SME support seal of excellence 2025

Summary sheet of the assistance

Action

Direct aid to the spanish projects that have obtained the seal of excellence in the following requests of the instrument "" Accelerator of the european council of innovation of the Horizon Europe ("EIC Accelerator 2025"):

  • First call of 2023, whose deadline for submission of requests was completed on 22 march 2023.
  • Second call 2023, whose deadline for submission of requests was completed on 7 june 2023.
  • Third convening of 2023, whose deadline for submission of requests was completed on 4 october 2023, extended to 8 november 2023.
  • First call for 2024, whose deadline for submission of requests finalized on 13 march 2024.
  • Second call 2024, whose deadline for submission of requests was completed on 3 october 2024.
Overall Objective

Support for r & D projects made by smes, who have obtained a seal of excellence in the convening of an accelerator instrument EIC to:

  • Allow the beneficiary enterprises the validation of its relevant environments.
  • Fine-tune the business model.
  • Strengthen the structure for a subsequent escalated.
Beneficiaries

SMES, which shall:

  • Validly be created at the time the application of aid to this call.
  • There should be tax residency in spanish territory.
  • Having obtained the seal of excellence in any of the three calls 2023 and first or second calls of the year 2024 instrument "" Accelerator of the european council of innovation included in the programme of work of the EIC to 2023 and 2024.

May be receiving aid smes as defined in Annex I to the regulation (EU) no. 651/2014 of the european commission, of 17 june 2014.

For more information, see the summons.

Call type

Direct aid.

Submission deadline

From 9 april to 9 may 2025, at 12:00 o'clock, peninsular time.

Call Status

Open.

Type of assistance

Subsidy.

Call budget

31.089.059 euros.

Characteristics of the assitance

The amount of aid is determined by the eligible cost right of the project and the budgetary availability. Will be 70% of the budget be financed.

The maximum amount of aid cannot exceed 2.5 million per beneficiary and by project.

Characteristics of the project

The activities in question of the r & D project under the aid will be those identified as eligible expenditure under the program rules Horizon europe, excluding that go beyond the pilot development.

Eligible activities in the convening of the accelerator are r & D activities (TRL level 5-8) and deployment (TRL level 9). Since the latter fall beyond the scope of the definition of development pilot project, will not be the subject of financing this year.

Projects may be eligible for a multi-annual duration or. The starting date of the project may not be prior to 1 january 2025. In any event, it should seek assistance to the year 2025. The deadline for completion of the projects will be on 31 december 2028, including possible extensions. However, the maximum duration of projects shall be defined in annex I to the convening, under the conditions set in the international call.

Call funding

The projects are funded from the CDTI and heritage of FEDER founds.

May include third-party funds

Asylum projects receiving a positive assessment in a call for Horizon europe and a seal of excellence are eligible for funding from the erdf if the project is in line with the priorities of the cohesion policy programmes of the member state or region promoter of projects.

Co-financing through the Programme of spain ERDF Plurirregional 2021-2027.

Allows for generating motivated reports

YES.

Specific objectives

The purpose of this aid is to foster the implementation of innovation and entrepreneurial investment in r + D + i, as added value and as a tool for increasing productivity in those spanish companies recognized as excellent in the instrument EIC Accelerator.

Gastos elegibles

Could be reconciled only those costs fundable so indubitada respond to the nature of the activity to finance and are strictly necessary, based on the description of the project provided at the request and in the technical memory of the project.

Qualified costs are considered the following:

  • Costs of equipment, equipment and material, as and during the period in which they are used for the project.
  • Staff costs.
  • Costs of external technical collaborations.
  • Other operating expenses: costs of additional travel costs, acquisition of intangible assets, costs of the request of industrial and intellectual property rights, publication and dissemination of results, and expenditure arising from the report of the auditor (with a ceiling of 3,000 euros per year).
  • Indirect costs, calculated as a fixed percentage of the 25% on direct costs of the project (excluding technical win).

The aggregate budget of the project can not exceed the total amount in the project as presented in the invitation to the EIC accelerator.

Evaluation criteria

The evaluation process of Horizon Europe.

Incentive effect

No.

Accumulation and incompatibilities of additional aid perception

The aid granted under this procedure is incompatible, during its implementation period, with any other public aid at european level, state or autonomous community, with identical objectives and purpose.

Specific conditions

The maximum amount of subcontracts will be 80 per cent of total eligible.

When the amount of providing a service or delivery of an asset exceeds the value of 15,000 euros, the beneficiary must apply for a minimum of three bids from different vendors, before the recruitment of compromise, except for their special characteristics does not exist in the market a sufficient number of entities that undertake to do so, to provide or provide.

When the concerted effort with third exceeds 20 per cent of the amount of aid given and that amount in excess of €60,000, subcontracting shall be subject to the contract shall be held in writing, is sent and authorized by the body of the concession contract.

They will not be subject to help those proceedings which directly or indirectly, causing significant harm the environment (principle DNSH). The Seal of excellence in the invitation to the EIC Accelerator already guarantees the respect of this principle, including as a criterion for eligibility and impact assessment.

Regulatory framework

Access the additional provision Only, on applicable rules, in the summons.