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EUR 45 million will be available to SMEs and Large enterprises via the SME Growth Programme, to be operated by Innovation Norway. According to latest official update from Innovation Norway, the call will be opened in April – May 2018, with better funding conditions and more eligible topics.

EUR 2.8 billion will be available to companies, universities and research institutes, NGOs and public sector organizations in 15 EU countries across the CEE region, Baltics and Portugal under the new 2014 – 2021 EEA& Norway financial mechanism. The EEA & Norway grants have the goal of strengthening bilateral relations between the Donor States (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) and the...

Slovakia will get more than EUR 113 million under the EEA & Norway grants 2014 – 2021, being one of the 15 Beneficiary States across the EU in this new funding cycle, to have signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the Donor States (Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein). The total budget includes EUR 15.5 million of national co-financing.

GBP 6.5 million will be available to businesses of any size for collaborative innovation projects to help them overcome intractable product, manufacturing or process performance problems through advanced measurement and analytical technologies. A 2 – stage competition for projects up to GBP 250,000 and a funding intensity up to 70%.

Bulgaria will get more than EUR 210 million under the EEA & Norway grants 2014 – 2021, being one of the 15 Beneficiary States across the EU in this new funding cycle, to have signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the Donor States (Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein). The total budget includes EUR 24.3 million of national co-financing.

GBP 15 million to stimulate innovation in the infrastructure systems that provide critical services for our economy, environment and society. That will consist of ‘smart’ infrastructure, energy systems (including nuclear fission and offshore wind), connected transport and urban living to companies of any size that include at least one UK-based SME. There will be grants up to GBP 100,000 and a...

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...

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.

EUR 300 million in EU funds for developing innovation projects on the Romanian market. A new round of calls will be launched in the following two months. Grants of up to EUR 20 million and a funding intensities of up to 100% will be available for R&D infrastructures, innovation clusters, knowledge transfer, and for synergies with the Horizon 2020 programme.

The Blue Book has been finalised, which sets out the priority sectors and eligible programme areas under the EEA & Norway Grants 2014-2021 funding cycle. This follows the public consultation process in June and July. Under this funding mechanism, Donor States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway) will contribute EUR 2.8 billion to 15 EU countries. Furthermore, there will be three out of five priority...