Eurostars 3 — Call 11 (UK / Innovate UK)

What it is

International collaborative R&D grant for R&D-performing SMEs: the consortium must span at least two Eurostars countries with an innovative SME in the lead role, delivering a market-driven civilian project. Innovate UK funds UK SMEs at up to 60% of eligible project costs, capped at €360,000 (≈£300,000) per project — shared if there is more than one UK partner; the UK budget for this call is £3.5m, and large companies, universities and research organisations receive no UK funding (they participate self-funded). Call 11 submissions close 10 September 2026 at 14:00 CET via myeurekaproject.org.

⚠️ ingest normalisation 2026-08-22: funder funds 60% of eligible costs up to the ceiling — engine capture expressed as up_to £300,000 (percentage_of_spend needs an assumedSpend the wizard doesn't collect; a raw pct would compute £0). Verified 2026-08-21 on eurekanetwork.org Call 11 page (live fetch; page updated 2026-08-20): window 9 Jul–10 Sep 2026 14:00 CET, open now. Two corrections vs the rescued Notion records: UK call budget is £3.5m (records said £2.5m) and the €360,000 cap is per PROJECT, shared across UK partners (records said per UK partner). valueMax £300,000 is a display approximation of the funder's stated €360,000 ceiling. UK national criteria the engine cannot express: consortium spans ≥2 Eurostars countries with an innovative SME lead; Innovate UK funds only one live Eurostars project per company; labour must be PAYE; overheads flat 20% of labour; subcontracting ≤20% of a UK partner's eligible costs; UK-led projects must be managed by an R&D-performing SME; funded costs/activities must be in the UK. monthsTrading≥12 approximates the funder's 'registered at Companies House at least 12 months and active (dormant entities not funded)'. Consolidates 3 Notion variants (one was already marked Withdrawn as a duplicate).