1. EUREKA and Eurostars:
Innovation across borders
Svatopluk Halada - AIE CR
halada@aipcr.cz

2. EUREKA
 EUREKA a Eurostars at a glance
 EUREKA and Eurostars in the Czech Rep.
 National funding E! and E* projects
 EUREKA and Eurostars for nanotechno-
technology and advanced materials

3. EUREKA AT A GLANCE

4. EUREKA
EUREKA means .....
International
Cooperation
At least two
countries
involved
Innovative
Producing a new
product, process
or service
Bottom-Up
No thematic
restrictions
Network projects
Eurostars projects
Market-
oriented
Reflect market
demands
International cooperation

5. EUREKA
EUREKA project instruments
EUREKA
network
projects
No thematic
restrictions
Short-term projects
Driven by SMEs
and academics
EUREKA
Umbrellas
Thematic actions
supporting to
generate EUREKA
network projects in
certain
technological field
EUREKA
Clusters
Thematically targeted
Medium-term
innovative projects
Industry driven
(Large companies
and SMEs)
Eurostars
programme
No thematic
restrictions
Short-term projects
Driven by R&D
performing SMEs

6. EUREKA
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
European Union
Finland
France
FYR Macedonia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Montenegro
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Canada
South Africa
South Korea
Albania
Bosnia-Herzegovina

7. EUREKA NETWORK PROJECTS

8. > The majority participation
by industry ensures that
R&D&I results are rapidly
brought to the market.
> Collaborative R&D&I projects
within any field of technology.
> Development of a product,
process or service for any civilian
market.
EUREKA network projects
36 B€
Participation
in 5700+
projects

9. • Small, shorter-term projects
• Result in a product, process or
service with a significant
advance in their sector
• National evaluation (PAM)
EUREKA network projects
~4 participants
Typically SME lead
36 month average duration
1.7 M€

10. + 5600
+ 4100
+ 2100
+ 2400 • Research
Centres
• Large
Companies
• Universities
• SMEs
+ 5 700 projects; over 36 B€ of public-private investment
EUREKA

11. EUREKA UMBRELLAS

12. EUREKA Umbrellas
Thematic
networks
focussing on a
specific
technology area
or business
sector
Facilitate the
generation of E!
projects in their
own target area
Coordinated and
implemented by
a working group
consisting of
EUREKA
representatives
and industrial
experts

13. EUREKA Umbrellas

14. EUREKA CLUSTERS

15. EUREKA CLUSTERS
Industry led
initiatives
• Medium term
• Strategically
significant
• International
ecosystem of
R&D&I actors
Large number of
participants
• Major European
industries
• Large SME
participation
Support
European
Competitiveness
• Develop generic
technologies
• Address economic
and societal
challenges

16. EUREKAEUREKA CLUSTERS
Thematic Calls (1-2 per year); Open to participation
from all countries
One or Two Step Centralised Cluster Evaluation
Cluster Labelling
National funding decision based on a national
review of the Cluster Evaluation and Label
Cluster monitoring and impact assessment

17. EUREKA CLUSTERS

18. EUREKA CLUSTERS
Innovation in water
technologies
Micro and Nano electronics
Telecommunications
Smart electronic Systems
Low carbon energy
technologies
Software intensive systems
and services
New Cluster on Metallurgy to
begin from September 2015

19. EUREKA CLUSTERS

20. EUREKA CLUSTERS
Pre-competitive research projects lead by Europe’s
biggest companies

21. EUREKA CLUSTERS

22. EUREKA CLUSTERS

23. EUROSTARS

24. EUROSTARS

25. EUROSTARS

26. EUROSTARS

27. EUROSTARS

28. EUROSTARS

29. SMEs in the driving seat
© EUREKA Secretariat 2014

30. EUROSTARS

31. EUROSTARS

32. EUROSTARS

33. EUREKA & EUROSTARS
in the Czech Republic

34. EUREKA
EUREKA and Eurostars in the CR offers
 Co-funding from targeted national EUREKA and Eurostars
budget (EUREKA: 4 M€/year; Eurostars: 1 M€/year)
 Consultancy for generation and preparation projects
 Assistance for partner search
 Contacts with NPCs from member countries and experts
 Promotion of project results at workshops, conferences,
exhibitions and fairs

35. EUREKA
National infrastructure
 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
 Governmental responsibility for international R&D cooperation
 Office of CZ EUREKA & Eurostars NPC
 Ing. Josef Martinec tel: +420 234 811 512
email: josef.martinec@msmt.cz
 National and international administration of EUREKA a Eurostars
projects (responsibility for national evaluation of EUREKA network
projects, checking CZ Eurostars participants)
 Targeted national EUREKA and Eurostars funding
 Consultancy services

36. EUREKA
National infrastructure
 EUREKA and Eurostars Board CR
 Advisory body to the MEYS (chairman + 12 members)
 Members – experts from industry and research field (nominated by
Minister)
 Evaluation of EUREKA network project proposals; monitoring ongoing
projects and assessment of finished projects
 Monitoring ongoing Eurostars projects and assessment of their results

37. EUREKA
National infrastrure
 Association of Innovative Entrepreneurship CR
 National EUPRO II LE 15028 project in 2016-2017
 Assistance to EUREKA and Eurostars Board CR
 Assistance to CZ EUREKA and Eurostars NPC
 Consultancy centre for EUREKA and Eurostars programmes
 RNDr. Svatopluk Halada; email: halada@aipcr.cz
 Office of EUREKA a Eurostars HLR for the Czech Republic
 doc. Ing. Karel Šperlink, CSc.; email: sperlink@aipcr.cz
 CZ representation in EUREKA and Eurostars bodies (EUREKA HLG) and
involving in ad hoc EUREKA and Eurostars working groups
 EUREKA & Eurostars public relations

38. Program EUREKA
CZ national funding rules (EUREKA CZ 2010-2017 )
Typ organizace
Maximální %
financování
způsobilých
nákladů
Maximální výše
podpory
(v tis. Kč/rok/projekt)
Doplňující informace
Malý a střední
podnik
50% 4 000
Velký podnik --- ---
Vysoká škola 50% 4 000
Společná účast
s podnikatelským
subjektem je doporučena.
Výzkumná
organizace
50% 4 000
Společná účast
s podnikatelským
subjektem je doporučena.

