GBP 15 million will be available to the best business-led, innovative or disruptive ideas or concepts. Priority will be given to proposals that are likely to lead to sustainable gains in productivity and/or access to new overseas markets through export-led business growth. There will be grants up to GBP 1 million and a funding intensity that may reach 70% intensity.

Up to EUR 200,000 are available under the Bilateral National Fund – EEA Grants 2009-2014 for the Romanian market through a recently-launched call for the sub-programme “Technical Assistance and Fund for Bilateral Relations at National Level”. The programme’s total budget is EUR 200,000 (EUR 50,000 for the Travel Support measure; EUR 150,000 for the Priority Sectors measure), and the funding...

The European Commission intends to double the duration and the financial capacity of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) financing programme. The current EUR 315 billion in investments until 2018 will be extended to  at least EUR 500 billion in investments until 2020. This will most probably be grown further to EUR 630 billion in investments by 2022. The EFSI programme, otherwise...

GBP 1 million into new ways of using synthetic biology to create transparent materials that are thinner and lighter than used for existing armour and that could offer better protection. The competition is open to any organisation and is for fully funded development contracts, with grants up to GBP 80,000 and a funding intensity that may reach 70% intensity.

GBP 750,000 to invest in projects that investigate small and lightweight power generation that can be integrated into robotic systems and carried by a person. The competition is open to any organisation and is for fully funded development contracts, with grants up to GBP 80,000 and a funding intensity that may reach 70% intensity.

GBP 1.6 million will be available to organizations of any size, UK-based acting as lead applicant. The aim of this competition is to fund collaborative technological solutions that address one or more of the following challenges: clean technology, affordable healthcare, use of electronic system design and manufacture (ESDM) technologies to provide solutions to particular societal challenges....

GBP 5 million will be available to organizations of any size, in order to stimulate innovation in the civil nuclear sector. It covers structural materials, manufacturing technologies and modular construction processes. There will be grants up to GBP 800,000 and a funding intensity that may reach 70% intensity.

GBP 12 million will be available to organizations of any size, covering collaborative technological solutions that address one or more of the following challenges: integration and governance of city systems, urban infrastructure and affordable smart mobility, sustainable urban environments. There will be grants up to GBP 2.4 million and a funding intensity that may reach 70% intensity.

Romania will get EUR 502.5 million under the EEA & Norway grants 2014-2021, after being the first country, from the 15 Beneficiary States across the EU in this new funding cycle, to have signed The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Donor States (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein). The total budget includes EUR 48.7 million of national co-financing.

GBP 450,000 will be available to identify and fund innovative technology that improves diagnosis and ongoing management of skin conditions. A 2-stage competition for projects up to GBP 150,000 and a funding intensity up to 70%.