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Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

Eureka collaborative R&D: Globalstars Japan 2027

Innovate UK funding of up to £600,000 per project for the UK partners in business-led collaborative industrial research projects with Japan, under the Eureka Globalstars Japan 2027 call. Projects must include at least one UK registered business and at least one Japanese SME, can add partners from 14 other Eureka countries, and must focus on semiconductors, quantum, AI, cyber security, advanced connectivity, biotechnology (including engineering biology) or space. Two applications are needed: the joint Eureka application form, due 11pm GMT on 19 January 2027, and the Innovate UK application, due 11am on 20 January 2027. Innovate UK puts the chance of success at about 10%.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£1,000 – £600,000
Deadline
93 days left
19 January
Effort
Heavy
budgets, references, often several stages

Who can apply

  • The UK partners must nominate a UK registered business of any size to start and lead the Innovate UK application; the overall Eureka project can be led by a partner from another participating country
  • The UK lead must collaborate with at least one Japanese SME taking part in the call that is a separate legal entity not linked to the UK partners, and can add partners from Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Canada, Estonia, France, Germany, Israel, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland and Türkiye, who apply to their own national funders
  • Other UK partners can be UK registered businesses of any size or UK registered research organisations; research organisations cannot lead or work alone
  • The lead and at least one other organisation must request funding, and no single partner, nor all partners from one country, can claim more than 70% of total eligible costs
  • Each partner must do most of its funded work in its own country
  • Subcontractors are limited to 20% of UK partners' eligible costs
  • A business can lead one application and be a collaborator in two more; a non-grant-claiming UK partner cannot lead
  • Requests above £600,000 or projects over three years need approval by email at least 10 working days before the close

What it funds

Business-led collaborative research and development projects focused on industrial research, between the UK, Japan and other participating Eureka countries, with high market potential, developing innovative products, technology based applications or technology based services, in one or more of:

  • Semiconductors
  • Quantum
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cyber Security
  • Advanced Connectivity Technologies
  • Biotechnology (including Engineering Biology)
  • Space

Innovate UK funds the UK partners only. Businesses can get up to 70% of eligible costs (micro or small), 60% (medium) or 50% (large); UK research organisations share up to 30% of UK eligible costs, at 100% (RTOs and research organisations) or 80% of full economic cost (academic institutions). Projects can last up to three years and should start by 1 August 2027.

What it will not fund

  • Non-civilian technologies
  • Projects that are not in scope
  • Projects that do not meet Innovate UK's eligibility criteria
  • Projects that do not submit all mandatory documentation
  • Projects without at least one UK registered business and one eligible Japanese SME
  • Grant requests of more than £600,000
  • Projects that pose a risk to the UK's national security, economic security or strategic interests
  • Projects dependent on export performance or on the use of a set percentage of UK inputs
  • Organisations in financial difficulty
  • Applicants who have failed to exploit a previously funded project, have an overdue independent accountant's report or have failed to comply with grant terms and conditions

How to apply

  1. Find partners, including at least one Japanese SME (Eureka runs a Globalstars Japan 2027 matchmaking platform)
  2. Complete the joint Eureka project application form on the Eureka website by 12am CET on 20 January 2027 (11pm GMT on 19 January 2027)
  3. The UK lead starts the Innovate UK application on the Innovation Funding Service and invites UK partners to enter their own costs and Project Impact answers
  4. Answer the project details and application questions 1-18 (up to 400 words each; questions 9-18 are scored), uploading the completed Eureka application as a PDF at question 4
  5. Submit the Innovate UK application by 11am UK time on 20 January 2027
  6. Three independent assessors score the application; Innovate UK takes a portfolio approach

Partners from other Eureka countries apply through their own national funding bodies, not the Innovation Funding Service. Questions to support@iuk.ukri.org or 0300 321 4357; questions about the Eureka form go to Eureka directly.

Have ready

  • Completed Eureka project application form (PDF, uploaded at question 4)
  • Approach and innovation appendix (PDF, up to two A4 pages, 10MB)
  • Project plan or Gantt chart (PDF, up to two A4 pages, 10MB)
  • Risk register (PDF, up to two A4 pages, 10MB)
  • Optional team summary appendix (PDF, up to two A4 pages)
  • TRAC costings uploaded by academic institutions

The application is ineligible without the appendices for questions 4, 10, 15 and 16.

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