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CDTI aid for R&D+I
The Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) promotes innovation and technological development in Spanish companies by providing financial aid to carry out R&D+i business projects nationally and internationally.
CDTI Research and Development Projects (PID-CDT)
The CDTI maintains an open call throughout the year to finance business research and development (R&D) projects applied for the creation or significant improvement of a production process, product or service. Projects must demonstrate a differential technological aspect over existing technologies on the market. It allows public-private co-operation in the areas of R&D since certain project activities can be subcontracted to research organizations.
Status: open
Application deadline: all year round
Objective: Aid for R&D projects developed by companies and aimed at the creation and significant improvement of production processes, products or services
Type of project: individual or collaborative industrial research or experimental development, minimum budget 175,000 euros, duration 12 to 36 months.
Beneficiaries: a company or consortium of Spanish companies that carry out R&D activities.
Type of aid/eligible expenses: partially reimbursable aid of up to 85% of the budget, non-reimbursable tranche of between 20%-33%. Amortisation in 10 years (grace period 2-3 years) fixed interest rate Euribor 1 year (min. 0%). Advance payment of 35%. The company must contribute at least 15% of its resources.
More information: here
The Strategic Business Research Consortium Programme (CIEN)
The CIEN Strategic Programme finances considerable industrial research and experimental development projects, developed in effective collaboration by business groups, and aimed at conducting planned research in strategic areas of the future and with potential international projection. It also seeks to promote public-private cooperation in the field of R&D, which is why it requires the relevant subcontracting of activities to research organizations (at least 15% of the total budget).
Status: open
Application deadline: all year round
Objective: to support large R&D projects, developed in effective collaboration by business groups, and aimed at carrying out planned research in strategic areas of the future and with potential international projection.
Type of project: industrial research activities (more than 50%) and experimental development, a minimum budget of 5,000,000 euros.
Beneficiaries: minimum three and maximum eight groups of companies, at least two companies that are independent of each other, and one SME.
Type of aid/eligible expenses: partially reimbursable assistance of up to 75% of the budget, of which up to 33% is a non-reimbursable tranche. Amortization over ten years (grace period 2-3 years) fixed interest rate Euribor 1 year (min. 0%). Advance payment of 35%. The company must contribute at least 15% of its resources.
More information: https://www.cdti.es/ayudas/cien
CDTI MISSIONS
Pre-competitive research projects, led by companies that pursue relevant research that proposes solutions to transversal and strategic challenges of Spanish society, improve the knowledge and technology base on which Spanish companies rely to compete, while stimulating public-private cooperation. The projects must be aligned with the great challenges or “Missions” defined by the CDTI. The mission for agriculture in the 2023 call focuses on: Promoting the development of an advanced, sustainable agri-food and livestock sector prepared for climate change and that makes relevant use of biotechnological tools.
Status: close
Application deadline: 31/07/2023
Objective: to finance the implementation of new business projects, which require the use of technologies or knowledge developed from research activity. The business strategy must also be based on technology development.
Type of project: Minimum eligible budget of €3 million and maximum €10 million. Minimum budget per company: €1750,000. 3 or 4 years duration. Industrial research of at least 5% of the eligible budget..
Beneficiaries: Groups of legal entities that can carry out collaborative projects. A group of between 3 and 8 companies (at least two of them autonomous). The cluster must be led by a large or medium-sized company and have at least one SME among its members.
Type of aid/eligible expenses: subsidy up to the maximum intensity limits: 65% Large companies, 75% Medium-sized companies, and 80% small companies.
More information: here
National funding for ERA-NET projects
The Spanish companies whose projects have been selected in the International Calls for Proposals of differentERA-NETs, which have passed the international phase, can be funded nationally through two of the CDTI’s and EPE’s instruments. The annual national calls for direct granting of subsidies without a competitive tender (SERA), finance the ERA-NET projects selected in the Cofund Calls with co-funding from the European Commission. Loans for European R&D Technological Cooperation projects, soft-loans with a non-reimbursable tranche of 33% that finance ERA-NET projects selected in the Additional Calls, without co-funding from the European Commission. It enables public-private co-operation in the area of international R&D.
More information: here
NEOTEC
Financing of the start-up of new business projects that require the use of technologies or knowledge developed from the research activity and in which the business strategy is based on the development of technology. Priority is given to the incorporation of people with a PhD degree into the company to strengthen their capacities to absorb and generate knowledge.
Status: Closed
Application deadline: 20/04/2023
Type of project: Multi-annual actions. They must start in 2023 and end no later than 31 December 2024. The actions must respect the principle of not causing significant harm to the environment (DNSH principle), which entails compliance with specific conditions.
Beneficiaries: small innovative companies.
Type of aid/eligible expenses: Grants of up to 70% of the budget for the action, with a maximum grant amount of €250,000 per beneficiary. Actions that include the employment of at least one doctor, under the terms provided in Annex II of the call, may finance up to 85% of the eligible budget for the action, with a maximum subsidy amount of 325,000 euros per beneficiary
More information: here
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