Eurostars is open to all sectors for funding applications on a continuous basis until 2013.

2011 Call Closing Dates.

24^th March 2011 – 19.00 Central European Time – 21.00 UK Time

Autumn 2011 Date TBC

The next Eurostars closing date for proposals will be 24^th March 2011.  To receive all information on the Eurostars 2010 call register on the Eurostars website, www.Eurostars-eureka.eu.

UK participants in a successful Eurostars project are funded through the Technology Strategy Board whilst other EU partners are funded via their own national funding bodies.

• Academics and large companies are welcome to participate in Eurostars projects, but funding has to be secured from other sources.
• To receive UK funding the research performing SME must be a UK based. SME participants must be VAT Registered and have been registered at Companies House and trading for at least 12 months before the closing date for applications.
• Participants Claims under the UK grant must be for project costs incurred in the UK, including subcontracting which is capped at 20% of the UK budget. The project management must be undertaken by a project participant and cannot be subcontracted.

We recommend you view this page for further information and the FULL UK eligibility criteria for participating SME’s from the UK.

It is highly recommended that you contact the Technology Strategy Board, the UK Eurostars funding body, to check your eligibility under the UK rules.

To find out more contact
Graham M Mobbs
European Operations Manager
Technology Strategy Board
graham.mobbs@tsb.gov.uk