Funding to foster collaboration between academia and the industry
Do you want to develop a collaborative R&D project? We encourage and financially support collaborations between academia and industry through our annual thematic call for projects, which allows companies to take on board the latest innovations and enables researchers to find practical cases to which apply their discoveries.
Watch here the video of the JRDIC - Cleantech call information session held on September 26, 2025.
Are you eligible?
- Your project must fall within the scope of this years' call and contribute to its objective.
- Your project must involve at least one Brussels-based research organization and one company whose relevant R&D activities are based in the Brussels-Capital Region.
- The balance of efforts between academia and industry must respect a 1/3 – 2/3 balance.
- Companies must demonstrate their ability to finance their share in the project
- Companies must have fulfilled their obligations in the context of previous support initiatives allocated by the Region
The detailed conditions are set out in the application form below.
The procedure in 3 steps
- Submit your project outline, using the form below before October 27th, 2025 at 2 PM and send it to funding-request@innoviris.brussels and jduplicy@innoviris.brussels.
- If your project is selected, you will be invited to submit a full proposal before February 6th, 2026 at 2 PM by sending it to funding-request@innoviris.brussels and jduplicy@innoviris.brussels).
- Your full proposal will be evaluated by a jury of experts. That evaluation will be based on the submitted documents and on a live jury session, according to the criteria defined in the documents.
Other information
Project duration must be between 1,5 and 3 years.
The financial contribution is awarded in the form of a grant and covers :
- 40% of the costs for large enterprises;
- 50% of the costs for medium enterprises;
- 60% of the costs for micro and small enterprises;
- 100% of the costs for research organisations.
If you do not receive confirmation of receipt of your submission within a day after the call deadline, please contact us.
