We have put together a checklist for how to write a successful Eurostars application. It is a list that briefly describes the process in writing an application and what steps you should take. Below is a short version with no links. For the full version download pdf here.
- Identify Your Unique Idea for an application to the Eurostars programme.
- Check the eligibility criteria for participation (country, SME etc.)
- Register on the Eurostars web to access the online application form.
- Contact the Eurostars National Project Coordinator (NPC) in your country. In Sweden, you may contact the EU SME support office (www.eusme.se) or the Eurostars NPC and Project Officers at Vinnova.
- Be sure to get proper up to date directions on how to fill in the application form. Access the Application Guidelines.
- Start to discuss the consortium agreement in parallel with drafting the application.
- Make sure that all information in the application form is correct especially the contact details for the contact persons. When submitting, avoid submission during the last hours before cut-off.
- If you are an SME, be prepared to complete and return The Eurostars Commitment and Signature Form and also The European Commission SME declaration approximately 1 week after the cut-off date.
- You wait for approximately for four months for the evaluation of your Eurostars application to be finalised, including the subsequent check for availability of national funding.
- All funding to participants in approved projects is managed by their respective national funding body, VINNOVA in Sweden who will invite you for national funding.
- Finalise and Sign the Consortium Agreement together with project partners. The main participant in the consortium sends the signed agreement as a PDF-file by e-mail to the Eurostars programme in Brussels. To be done within 12 weeks after the official notification from the Eurostars programme by email that funding is available for your project.