The CELTIC-NEXT Autumn Call 2024

Key Features

CELTIC-NEXT has opened a call for organisations collaborating internationally on the R&D of ICT projects. By applying and participating, your organisation can access national public funding for your R&D project.

Programme:     Eureka

Award:     Share of up to £750,000

Opens: 1st Jul 2024

Closes: 21st Oct 2024

! This scheme is closing soon

Overview

CELTIC-NEXT has opened a call for organisations collaborating internationally on the R&D of ICT projects. By applying and participating, your organisation can access national public funding for your R&D project.

The goal of this call for projects is to enable projects in the field of next-generation communications ICT for the digital society that contribute to a sustainable world.

You can submit your R&D project application between 1 July 2024 and 21 October 2024 by visiting CELTIC-NEXT website.

Scope

CELTIC-NEXT gives project proposers almost limitless freedom regarding what research topic they can explore in their ICT research projects. The programme’s philosophy is to facilitate projects in a bottom-up way, thus offering projects the chance of both evolutionary and disruptive innovation in all relevant ICT areas without limiting their creativity and ambition.

Relevant industry sectors include:

  • Network capacity
  • Photonics
  • Satellite
  • Mobility
  • ICT
  • Security
  • Robustness
  • More …

Eligibility

Eureka has limited eligibility criteria for organisations participating in a Clusters consortium:

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

If there is no allocated budget for your organisation type in your country and you want to participate in a project consortium, contact your national funding body using the form below to see whether there are other funding opportunities available or talk to them about self-funding.

Participation is open to companies of all sizes, universities and research organisations.

Participation Benefits:

• Perform collaborative join RD&I consortia and projects within Europe and beyond

• Public funding support, professional coaching and mentoring

• Reach a high chance of getting your project approved and funded

• Get high exploitation potential and business impact

• Boost your competitiveness and accelerate your growth

How to apply

  1. Contact your national funding body and CELTIC-NEXT offices to discuss your project idea and eligibility.
  2. Create an account on Clusters Projects Tool: https://cluster-projects.eurestools.eu/
  3. Submit your CELTIC Project Proposal template (CPP) before the deadline, with the Confirmation Letter/Declaration of Acceptance (CLD) for each consortium partner within two weeks after your proposal submission.
  4. If you project is selected, you will receive a positive Label Notification, a Project Cooperation Agreement (PCA) should be elaborated and signed between the consortium partners.

During the submission process, you will be guided step by step as all documents are provided in the tool and on our Guides, Contracts & Templates page: https://www.celticnext.eu/guides-contracts-templates/

In case you have any questions regarding the CELTIC Project Portal, don’t hesitate to contact us via office@celticnext.eu.

Please note that your national funding body may have additional steps for applying for R&D funding.

Brokerage tool

In addition, to support you in preparing your project proposal for CELTIC-NEXT Calls, we have created an online Brokerage Tool: https://www.celticnext.eu/brokerage-tool/

Its goal is to help you build your Consortium for your CELTIC Project. The Following functionalities are available:

  • Submission form for Project Ideas and Expertise Offers
  • Overview lists with search form
  • Contact request forms
  • Process owner support functions: approval process and contact request tracking

After submission, the CELTIC Office will check and publish your Project Idea or your Expertise.

Interested in applying for this competition?

Book an appointment to speak to one of our advisors to discuss your eligibility to apply for this Grant Funding opportunity.