GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

Funding provided under previews programmes.

The total maximum funding per project up to €150 000 cannot be exceeded, no matter the size and composition of the project nor if the applicant participates in more than one consortium. The upper funding up to €50 000 per natural person also remains, no matter if they apply independently, or within a consortium or across several consortia and NGI Search Open Calls.

On top of this financial support, NGI Search will also provide technical, business and innovation support in an open and agile environment.

Applicants can be entrepreneurs, developers, socially engaged people, SMEs (including newly established entities), research entities, academic research groups, non-profit entities etc. Applicant types are divided into two main groups:

• Natural Persons who are residents of an EU Member State, or in Horizon Europe Associated Countries or
• entities officially registered in an EU Member State or in Horizon Europe Associated Countries.

An SME will be considered as such, if it complies with the Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC . As a summary, the criteria which define a SME are:

• Headcount in Annual Work Unit (AWU) less than 250;
• Annual turnover less or equal to €50 000 00 or annual balance sheet total less or equal to €43 000 000.

The project also accepts consortia of natural persons, consortia of entities or consortia of natural persons and entities, as long as the eligibility criteria are met. However, if the applicant decides to participate in a consortium, note that there is a limit of 3 members per consortia (and maximum of € 150 000 per project).