39. Program Eurostars
CZ national funding rules (commitment of 1 M€ / year for 2014-2020)
Typ organizace
Maximální %
financování
způsobilých
nákladů
Maximální výše
podpory
(v tis. Kč/rok/projekt)
Doplňující informace
Malý a střední podnik 50% 4 000
10% bonus pro MSP s vlastním
V&V, který je hlavním
řešitelem projektu.
Velký podnik 50% 4 000
Vysoká škola 50% 4 000
Společná účast
s podnikatelským subjektem
je doporučena.
Výzkumná organizace 50% 4 000
Společná účast
s podnikatelským subjektem
je doporučena.

40. Results of the Czech Republic
 Successfull results concerning number of submitting and approved EUREKA
network projects (among 8 TOP of EUREKA member countries)
• impact of targeted funding (operating since1994)
• long term experiences and motivation for EUREKA network project
cooperation (low administration burdens, cross border cooperation, etc.
• interest to be the main project participant
 Average results in the Eurostars programme
• weaker invention and topic of submitted projects including their
commercial use
• sometimes not very appropriate choice of foreign partners
 Lower participation in EUREKA Cluster projects
• less interested companies and research organizations (parent company
mostly in abroad including the research carried out there)
Czech Republic in EUREKA and Eurostars

41. QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY
OF THE IMPLENTATION
BASIC ASSESSMENT
EXCELLENCE
INNOVATION AND R&D
IMPACT
MARKET &
COMMERCIALISATION
• Quality of the consortium
• Added value through co-
operation
• Realistic and clearly defined
Project management &
planning
• Reasonable cost structure
• Degree of Innovation
• New applied knowledge
• Level of Technical
Challenge
• Technological achievability
& Risk
• Market size
• Market access and risk
• Competitive advantage
• Clear and realistic
commercialisation plans
• Time to market
EUREKA and Eurostars evaluation criteria

42. EUREKA network and Eurostars projects
Prerequisites for successful EUREKA and Eurostars projects
 Appropriate choice of technological field and partners
 Strong focus on product
 Novelty of ideas have a better chance (´nish topic´)
 Properly describe all aspects of project (project management,
methodology solutions, the role of each partner, technological
advancements, market size and the ability to enforce ROI)
 Demonstrable benefit for the applicants (in particular SMEs)
/Contribution to the Czech tax payers/
/Eurostars: practical experience, 2008-2013/

43. EUREKA
Deadlines for projects submitting
EUREKA network projects – continuously during calendar year
- four international assessment meetings per year
- national evaluation given by EUREKA and Eurostars Board CR
- projects are submitted by NPC of main project participant via EUREKA
Secretariat in Brussels
Eurostars projects – two cut-off in calendar year
- electronic submitting via Eurostars web only
www.eurostars-eureka.eu
- international assessment by technical experts plus evaluation by Eurostars
Independent Panel
- next deadline: 15 September 2016 (20h00)
Cluster projects – list of all Cluster projects is available on
www.eurekanetwork.org
- links to all Cluster projects website
- deadlines and rules for submitting projects /single calls are aimed
for concrete topic to fulfil strategy of each Cluster project/

44. EUREKA & Eurostars
for Nanotechnology

45. EUREKA “Nano-projects“
E! 5799 BATAN
Barrier textiles and nanomaterials
To develop and realise new functionalised textiles with high added value, barrier
and filter properties impressing on specially designed and customised textile
constructions and technologies of (multi)functional treatments, incl. nano-fibre
and nano-surface structures.
Technological area: Nanotechnology related to textiles technology
E! 4095 NANOSILVER
Application of nano-technological sover in practice, verification of
anti-bacterial effects and their stabilisation
The basis for these agents is the nano-particles of silver, which are safe and
manage to eliminate a whole series of viruses and bacteria.
Technological area: Micro- and nanotechnology related to biological sciences

46. EUREKA Cluster GRAPHENE
EUREKA Cluster GRAPHENE
 Spanish proposal to prepare new Cluster project during its Chairmanship
07/2016 – 06/2017
 Graphene is a one-atom thick sheet of carbon whose strenght, flexibility,
optical properties, electrical and thermal conductivity have opened new
horizons for fundamental technological innovation in electronic, optical,
and energy sectors
 Graphene appears as a unique platform bridging conventional
technologies with the nanoscale Pandora´s box, enabling to enrich
material and device properties
 EUREKA invites interested organisations and experts to be involved in
formulation and preparation of content, business target and market
application of Cluster project GRAPHENE
Contact point: Mr. Josef Martinec – CZ EUREKA NPC
josef.martinec@msmt.cz

47. www.eurekanetwork.org
www.eurostars-eureka.eu
www.msmt.cz
www.aipcr.cz

48. Thank you for your attention
Svatopluk Halada, AIE CR