Funding to foster collaboration between academia and the industry

Do you want to develop a collaborative R&D project? We encourage and financially support collaborations between academia and industry through our annual thematic call for projects, which allows companies to take on board the latest innovations and enables researchers to find practical cases to which apply their discoveries. The theme of the 2024 call for projects is 'Physical Artificial Intelligence for Societal Challenges'. Submit your project at the latest by November 4th 2024!

Are you eligible?

• Your project must fall within the scope of this years' call and contribute to its objective.
• Your project must involve at least one Brussels-based research organization and one company whose relevant R&D activities are based in the Brussels-Capital Region.
• The balance of efforts between academia and industry must respect a 1/3 – 2/3 balance.
• Companies must demonstrate their ability to finance their share in the project
• Companies must have fulfilled their obligations in the context of previous support initiatives allocated by the Region

The detailed conditions are set out in the application form below.

The procedure in 3 steps

• Submit your project outline, using the form below, before November 4th, 2024 at 2 PM. 
• If your project is selected, you will be invited to submit your final proposal before February 28th, 2025 at 2 PM : The full project presentation form (electronic submission only at funding-request@innoviris.brussels and jduplicy@innoviris.brussels) :
• Your full proposal will be evaluated by a jury of experts. That evaluation will be based on the submitted documents and on a live jury session, according to the criteria defined in the documents.
   

Other information

Project duration must be between 1,5 and 3 years.

The financial contribution is awarded in the form of a grant and covers :

• 40% of the costs for large enterprises;
• 50% of the costs for medium enterprises;
• 60% of the costs for micro and small enterprises;
• 100% of the costs for research organisations.

After submitting your grant application, you will receive confirmation of your application within 2 hours. If you do not receive such confirmation, you must contact us in any case. 

Interested? In collaboration with sustAIn.brussels and FARI, Innoviris is organizing a launch and matchmaking event on September 17, 2024 at FARI.