• No limit for project budget.
• SMEs can receive up to 75% percent of all eligible R&D costs and large companies can receive up to 50-60% percent of all eligible R&D costs.

Funding organization:

The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜB?TAK), the leading agency for management, funding and conduct of research in Turkey, bears the responsibility concerning functioning of EUREKA National Office and EUREKA funding mechanism.

Application rules:

• Any Turkish company can apply for funding.
• There is no specific application deadline or cut-off date for project applications.
• Online application tool was implemented for Turkish participants. (In Turkish)

Evaluation procedure:

In the first stage project proposals are evaluated by independent experts and final evaluation
reports are prepared. In the second stage these reports are presented to the Evaluation
Committee for to make the last decision. Evaluation of project proposals is approximately
concluded in three months.

Evaluation criteria:

• Industrial R&D content of the project, its innovation level and technological merit.
• Economic potential of the final outcome and its contribution to national economy.
• Relevance of project plan with planned activities and the technical and managerial capability of the firm.

Funded activities:

• Conceptual development,
• Technological/technical and economic feasibility studies,
• Laboratory studies to be conducted in the process of transition from conceptualdevelopment to design,
• Design and development,
• Prototype production,
• Establishment of pilot plant,
• Test run,
• Patenting and licensing.

• Universities and research institutions are not allowed to initiate a EUREKA project as a
  main partner. But they can provide R&D services to companies within the project and
  their contribution to the project can be funded by subcontracting.
• Pre-payment is available on condition that the company can set up a guaranty.