For calls in 2007:

• Separate calls for international projects; no calls published yet for 2007 (2 calls expected) 
• Budget for each call: approx. 8 million Euro
• Dutch partners are eligible for subsidy percentages in the range of 25%-70%, depending on conditions (type of research/development; type of partner)
• Research activities: 50%
• Development activities: 25%
• Bonus SME: +10%
• Bonus EUREKA/ITEA 2 label (whole Dutch consortium): +10%
• Maximum funding per project: 1 million Euro 

Fixed calls:

• Publication of dates for calls in 2007 to be announced end December 2006 
• Open competition
• All type of partners and combinations are possible: industries, SMEs, universities, R&D organisations, provided at least one Dutch company participates
• Competition with EUREKA projects, EUREKA cluster projects, and R&D cooperation projects with USA, Japan and Singapore
• Projects are evaluated and ranked according to the following criteria:
• Technological innovation envisaged by Dutch partners
• Economic perspective of Dutch partners
• Quality of international cooperation
• Ecological and social sustainability
• Evaluation time =  2 months, excluding contract negotiation 
• Success rate = approx. 25%

• Possibility to apply for national funding before ITEA 2 labelling
• ITEA 2 label is mandatory for eventual grant of subsidy
• Subsidy instrument: “Innovatiesubsidie Samenwerkingsprojecten” (IS), for more information see: www.senternovem.nl/eureka
• Application for IS scheme requires a separate project plan for the activities of Dutch participants
• Main participant must be a company