EURIPIDES2 is a EUREKA Cluster for heterogeneous electronic products integration, advanced smart sensors, power electronics and enmeshed and implanted systems.
EURIPIDES2 MISSION: The EURIPIDES program is a modern, highly regarded tool to structure industrial projects and
reinforce the strength and position of SMEs and LEs on the international market of Smart Systems.
Main contributions to European electronic system and microsystem competitiveness are:
• Increase the R&D and manufacturing capabilities of European companies, with a specific focus on SMEs in the growing global market of Smart Systems
• Development of advanced systems based on miniaturization, autonomy, reliability, or low energy using techniques such as micro and nano technologies, interconnects, system oriented packaging and test
• Reducing time to market by organizing product value chains,
• Support high volume, low cost solutions for smart systems and heterogeneous integration by cooperation between high tech and low cost industry sectors
• Increase trans-national cooperation with the New European member States. Only high level technology competencies of the whole community can guarantee the competitiveness of Europe.
RULES FOR PARTICIPATION:
Main member: the country of the participant who submits the project or who is responsible or who coordinates it must be a EUREKA member. The list of these countries is available on the EUREKA web site: www.EUREKAnetwork.org
• Other members: they should come at least from another EUREKA member. Associated countries can participate as any full EUREKA member with the only additional requirement of a balanced European participation, involving at least two companies from different EUREKA member countries.
• The non- EUREKA members or “Third Country”: they could participate as the third partner only if at least 2 organizations from 2 EUREKA member countries are involved and they must have secured funding (own private sources and/or combination own funding plus national public co-funding) for participation in a project.
Minimum 2 partners from EUREKA members: the main member should come from a EUREKA country. Participants from associated countries or non-EUREKA members are submitted to special rules. Please refer to the “EUREKA Project Form Guidelines”.
- One country’s share in a project should not exceed 75% of the total budget of the project (inEuros).
- A Project Consortium Agreement (PCA) between the partners of the consortium should be signed at the beginning of the project.
The most efficient method for building-up a consortium is to submit an “Expression of Interest” to the EURIPIDES Office which can spread the information to the first level of members or on the EURIPIDES website, depending on the level of confidentiality desired by the main contractor.
