The submitted projects must be carried out exclusively in the form of co-promotion and led by national companies, in partnership with non-corporate entities of the Education System, namely Polytechnic Institutes.
This contest aims to support industrial research and experimental development activities that have as main objective the creation of new products or the introduction of significant improvements in products, services, processes or systems that already exist.
Two types of applications are eligible: small industrial research and experimental development projects of a more exploratory nature and larger industrial research projects aimed at the development of new products or services. These projects must be promoted by companies or by non-corporate entities of the R&D System.
The ERDF budget allocation allocated to this notice is EUR 13 million.
