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Joint laboratories between research organizations and SMEs or intermediate-sized enterprises (Labcom) Call for proposals 2025

Joint laboratories between research organizations and SMEs or intermediate-sized enterprises (Labcom) Call for proposals 2025

Funding Amount

Amount not specified

Deadline

31/03/2025

Eligible Organization Types

Private Business, Research Institution

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What is the Joint laboratories between research organizations and SMEs or intermediate-sized enterprises (Labcom) Call for proposals 2025 Call?

Grant Description
This call supports the creation of structured partnerships through joint laboratories between a small or intermediate-sized enterprise and a research laboratory. Funded activities include establishing governance, developing a research and innovation roadmap, allocating resources, and initiating the first research operations, aiming to foster value creation from collaborative research and development.
Required Results for Successful Funding

Expected Outcomes

- Creation of a fully operational Joint Laboratory with formal governance structures and contractual foundations
• A validated roadmap for collaborative research and innovation, with allocated resources and timelines
• Generation of initial research results or pilots demonstrating feasibility
• Clear IP and exploitation framework ensuring partner benefit and potential commercialization
• Strengthened long‐term partnership between academia and industry, fostering sustainable innovation capacity
Funded areas

Scope Requirements

Proposals must:
• Be submitted jointly by at least one accredited public or private research organization and one SME or intermediate‐sized enterprise (ETI)
• Define a legally binding Joint Laboratory contract covering governance, decision‐making bodies and resource contributions
• Present a clear, multi‐year roadmap of research and innovation activities
• Include a detailed resource plan (staff, equipment, budget) for the construction phase
• Articulate a value‐creation strategy to ensure exploitation of research results
• Focus exclusively on the establishment (construction stage) and initial operation of the Joint Laboratory
Additional Conditions for Applicants

Special Conditions

- Call documents: “Call for proposals guidelines 2025 – V2 (12/02/2025)” and the official Proposal template must be used
• Submission via the designated web platform only
• Two cut‐off dates: 31 March 2025 (17:00 CEST) and 22 September 2025 (17:00 CEST)
• Contact point: labcom@agencerecherche.fr
• Projects must not duplicate existing collaborations; only new Joint Laboratories are eligible
• Funded activities must comply with national research and state aid regulations
Important dates

Open from: 06/02/2025

Deadline:31/03/2025

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