Eligibility criteria

Our Network projects programme has limited eligibility criteria for joining a consortium and you can participate in an R&D project even if you are not eligible to receive any funding:

• Your project idea must represent cooperation in the form of a specific project.
• The project must be directed at researching or developing a product, process or service.
• The project must have a civilian purpose.
• Your consortium must include at least two independent legal entities from at least two Eureka countries.
• No single organisation or country can be responsible for more than 70% of the project budget.

Bpifrance has additional criteria for projects to be eligible to receive funding:

• The consortium must include at least two companies.
• Participating French companies must have fewer than 2000 fulltime equivalents (FTEs).
• The duration of the project may not exceed 36 months.