The CEO of CDTI Innovation joins as a member of the Eureka Council
- José Moisés Martín Carretero, General Director of the CDTI Innovation, joins the Board of the international network Eureka, in which Spain participates as a founding member since 1985
- In 2025, Spanish companies submitted 299 project applications to the programs managed by Eureka, with 23.6 million contributed by the CDTI and 75 Spanish entities active in projects with the Eureka Seal
The Director General of the CDTI Innovation, José Moisés Martín Carretero, has been appointed member of the Eureka Council, the largest intergovernmental support network for market-oriented cooperative R+D+I, which brings together more than 45 countries in Europe and other regions of the world. The appointment consolidates the Spanish presence in the strategic direction of a program of which Spain has been a founding member since 1985 and in whose structures it has participated uninterruptedly, acting as a National Contact Point (NPC) entity and as a High Level Representative (HLR) by delegation of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. The Director General of the CDTI also acts as the Spanish HLR before the Eureka High Level Group, the body that makes the strategic decisions of the program. Its incorporation into the Council now expands Spain’s ability to influence the future direction of the network.
Spain, among the most active countries in the network
The data from 2025 illustrate the real dimension of the Spanish bet on Eureka. Throughout the year, 299 Spanish entities submitted applications in all the instruments of the program and 75 of them participated in projects that received the Eureka Seal. The CDTI committed 23.6 million euros in direct financing to these projects, through two complementary instruments: partially repayable loans for Network and Eureka Cluster projects and direct grants for the European Partnership of Innovative SMEs (Eurostars).
Within the scope of Eurostars, the flagship program of the ecosystem for SMEs, Spain submitted 222 applications in 2025 with the participation of 268 organizations, which places it among the countries with the highest demand of the network. The projects approved with Spanish participation totaled 34, involving 41 Spanish entities with a joint national budget of 19.2 million euros. The CDTI contributed 8.86 million euros in grants to finance its participation. In the Innowwide program, aimed at the exploration of international markets by startups and SMEs, 8 of the 70 projects approved in 2025 had Spanish participation.
The activity in the Eureka Clusters, the five long-term technological communities that articulate sectoral innovation in the network, was also highlighted: 15 projects tagged with label, 26 participating Spanish entities and a national budget of 20.6 million euros, with a CDTI commitment of 10.9 million euros. Spain currently chairs the SMART Cluster, dedicated to advanced manufacturing in sectors such as aeronautics, automobiles and railways.
A trajectory of four decades of technological cooperation
The incorporation of José Moisés Martín Carretero to the Eureka Council is the continuation of a four-decade institutional relationship in which he has progressively expanded the scope of his action, from operational management as NPC to strategic representation as HLR and, now, to the direct governance of the program.
The Strategic Plan of the CDTI 2024-2027 places Eureka as one of the central instruments of Spanish technological internationalization, along with bilateral programs and actions within the framework of Horizon Europe. In this context, the presence of the Director General of the CDTI in the executive body guarantees that the technological and industrial priorities of Spain, from artificial intelligence to advanced manufacturing, through quantum technologies or clean energy, can be present in the decisions that will guide the network in the coming years.
About the CDTI Innovation
The Center for Technological Development and Innovation, CDTI E.P.E. It is the innovation agency of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, whose objective is the promotion of technological innovation in the business environment. The mission of the CDTI is to ensure that the Spanish business fabric generates and transforms scientific and technical knowledge into globally competitive, sustainable and inclusive growth. In 2025, within the framework of the Strategic Plan 2024-2027, the CDTI provided 2,423 million euros of support to Spanish companies and startups.
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