Do not miss out on Funding for your Project!

Our goal is to provide SMEs with the necessary information to help them lauch their projects. Here you will be able to find EU funding opportunities in the robotics field, public funding strategies, opportunities and instruments in the field of Interactive Robotics


What is Horizon 2020?

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Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme ever with nearly €80 billion of funding available over 7 years (2014 to 2020) – in addition to the private investment that this money will attract. It promises more breakthroughs, discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to the market.

The following sections give more details about Robotic related calls and activities in different parts of the work programme.

Find out more about Horizon 2020:

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Excellence Science | Industrial Leadership | Societal Challenges | Enhanced European Innovation Council

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Does my project qualify for Funding?

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Horizon 2020 calls can have different types of action (funding schemes). The type of action specifies: the scope of what is funded, the reimbursement rate and specific evaluation criteria to qualify for funding.

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Research and Innovation

Activities aiming to establish new knowledge and/or explore the feasibility of a new or improved technology, product, process, service or solution. For this purpose, they may include basic and applied research, technology development and integration, testing and validation on a small-scale prototype in a laboratory or simulated environment.
EU funding rate – 100%

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Innovation Actions: Large Scale Pilots

Activities directly aiming at producing plans and arrangements or designs for new, altered or improved products, processes or services. For this purpose, they may include prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting, large-scale product validation and market replication.
EU funding rate –70% (except for non-profit legal entities, where a rate of 100% applies)

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Coordination and Support

Accompanying measures such as standardization, dissemination, awareness-rising and communication, networking, coordination or support services, policy dialogues and mutual learning exercises and studies.
EU funding rate – 100%

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Find Out about Tax Incentives!

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The European Commission carried out a study on R&D Tax Incentives in the 28 EU countries, USA and UK . This guide seeks to provide country-specific information that summarizes the tax treatment of R&D expenditure, together with specific R&D incentives available throughout the region.

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An updated guide was made by KPMG of R&D incentives in the EMEA region (Europe, the Middle East and Africa)

EY created a Worldwide R&D Incentives Reference guide which summarizes the key R&D incentives in 44 jurisdictions

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