The funding of individual R&D projects oriented to the market represents by far the core activity of the EUREKA network. Challenged now by the Eurostars programme for Small and Medium sized entreprises also ran by EUREKA, it remains the main European funding tool for large companies and research Institutes willing to do business through technology.
EUREKA ongoing projects in figures
Large companies | 476 |
SMEs | 1174 |
Research Institutes | 491 |
Universities | 459 |
Government/National Administration | 40 |
Total number of organisations involved in | 2640 |
Number of running projects | 722 |
Total budget for these projects | € 1.3 billion |
Average budget per project | € 1.8 million |