Bi- and Multilateral Cooperation Opportunity with Germany, Austria, Brazil, Belgium and Luxembourg

The 31st call of the IRASME network aims to support international research, development and innovation projects involving small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

The call will remain open until 29 March 2023, and allows bilateral and multilateral cooperation with Germany, Austria, Brazil, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Although industry-academia cooperation is preferred for applications from Türkiye, SME-SME cooperation projects involving at least 2 countries from partner countries can be supported.

TÜBİTAK will provide research support up to 2,500,000 TL (excluding project incentive premium and overheads) per project for the research team in Turkey. The project duration can be maximum 36 months. At least 1 SME from each country must be included in the applications and at least 50% of the total project budget must be allocated to private sector partners.

The international call text can be found on the IRA-SME call page, and detailed information can be found on the national processes document.