At HAMAG-BICRO, on September 16th, 2025, a ceremonial signing of grant agreements from the EUREKA and Eurostars programmes took place.
The objectives of the EUREKA programme are to encourage companies to invest in research and development activities, thereby strengthening their innovation capacity, to foster international cooperation among entrepreneurs, and to create a foundation for international market placement.
Based on the signed agreements, HAMAG-BICRO will allocate a total of EUR 1,200,000 in grants from the EUREKA programme, which is financed with national funds, to small and medium-sized enterprises. Beneficiaries of the EUREKA programme are companies whose innovations will contribute to business improvements in sectors such as healthcare, veterinary medicine, education, information technologies, and others.
Eurostars is a research and development programme created as a joint initiative of EUREKA and the European Commission, aimed at encouraging small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to collaborate with international partners in launching research and development (R&D) activities.
It is part of the European Partnership for Innovative SMEs and the Research Programme Croatia. The partnership is co-financed by the European Union through Horizon Europe. The Research Programme Croatia is financed from the Second Swiss Contribution to selected EU Member States for the reduction of economic and social disparities.
HAMAG-BICRO regularly announces calls for international collaborative projects under the Eurostars-3 – European Partnership on Innovative SMEs/Eurostars programme.
During Call No. 8, for which the deadline for full application was in March 2025, a total of three Croatian companies were successfully evaluated at the European level, competing against 37 countries. Based on the signed agreements, HAMAG-BICRO will allocate a total of EUR 500,000 in grants from the Eurostars programme to small and medium-sized enterprises.
The contracts were handed over to entrepreneurs by the President of the Management Board of HAMAG-BICRO, Mr. Vjeran Vrbanec, and Deputy President of the Management Board, Mr. Ante-Janko Bobetko.
HAMAG-BICRO congratulates the entrepreneurs on their successful project applications and on receiving the EUREKA label, which ensures visibility and added value in the European market and signifies the quality of the project and its partners to potential investors and clients.
The Bord of Directors of HAMAG-BICRO and the members of the EUREKA and Eurostars teams wish everyone successful project implementation.
