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General Information 

IraSME (International research activities by SMEs) is a network of ministries and funding agencies which are owners or managers of national and regional funding programmes for cooperative research projects between small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Research and technology organisations (RTOs) can be additional partners or subcontractors in most of those programmes. Against the background of growing competition in global markets, IraSME supports SMEs in their transnational innovation activities, helps them acquiring technological know-how, extending their networks and bridging the gap between research and innovation. Current network partners are Alberta (Canada), Austria, Belgium (Wallonia and Flanders), Brazil, Czech Republic, Germany, Luxembourg, Russia and Turkey.

The IraSME network has opened its 26th joint call for transnational innovative R&D proposals with submission deadline on 30 September 2020.

Participating countries and regions/provinces are: Alberta (Canada), Brazil, the Czech Republic, Flanders & Wallonia (Belgium), Germany, Luxembourg, Russia, and Turkey. 


Applicants find all relevant documents and information on the IraSME website: www.ira-sme.net/current-call/
As usual, proposals are submitted by each participating project partner on their respective national levels. In addition, the IraSME Proposal Application Form serves as a summary to be jointly prepared by the project consortium and to be sent by e-mail to info@ira-sme.net. 
Please feel free to send general enquiries to this e-mail adress as well, and we will support you gladly.

For more detailed information on your national/regional funding programme, please refer to your local funding agencies.

After having published the new ZIM funding guideline earlier this year, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has recently made the new ZIM application forms available to all interested applicants.
German IraSME project partners find all relevant forms and information regarding their national application on www.zim.de. 

If you are interested in receiving more information on international cooperation possibilities in ZIM aside from IraSME, please visit www.zim.de/international and/or sign up for our ZIM International Mailing.