35th CORNET Call for Proposals OPEN
29.12.2022
The transnational funding network CORNET has opened its 35th Call for Proposals to realise further international research projects for the benefits of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Submission of project proposals is possible until 29 March 2023, 12 p.m. (CET) via the CORNET Submission Tool.
CORNET combines existing national or regional funding programmes and brings together financial resources from two (or more) countries/regions into one project budget. In the current call, all CORNET partners are on board except the Netherlands and Japan. After having to skip the last calls, also the Czech Republic is back on board. Their national call opens in January 2023.
CORNET – international Collective Research
Applying for funding within the CORNET framework is unbureaucratic and worthwhile! As a well-established international funding network, CORNET accomplishes an average success rate of over 60 per cent.
The calls follow a bottom-up approach: every topic that supports SMEs in their innovation efforts is welcome. SMEs often do not have the capacity to conduct research on their own to solve a problem, tackle challenges and make existing processes more innovative. Here, Collective Research is the answer! The pre-competitive character of the international collaboration projects enables a large number of SMEs benefitting from one project as the research results are widely published.
Information about the application process
For the international proposal which is handed in jointly by all project participants via the CORNET Submission Tool, applicants are kindly asked to use the latest version of the proposal documents which is available for download in the section Guidelines and Templates.
Further information about the application process, the composition of international project consortia and the timeline of the current call is available in the section Calls for Proposals. If there are any questions regarding the international CORNET application, please do not hesitate to contact the CORNET Coordination Office.
For information about the national/regional part of the application, please contact the resepective Funding Organisation of your country/region.
Need more time? Still looking for partners?
If you need more time for your proposal or to find suitable project partners, you can also participate in the next call opening in summer 2023 with deadline 27 September 2023. CORNET issues two Calls for Proposals per year, deadline is always last Wednesday in March and last Wednesday in September (12 p.m. CET/CEST).