Summary sheet of the assistance

Action

2018 EDRF–Innterconecta projects

Overall Objective

Support experimental development projects through cooperation between companies.

Beneficiaries

Groups of companies.

The groups must be made up of at least two independent companies, at least one of which must be large or medium-sized and one of which must be an SME.

There may be up to six companies within the group.

Call type

Competitive tendering with submission periods.

Submission deadline

From 3 May 2018 to 5 June 2018 at 12:00 Spanish time.

Call Status

Closed

Type of assistance

Grant

Characteristics of the assitance

Non-repayable grants.

The individual amount of aid will be determined on the basis of the real eligible cost of the project, the characteristics of the beneficiary and the budget available, respecting the aid intensity limits established in Article 40 of the Funding Rules.

Specifically, for small companies, the maximum aid intensity will be 60%, while for medium-sized companies it will be 50% and for large companies, 40%.

 

Characteristics of the project

Support will only be given to projects whose development takes place in one of the following regions: Andalusia, Castile and Leon, Castile-La Mancha, Canary Islands, Extremadura or Murcia

Minimum eligible budget: €1,000,000.

Maximum eligible budget: €4,000,000.

Multi-annual projects with a duration of two or three calendar years, ending on 31 December 2019 or 31 December 2020, respectively.

May include third-party funds

Yes, from the ERDF

Allows for generating motivated reports

Yes

Specific objectives

The projects submitted must be aligned to one of the following themes set out in the Social Challenges:

a) Health, demographic change and well-being.

b) Food safety and quality, productive and sustainable agriculture, natural resources and marine and maritime research.

c) Safe, efficient and clean energy.

d) Smart, sustainable and integrated transport.

e) Action on climate change and the efficient use of resources and raw materials.

f) Social changes and innovations.

g) Digital economy and society.

h) Safety, security and defence.

Gastos elegibles

Eligible costs include staff, instruments and equipment, contractual research, technical know-how and patents purchased at market prices and costs arising from the auditor's report. All financed expenses must be exclusively for, or derive directly from, the supported R&D activity.

Incentive effect

The aid must have an incentive effect on the eligible activity, i.e. it must change the company's behaviour, such as by engaging in complementary activities which it would not otherwise have carried out, or which it would have carried out to a lesser extent or in a different way without the aid. It will be considered to have an incentive effect if the application is submitted before the start of the project, with the minimum content specified in Article 17.2 of the Funding Rules. The start date of the submitted project should not be understood merely as a date from which expenses can be attributed, but rather as the date on which project activities begin.

Documentation calls

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  • EDFR co-financing

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