Eureka collaborative R&D: Globalstars Japan 2027

Key facts

About this grant

Summary from the official listing on Find a Grant (GOV.UK):

Description

This competition is for UK businesses that want to apply to the Globalstars Japan 2027 Eureka call. Go to the Eureka call for proposals web page if you are not a UK applicant.

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), will invest up to £2 million. This is to fund collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects focused on industrial research. This is subject to a sufficient number of high quality applications being received.

The aim of this competition is to fund business-led collaborative research and development (CR&D) projects focused on industrial research. This competition will be for innovative proposals developed between the UK, Japan and the other Eureka participating countries. Innovate UK will be funding the UK partners only.

We will fund projects in:

• Semiconductors
• Quantum
• Artificial Intelligence
• Cyber Security
• Advanced Connectivity Technologies
• Biotechnology (including Engineering Biology)
• Space

Your project must have high market potential and develop at least one of the following:

• innovative products
• technology based applications
• technology based services

Projects must include at least one SME from Japan and can include other partners from one of the Eureka members participating in the competition. The members are:

• Austria
• Belgium (Flanders)
• Canada
• Estonia
• France
• Germany
• Israel
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Spain
• Switzerland
• Türkiye

In applying to this competition, you are entering into a competitive process. This competition has a funding limit, so we may not be able to fund all the proposed projects. It may be the case that your project scores highly but we are still unable to fund it.

Our experience from similar competitions suggests that you could have a 10% chance of success.

It may be the case that your project scores highly and receives positive comments from the assessors but we are still unable to fund it due to the portfolio approach we take.

We consider a range of factors when determining whether to provide funding to applicants. This includes an assessment of prior conduct, such as any outstanding payments owed to Innovate UK or UKRI. Such factors may influence the funding decision, potentially resulting in a refusal of funding or an award subject to additional scrutiny.

We also reserve the right to adjust funding allocations for any of our competitions. This may be in response to changes in policy, portfolio funding considerations or broader government funding decisions.

The lead applicant must submit your Innovate UK application by 11am UK time on the deadline stated in this Innovate UK competition brief. We cannot guarantee other government or third party sites will always show the correct competition information.

Your project team must submit the Eureka project application form to the Eureka website by 12:00am Central European Time on Wednesday 20th January 2027 (11:00pm GMT on Tuesday 19th January 2027).

Project size

UK applicants can apply for total grant of up to £600,000 for each project.

Accessibility and Inclusion

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and are committed to making our application process accessible to everyone. This includes making reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability or a long-term condition and face barriers applying to us.

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Eligibility

Who can apply

Your project

UK applicants can apply for total grant of up to £600,000 for each project.

Your project can last up to three years and is expected to start by 1st August 2027. The start date depends on the national funding procedures of the Eureka members involved in the selected projects.

Projects must be collaborative.

You must only include eligible project costs in your application. See our overview of eligible project costs.

If your project’s grant funding request or duration falls outside of our eligibility criteria, you must provide justification by email to support@iuk.ukri.org at least 10 working days before the competition closes. We will decide whether to approve your request.

If you have not requested approval or your application has not been approved by us, you will be made ineligible. Your application will then not be sent for assessment.

Eureka terminology and roles

The terminology differs between Eureka and Innovate UK. 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 business of any size.

UK lead applicant

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 lead applicant has an overall view of the application and must:

• start the application
• monitor the partners’ application progress
• make sure all UK partners complete their parts of the application
• click submit once the application is complete

The UK lead applicant must collaborate with at least one SME from Japan participating in the competition. It must be a separate legal entity, not linked to the UK partners.

You can also collaborate with other participating Eureka members in addition to Japan.

Overall Eureka project team

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 ow

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