Multilateral Eureka Lightweighting Call 2024 for joint R&D projects
Update from 02.10.2024: The call is now closed, 29 Projects were submitted for a total volume of 51.7 Mio €. This is a great success for the Lightweighting community.
Update from 18.09.2024: Extension of the Eureka (SmartSimple) deadline for submissions to 2 October 2024 17:00 CEST (from 25 September 2024 17:00 CEST) due to the emergency situation caused by bad weather. Some national procedures might be unaffected by this change, please contact your National Project Coordinator for further details.
The national funding bodies (NFB) from Austria, Belgium (Flanders & Wallonia), Canada, Chile, Estonia, France, Germany, Israel, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, and Türkiye can support organisations collaborating on international R&D projects in the field of Lightweighting in this call. These should be collaborative research and innovation projects, resulting in innovative and marketable solutions.
This website provides information about the call and is a virtual marketplace to search business profiles and project cooperation opportunities - you can book meetings at any time (24/7).
Pitch your project idea during the international matchmaking event and submit your Eureka R&D project application for this call for projects until 25 September 2024 (17:00 CEST).
Time Schedule
| Timeline | Tasks |
| 22 March - 25 Sept 2024 |
1:1 Networking Meetings via b2match (24/7) |
| 17 April 2024 |
Announcement of the Call |
| 29 May 2024 |
Opening of the Call (Eureka Submission Platform) |
| 14 June 2024 10.30-11.30 (CEST) | International Matchmaking Event (register now) |
| 25 Sept 2024 |
Deadline for Eureka application |
| From Oct 2024 | National evaluation |
| From Dec 2024 | Eureka label procedure and funding decision |
| End of 2024 - Early 2025 | Project starts |
Registration
You can register yourself for the virtual Matchmaking / Marketplace via the registration button which you'll find on the right, or in the top bar.
Organised by
The Virtual Marketplace is organised by participating countries and partners of Enterprise Europe Network, in cooperation with ELA - European Lightweight Association and ELCA – European Lightweight Cluster Alliance.
