Matchmaking for the Multilateral Eureka Lightweighting Call 2025
The national funding bodies from Austria, Belgium (Flanders & Wallonia), Chile, France, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Türkiye and Ukraine support organisations collaborating on international R&D projects in the field of Lightweighting by launching the 2025 Eureka Call for Lightweighting projects. These should be collaborative research and innovation projects, resulting in innovative and marketable solutions. Further information about this call is available on the Eureka website.
This website is a virtual marketplace to search business profiles and project cooperation opportunities - you can book virtual B2B meetings at any time (24/7). You can also access the International Matchmaking Event/Webinar on this website.
Next steps: Pitch your project idea during the International Matchmaking Event/Webinar on 4 June. Arrange virtual B2B meetings with other participants and populate the marketplace with your project ideas. Register now!
Timeline
1-2 April 2025 at Global Innovation Summit | Announcement of the Call |
15 May 2025
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Opening of the Call (Eureka Submission Platform) |
15 May - 23 October 2025 |
1:1 Networking Meetings via b2match (24/7) |
4 June 2025 13:30 CEST | International Matchmaking Event/Webinar (hybrid) |
23 October 2025 17:00 CEST |
Deadline for Eureka applications |
From December 2025 to March 2026 | National evaluations |
From February 2026 to July 2026 | Project starts |
Participants by Country

Türkiye
12

Austria
8

Germany
6

Portugal
4

Spain
4

Slovakia
3

Romania
2

Chile
2

France
2

South Korea
2

Montenegro
1

Belgium
1

United Kingdom
1

Mexico
1

Canada
1

Netherlands
1
Context
The attached Eureka Lightweighting Call Pitch serves as a brief introduction to the Eureka Lightweighting Call series and the Eureka Lightweighting Call 2025. Accordingly, you can explore the previous edition of the Eureka Lightweighting Call 2024, as the 2025 call aims to provide continuity for the Lightweighting community. You can also gain some high-level insights into the economic relevance of and existing instruments for cooperation in Lightweighting from the attached presentation on the Lightweighting Initiative given to the Eureka Network in Bonn on 5 March 2025.