During the period preceding the opening of the call for Productive Innovation, it is possible to register a Request for Aid so that companies with planned projects can start their investments without compromising the feasibility of funding.
Productive Innovation aims to support innovative investment projects and to promote and strengthen competitiveness in territories other than low-density regions.
Companies of any size (micro, SME, and large enterprises) are eligible.
Eligible Actions
- Tangible assets, including the acquisition of machinery and equipment, directly attributable costs necessary to install them in the required location and conditions for proper operation, as well as the acquisition of IT equipment, including the software required for its operation;
- Intangible assets, including the transfer of technology through the acquisition of patent rights (national and international), licenses, unpatented technical knowledge, and standard or purpose-developed software;
- Other investment expenses, including costs related to certified accountants or statutory auditors for validating expenditure in payment requests, engineering services, studies, diagnostics, audits, marketing plans, and architectural and engineering projects;
- Human resources training, when foreseen in the call for proposals and under the terms defined therein;
- Construction of buildings, renovation works, and other constructions, in duly justified cases.
Support
The support may take the form of a grant or a hybrid format, combining a grant with a loan component.
Grants may be awarded based on real costs and/or simplified cost options (SCOs), as defined in the call for proposals.
Funding Rate
The funding rate is determined by adding the following components, up to a maximum of 75%:
Base Rate:
- Up to 30 percentage points (p.p.) for large companies,
- Up to 40 p.p. for medium-sized companies,
- Up to 50 p.p. for micro and small companies.
Increases (Bonuses):
- Up to 20 p.p. for operations aligned with sectoral, cross-cutting, or territorial public policies, or others to be defined;
- Up to 5 p.p. for operations that create qualified jobs;
- Up to 5 p.p. for operations whose private component is mainly financed through equity capital;
- Up to 5 p.p. for operations that include actions aimed at training entrepreneurs, managers, or other executives.
Until the opening of the official Call for Applications.
