EUR 62.45 mil. for implementing innovation projects on the Romanian market, individual grants up to EUR 5 mil. (significantly increased from EUR 3.34 mil. previously granted) and up to 80% funding intensities (100% for research organizations). Any EU based enterprise is eligible to submit an application, regardless of having or not a Romanian presence when submitting the application.

The RO-Energy programme, with a total budget of EUR 62.8 million is expected to open in March 2018, according to latest public information from Innovation Norway, the Fund Operator for this programme in Romania.

The Czech Republic will get EUR 184.5 million under the EEA & Norway Grants 2014 – 2021, being one of the 15 Beneficiary States across the EU in this new funding cycle, to have signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the Donor States (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein).

EUR 45 million will be available to SMEs and Large enterprises via the SME Growth Programme, to be operated by Innovation Norway. According to latest official update from Innovation Norway, the call will be opened in April – May 2018, with better funding conditions and more eligible topics.

Up to GBP 8 million to be invested in innovative partnership projects between the UK and China, that use cutting-edge technologies to solve agricultural challenges in China. Projects should address challenges related to agricultural technologies in one or more of these three sectors:

Out of a total funding allocation of EUR 502.5 million to Romania, EUR 45 million will be made available via the SME Growth Programme, which targets private businesses and supports the following areas:

Up to GBP 10 million to be invested in innovative projects, that encourage and stimulate the development of robotics and artificial intelligence (RAI) technologies for application in extreme and challenging environments.

Up to GBP 15 million to be invested in innovative projects lasting between 6 and 36 months, with total eligible costs per project ranging from GBP 25,000 to GBP 1 million depending on the type of research & development to be undertaken.

Up to GBP 6 million to be invested in innovative projects, that encourage and stimulate the development of demonstrators of robotics and artificial intelligence (RAI) for extreme and challenging environments.

Out of the total funding allocation for the Romanian market of EUR 502.5 million, more than EUR 62.8 will be made available via the Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security Programme, which aims to reduce carbon intensive energy and increase security of supply.