Posted: 9 June 2025
Eureka is the world’s biggest public network for international cooperation in R&D and innovation, present in over 45 countries. It is a decentralised intergovernmental organisation aiming to boost the productivity and competitiveness of industries by funding and supporting international collaborative market-driven R&D projects.
The applied quantum technologies call for projects has been launched following Eureka’s Network Projects framework based on mutual consent between participating national and regional funding bodies.
The national funding bodies from Austria, Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Denmark, Finland, France, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, Türkiye, and Ukraine have allocated funding for organisations collaborating on international R&D projects in the field(s) of applied quantum technologies.
You can submit your R&D project application for this call for projects between 6 May 2025 and 5 September 2025. Your project consortium must include organisations based in a minimum of two of the countries/regions listed in this call.
The parties listed above must be unrelated parties (i.e. no direct, indirect, beneficial, or constructive ownership interest between these parties.) and ensure no conflicting interests are present.
WEBINAR
A webinar was held on 27 May 2025. Download the presentation slides and watch the webinar recording.
DEADLINE
The deadline for submitting proposals is 5 September 2025.
FUNDING DETAILS
The South African Department of Science, Technology and Innovation’s budget will support the participation SMEs, research and development institutions, and universities excluding any subcontracting. Funding that is provided will be up to 50% of the total project cost.
Funding is offered to complement Eureka’s funding programmes, such as its mobility support for South African participants to attend events and finalise joint proposals with partners, information sessions for applicants and global conferences, workshops, and networking events. The applicant will need to have a consultation with DSTI where they must present their full project proposal prior to submitting it to the Eureka office. For the DSTI consultation, the following must be indicated in the proposal:
- project activities, clearly stating the research, development, and innovation output
- an explanation of each consortium partner’s role and budget input (and the cost of each item)
- proposal alignment to national science, technology, and innovation priorities.
The project outline must be submitted to the DSTI, before submission to Eureka, to the following contacts:
Mabatho.Ndwandwa@dsti.gov.za and Elelwani.Ramabulan@dsti.gov.za.
CALL INFORMATION
