THALIA: Foundations of Change, Prosperity, Equality and Development

Programme “THALIA 2021-2027” constitutes a multi-annual, multi-fund development Programme that was drawn up in accordance to the Article 22 of the Regulation (EU) 2021/1060 (Common Provisions Regulation – CPR), outlining the development strategy for the utilisation of the resources allocated to Cyprus through the Cohesion Policy Funds, for the period 2021-2027.

The total budget of the Programme amounts to €1.81 billion, of which €968 million comes from the EU Cohesion Policy Funds, while the remaining €842 million is the national contribution.

The European Partnership on Innovative SMEs / Eurostars is a funding instrument that supports innovative SMEs and project partners (large companies, universities, research organisations and other types of organisations) by funding international collaborative R&D and innovation projects. By participating, organisations can access public funding for international collaborative R&D projects in all fields.

• The amount of funding your organisation receives when you participate in a project is managed by your national funding body.
• Funding rules vary from country to country and your national funding body decides:
  • which organisations can receive funding,
  • which project activities can be funded and
  • funding rates and thresholds.
• If you are from a European Partnership on Innovative SMEs / Eurostars country, you can discover what funding is available for your organisation in your country on our country-specific pages and contact your national or regional funding body using our contact form.

• Research, Technological Development and Innovation
• Small-Medium Enterprises and Competitiveness

• Educational Institutions
• Large Enterprises
• NGOs
• Non Profit Organisations
• Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
• Semi-governmental organisations
• Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
• State-owned Enterprises

To apply, you must fulfil seven eligibility criteria:

• The project consortium is led by an innovative SME* from a European Partnership on Innovative SMEs / Eurostars country**.
• The project consortium is composed of at least two entities that are independent of one another.
• The project consortium is composed of entities from at least two European Partnership on Innovative SMEs / Eurostars countries with at least one organisation coming from an EU or Horizon Europe Associated Country ***.
• The budget of the SMEs from the participating countries (excluding any subcontracting) is 50% or more of the total project cost.
• No single participant or country is responsible for more than 70% of the budget of the project.
• The project duration is 36 months or less****.
• The project has an exclusive focus on civil applications.

*We define an innovative SME as any SMEs with the ambition to collaborate on R&D and innovation with international partners to develop new products, processes and services for European and global markets. Innovative SMEs do not need to have a proven track record of R&D activities.

R&D: “Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge – including knowledge of humankind, culture and society – and to devise new applications of available knowledge.” (OECD Frascati Manual 2015, p. 44)

Innovation: “a new or improved product or process (or combination thereof) that differs significantly from the unit’s previous products or processes and that has been made available to potential users (product) or brought into use by the unit (process).” (OECD Oslo Manual 2018, p. 20)

**European Partnership on Innovative SMEs / Eurostars countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

***European Partnership on Innovative SMEs / Eurostars countries which are not an EU member state or a Horizon Europe Associated Country: Canada, Republic of Korea, Singapore, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland.

****If justified, you may be permitted an extension after your project has started. This request will undergo a technical evaluation to determine whether the extension of the project is duly justified by the participants. It must be approved by the Eureka Secretariat and the relevant national funding bodies.

Please read all our guidelines before submitting a project application. If you do not meet all our eligibility criteria, your application will be rejected.

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