\n<p>For further information, interested parties may contact the RIF\u2019s Partner Support Center by phone on 22205000 or via email at <a href=\"mailto:callsupport@research.org.cy\">callsupport@research.org.cy<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>In order to support interested parties and to provide information about the national funding rules and conditions for participation, RIF, will organise an informative Webinar, on\u00a0<u>Friday\u00a012 June 2026<\/u>, time\u00a0<u>12:00-13:00<\/u>\u00a0(local time). Interested parties should register\u00a0<u><a href=\"https:\/\/eur06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_XWRgIsDCQCuU_hY3u--l1A%23%2Fregistration&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ccbitoulas%40research.org.cy%7C4bcf35fb19ac47f07a2408deb66b548d%7C9288f3de15d245a8bec99473fb4a7e09%7C0%7C0%7C639148769243978441%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=3IlcoSZKe9za4a3rdPMj30ON%2F1vyQmJFb2gCSeNiFts%3D&amp;reserved=0\">here<\/a><\/u>. Participants may submit any enquiries <u>in advance<\/u>, during their registration.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture2-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture2-1.png 415w, https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/Picture2-1-300x53.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-26938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/Enterprise-Europe-Network.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"141\" height=\"74\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/Enterprise-Europe-Network.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/Enterprise-Europe-Network-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/Enterprise-Europe-Network-1030x541.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/Enterprise-Europe-Network-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/Enterprise-Europe-Network-710x375.png 710w, https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/Enterprise-Europe-Network-705x370.png 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the new Call for Proposals of the \u00abCreation and Initial Development of Startups with International Orientation (PRE-SEED)\u00bb Programme\u00a0(PRE-SEED\/0526). The Call budget is \u20ac1.000.000, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-27 19:38:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27889"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27891,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27889\/revisions\/27891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.research.org.cy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}