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EUREKA MEMBER > FranceFUNDING SCHEME
Funding in France
OSEO was established in 2005 by bringing together the French innovation agency and SME development bank, with the aim of providing assistance and financial support to French SMEs in the most decisive phases of their life cycle.
Every year, the Ministry for Economy, Industry and Employment, through the General Directorate for Competitiveness, Industries and Services (DGCIS) earmarks funds for the following EUREKA Clusters: CATRENE, ITEA2, CELTIC, EURIPIDES, EUROGIA+ and ACQUEAU.
> EUREKA individual projects - OSEO
Funding contactEUREKA France Patrick Cornet | General proceduresEUREKA France mainly provides refundable loans without interest. Grants are also possible for industrial research phases. SMEs above 50 employees are the main target.
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Type of funding
loanFunding by type of organisation
| Type of organisation | Funding % of elligible costs |
Maximum costs (in EUR) |
Additional information |
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| SME | up to 50% | no limit | Mainly refundable loans (0 interest) if successful |
| Large Company | up to 40% | no limit | For large companies with less than 5000 employees < > Companies with more than 5000 employees could be funded in the framework of specific funding programmes (with specific funding rules). |
| University | 40% of total costs | up to 50 K Euro | Grant up to 50 K Euros and refundable loan above. |
| Research Organisation | 40% of total costs | up to 50K Euro | Grant up to 50 K Euros and refundable loan above. |
| Other | no funding |
> Eurostars - (Grants) OSEO
Funding contactEUREKA France Patrick Cornet | Additional informationExpenses will be taken into account at the date of submission of the funding application at the OSEO innovation Regional Office
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More Information
> In France>OSEO
Type of funding
grantFunding by type of organisation
| Type of organisation | Funding % of elligible costs |
Maximum costs (in EUR) |
Additional information |
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| SME | 30% (*) | no limit | (*) For Eurostars SME = 40 % |
| Large Company | 30% (*) | no limit | (*) 30% for Large companies with less than 2000 employees >< no funding for Large companies with more than 2000 employees |
| University | 40% | up to 100 000€ | 40% of full costs in the limit of 100 000€ per participant |
| Research Organisation | 40% | up to 100 000€ | 40% of full costs in the limit of 100 000€ per participant |
| Other | no funding |
> Clusters - (Grants) Ministry for Economy, Industry and Employment DGCIS
Funding contactEUREKA France DGCIS France | General proceduresDifferent criteria must be met in order to obtain a Cluster label, compared to the EUREKA label.
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Information on calls
Calls are specific, even if they follow the main EUREKA common criteria. On average, calls are launched once a year. Proposals must address work areas or themes defined by the Cluster organisation.Most calls for proposals are based on a 2-phase process: "Project Outline" (or PO) and "Full Project Proposal" (or FPP). Some calls also include hearing sessions between the PO and FPP to present the project's main issues.
Projects are most often selected on the basis of innovation, impact, strength of the consortium, R&D capacity, and market potential. Depending on the Cluster organisation, evaluation will be performed either by a technical committee, by a steering Group, or the committee board.
Type of funding
otherFunding by type of organisation
| Type of organisation | Funding % of elligible costs |
Maximum costs (in EUR) |
Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| SME | 30% | no limit | |
| Large Company | 30% | no limit | |
| University | 100% of marginal costs | 50% of real costs | |
| Research Organisation | 100% of marginal costs | 50% of real costs | |
| Other | no funding |