Pre-publication of the Research – Innovate Action 2021/27

Aim of the Research – Innovate Action 2021/27

Strengthening Research and Innovation, which is fully aligned with the country’s strategy, in order to put innovation at the heart of a sustainable and resilient recovery from the pandemic, but also to accelerate the green and digital transition and ensure Greece’s technological development.

The Action aims primarily to meet the needs of businesses and other actors active in the research and innovation ecosystem, covering the widest possible range of potential beneficiaries.

Budget

The budget of the Action Research – Innovate 2021/27 amounts to 300,000,000 euros.

Indicative public expenditure per intervention:

  • Intervention I: EUR 60,000,000
  • Intervention II: EUR 180,000,000
  • Intervention III: EUR 39 000 000
  • Intervention IV: EUR 21 000 000

What is funded

Interventions

I. Research and development by enterprises. Intervention I is aimed at existing enterprises, regardless of their date of establishment. Potential beneficiaries are either a small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) or Groups of Enterprises in which at least one is necessarily an SME.

II. Business partnerships with research organizations. Intervention II concerns partnerships between existing enterprises, irrespective of their size and date of establishment, and research organisations, with enterprises as the main beneficiaries.

In partnerships of two or three or four partner organizations, one of them must necessarily be an SME. In partnerships of more than four partner entities, two of them must necessarily be enterprises and at least one of them must be an SME.

III. Exploitation of Research Results. Potential beneficiaries under Intervention III are existing individual small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

IV. Seal of Excellence for businesses.Potential beneficiaries are small and medium-sized Greek enterprises that have received the Seal of Excellence forresearch and development projects.

The specific conditions for participation will be included in the Detailed Call for Proposals.

Type of aid of Research – Innovate 2021/27

Grant / Subsidy

Target Audience

  • Enterprises and other entities treated as enterprises
  • Research organisations and other entities treated as research organisations

The Research – Innovate Action 2021-2027 is expected to be announced in the 4th quarter of 2022. In distinct submission stages, it will be given priority to undertakings to submit proposals (4th quarter 2022) and then to the proposals for collaborative projects between research organizations and businesses (Q1 2023). and for projects with a Seal of Excellence (Q2 2023).

Application area

All over Greece

Terms and conditions

In order to participate in the Action, businesses must be legally established and operate in Greece or in another Member State of the European Union either as legal entities (e.g. AE, EPE, OE, OE, EU, IKE, JVSE) or as sole proprietorships.

Excluding firms in difficulty and firms for which a decision to recover aid from the EU is pending.

You can see more information about the Action here

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