Eureka Collaborative R&D: UK – Israel Round 3

The UK registered partners in your Eureka project must nominate one business, of any size, to start an Innovate UK application. We refer to them as the ‘lead organisation’ and the person they nominate to have overall responsibility as the ‘lead applicant’.

The UK lead applicant can also collaborate with:

• other UK registered businesses of any size
• UK registered research and technology organisations (RTOs)

A business can only lead on one application but can be included as a collaborator in a further two applications.

A research organisation can collaborate in any number of applications.

If the Eureka project lead is from a participating Eureka member other than the UK, the UK registered partners can still claim funding from Innovate UK. These collaborations must include at least one UK registered micro, small or medium enterprise (SME).

The UK lead applicant must collaborate with at least one Israeli organisation participating in the competition. It must be a separate legal entity, not linked to the UK partners. Only UK organisations can be invited to the Innovate UK application on the Innovation Funding Service. The involvement of your non-UK organisations must be outlined in your answers.

Your consortium must ensure that a joint application is also submitted to the Eureka platform, known as SmartSimple.

In the Innovate UK application the ‘project lead’ is responsible for the entire project but Eureka uses the term ‘main participant’. For partners in the collaboration Eureka uses ‘other participants’.

Even if the project lead is from a participating Eureka member other than the UK, the UK registered partners can still claim funding from Innovate UK. These collaborations must include at least one UK registered micro, small or medium enterprise (SME).

Your project can last up to two years and is expected to start May 2025. The start date depends on the national funding procedures of the Eureka members involved in the selected projects.

The organisations from participating Eureka members must meet the funding and eligibility conditions of their respective national funding bodies. These will be published on the Eureka call for proposals web page when this competition opens. These organisations must apply through their own funding bodies and not through the Innovation Funding Service.

Each partner must carry out the majority of their funded work within the Eureka member from which they receive funding, for example the UK for Innovate UK funding.

There must be a genuine collaboration. No more than 70% of the total eligible project costs can be claimed by a single partner or by all partners from a single participating Eureka member collectively.

We will fund projects in any technological area.

The aim of this competition is to support business led collaborative, research and development (CR&D) projects resulting in new products, industrial processes or services. Projects must be innovative, involve a technological risk and target large global markets.

Your collaborative R&D proposal must demonstrate:

• a clear game-changing or disruptive innovative idea leading to new products, processes or services
• a strong and deliverable business plan that addresses and documents market potential and needs
• sound, practical financial plans and timelines
• good value for money, which will always be a consideration in Innovate UK funding decisions
• a clear, evidence-based plan to deliver significant economic impact, return on investment (ROI) and growth through commercialisation, as soon as possible after project completion
• clear, considerable potential to significantly benefit the UK economy or national productivity
• the benefit of participants from the countries working together and how this adds value
• a clear definition of where intellectual property (IP) can be used and shared between the participants and countries
• a clear route to market within two to three years of project completion

We will not fund projects that:

• work on non-civilian technologies
• are not in scope
• do not meet Innovate UK’s eligibility criteria
• do not submit all mandatory documentation
• have not submitted an application to the Eureka SmartSimple
• do not have a genuine collaboration with an Israeli partner who has been successful in the corresponding Israeli application process

An online briefing will be held at 11am on Monday 17 June: click here for the joining link.

If you would like help to find a collaboration partner, contact Innovate UK Business Connect’s Global Alliance team.