Project preparation services for non-member organizations
Our project preparation services are free for CLIC owner organizations and associate partners, who are paying the yearly service fee. Success fee applies to all companies (not member research organizations), but organizations paying an annual fee get a 50% discount.
If you are not paying the yearly service fee, the project preparation fees apply to you once you are a part of CLIC coordinated project preparation and the project application writing process has started.
In 2024, we are introducing a new pricing model for the project preparation work, and different fees for Business Finland financed projects and EU Horizon financed projects.
Project preparation – Business Finland financed projects
Preparation work for one project includes
- CLIC leads the co-preparation of the project plan, organises preparation workshops and bilateral meetings, and leads the writing of the application documents for the project consortium
- CLIC opens, develops and submits the proposal in BF’s submission system
- CLIC finds missing consortium partners
- CLIC organises pre-submission interaction with Business Finland
Project preparation fees for Business Finland projects 2024, for companies, research institutes, universities, and cities only (VAT 0)
For research organisations not paying an annual fee:
| Fixed fee | 3,000 € |
|---|
Plus a success fee of 2% of the grant amount approved
For all companies:
Fixed fees (not charged from partners that pay an annual fee)
| Company size and criteria | Fixed fee |
|---|---|
| Small company (less than 50 employees, turnover or balance sheet total < 10M€) | 1,000 € |
| Midsize company (less than 250 employees, turnover > 50M€ and balance sheet total > 43M€) | 2,000 € |
| Large company (> 250 employees) | 4,000 € |
Plus a success fee of 2% calculated from the companies’ maximum grant amount (to be paid if project gets financing).
Companies that pay an annual fee get a 50% discount on the success fee.
Project preparation – EU financed projects
Preparation work for one project includes
- CLIC leads the proposal preparation process
- CLIC opens the application in the EU Funding & Tenders portal for the coordinator, collects and uploads portal data, and develops the budget
- CLIC acts as the main editor for the technical part of the proposal and makes sure that the preparation work leads to a high-quality proposal
- CLIC finds missing consortium partners
Project preparation fees for EU projects 2024
Fixed fees (not charged from partners that pay an annual fee):
| Entity type and criteria | Fixed fee |
|---|---|
| Small company (less than 50 employees, turnover or balance sheet total < 10M€) | 1,000 € |
| Midsize company (less than 250 employees, turnover > 50M€ and balance sheet total > 43M€) | 2,000 € |
| Large company (> 250 employees) | 4,000 € |
| Research institute, university or city | 2,000 € |
OR 20,000 € in total and the consortium partners can decide between themselves how the fixed fee is shared.
Plus a success fee of 4% calculated from the participant’s maximum grant amount (to be paid if project gets financing).
Partners that pay an annual fee get a 50% discount on the success fee.
Contact
- Bioeconomy and 4Recycling ecosystem: Aila Maijanen, Head of Bioeconomy, aila.maijanen@clicinnovation.fi
- Circular Economy: Anna Tenhunen-Lunkka, Head of Circular Economy, pirjo.kaivos@clicinnovation.fi
- Energy solutions and GreenE2 ecosystem: Pia Salokoski, Head of Energy, pia.salokoski@clicinnovation.fi