What is the offer about?
With this the offer, we want to support project with actors along the entire value chain in information and communication technology (ICT), for example digital security, artificial intelligence, 5G, Internet of Things, self-driving vehicles, smart energy solutions, smart cities or e- health.
All project within the EUREKA cluster are international partnerships with broad industrial participation, which aim to promote research or encourage standardization processes.
In order to receive funding, the results must be relevant to the competitiveness of Swedish business. Expected results of project are, for example, prototypes and demonstrators of interest to potential customers on an international market, as well as funding for international standards.
The application process takes place in several stages
The application process to CELTIC-NEXT takes place in several steps as below:
- Find collaboration partners and form an international consortium, for example during the network day CELTIC Online Proposers Day on March 13, 2024.
- The international consortium will submit a full proposal (FPP) to CELTIC-NEXT (not to Vinnova) by May 3, 2024.
- The complete proposal is assessed and the applications that are approved receive a so-called Eureka label. This is communicated by CELTIC NEXT on June 7, 2024. This means that the national consortia are given the opportunity to submit applications to the respective country's funding public authority. It is in this step that the Swedish consortium sends in a proposal to Vinnova.
- Based on your applications, both international (FPP) to CELTIC-NEXT and national proposal to Vinnova, as well as a possible project interview, Vinnova makes a final assessment of whether the Swedish consortium receives funding or not.
- Vinnova makes a decision to grant or reject proposal. It is required that the project starts with at least two participating organizations from at least two different countries and that the project has had its official kick-off. The project must start within 12 months after the international consortium has received the Eureka label.