Eurogia Cluster's 30th Call for proposals – Clean Technologies

• The applicant must be an incorporated, profit-oriented Canadian SME with 500 or fewer full-time equivalent employees.
• The applicant must have been operating for at least 12 months before the proposal deadline.
• The applicant must have at least 5 full-time equivalent employees located in Canada (on payroll and issued a T4), excluding contractors, by the Canadian registration deadline.
• The project must be a collaborative international R&D project with a consortium of at least 2 companies from different Eureka participating countries.
• The project must aim to develop an innovative new or improved product, process, industry standard, or service involving technological risk and a fair, win-win cooperation among partners.

Who is eligible?

• Clean technology companies (including hydrogen and renewable energy generation and storage technologies)
• ICT companies developing solutions for CO2 tracking and energy-use/storage management
• Companies working on energy-efficient housing, digital twins, smart cities, and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies
• Artificial intelligence (AI) and Big data companies focused on energy-use optimization
• Research institutes and universities (participation permitted according to each country’s funding regulations; in Canada they may participate on a self-funded basis or as subcontractors)

Who is not eligible

• Canadian organizations that are not incorporated, profit-oriented SMEs in Canada (for example, large enterprises or non-profit organizations) are not eligible for NRC IRAP funding under this call (they may only participate on a self-funded basis or as subcontractors).
• Canadian SMEs that have been operating for less than 12 months before the project proposal deadline.
• Canadian SMEs with fewer than 5 full-time equivalent employees in Canada on payroll (T4), excluding contract employees, by the Canadian registration deadline.
• Any project involving individuals or organizations with a current affiliation with an entity on Canada’s Named Research Organization (NRO) list (such projects will not be directly funded by NRC).

Eligible geographic areas

• Canada (eligible Canadian SMEs).
• Eureka participating countries (project consortium must include at least 2 companies from different participating countries).
• Budapest, Hungary (Project Outline Day event location).

• Demonstrated technological innovation with associated technological risk.
• Clear advantage and added value created by international technological cooperation between participants (e.g., prototyping, field trials, new or improved products, access to R&D infrastructure).
• Well-balanced consortium contributions (no single partner or country contributing more than 70% of total project costs).
• Economic and societal benefits (where relevant) clearly highlighted in the proposal.
• Attestation that all partners and involved individuals/organizations have no affiliation with entities listed on Canada’s Named Research Organization (NRO) list (projects with a current affiliation will not be directly funded by NRC).

• Eurogia is a Eureka Cluster program focused on close-to-market, industry-driven collaborative R&D in clean technologies.
• A Eurogia brokerage tool is available to share project ideas and support consortium building.
• A “Project outline day” information and matchmaking event is scheduled for March 5, 2026, in Budapest, Hungary.
• For research security, NRC will not directly fund projects where there is a current affiliation with an entity on Canada’s Named Research Organization (NRO) list.