SIID – Business R&D
(Individual and Co-promoted Operations)

Portugal 2030

SI R&TD provides financial support with the aim of promoting innovation and competitiveness by stimulating technological progress in enterprises. The program encourages collaboration between companies, universities and research centers and offers different forms of support, such as non-refundable grants, low-interest loans and tax incentives.

Programme Status

Open

Financing

Up to 80% Lost Fund

Territory

Mainland Portugal

Eligible Entities

PMEs
Small Mid Cap
ENESII

SIID – Business R&D
(Individual and Co-promoted Operations)

Portugal 2030

SI R&TD provides financial support with the aim of promoting innovation and competitiveness by stimulating technological progress in enterprises. The program encourages collaboration between companies, universities and research centers and offers different forms of support, such as non-refundable grants, low-interest loans and tax incentives.

Programme Status

Open

Financing

Up to 80% Lost Fund

Territory

Mainland Portugal

Eligible Entities

PMEs
Small Mid Cap
ENESII

Incentive Conditions

  • Operations that integrate industrial research and experimental development activities leading to the creation of new products, processes or services or the introduction of significant improvements to existing products, processes or services are eligible for support.

  • Mainland Portugal
  • ENESII from the Autonomous Regions are eligible for co-promotion.

  • For companies
    • Base Rate:
      • Up to 50 % for industrial research;
      • Up to 25 % for experimental development.
    • Increases:
      • A. ‘Company size’: up to 10 p.p. for medium-sized companies or 20 p.p. for micro and small companies;
      • B. ‘Effective Collaboration’ and ‘Broad Dissemination of Results’: up to 15 p.p. to be awarded when the operation fulfils the conditions set out in Article 49(2)(b);
      • C. ‘Location of the operation’: up to 15 p.p. to be allocated to operations located in the North, Centre or Alentejo regions and up to 5 p.p. to be allocated to operations located in zones c) of the 2022-2027 regional aid map.
    • Bonuses B and C do not apply cumulatively.
    • The base rates plus the top-ups have a maximum intensity of 80 per cent.
  • For ENESII
    • In the case of operations presented in co-promotion, ENESII can benefit from a rate of up to 85 %.

  • The costs of the operations will be exclusively financed using the simplified cost methodology, in the form of Unit Costs (unit cost/month per FTE/ETI – full-time equivalent).
  • Eligible expenses are:
    • Costs for the beneficiary’s technical staff dedicated to R&D activities and salary costs for hiring human resources, including teleworking;
    • Raw materials and consumables;
    • Acquisition of services from third parties, including technical and scientific assistance and consultancy;
    • Acquisition of scientific and technical instruments and equipment;
    • Acquisition of specific software for the project;
    • Expenses with the promotion and dissemination of results;
    • Travel and subsistence abroad directly attributable to the project;
    • Expenses with the certification process of the certified research, development and innovation management system;
    • Expenses with the intervention of a technical-scientific auditor;
    • Acquisition of patents;
    • ROC/TOC expenses;
    • Indirect costs.

  • PMEs, Small Mid Cap, ENESII.

Incentive Conditions

Operations that integrate industrial research and experimental development activities leading to the creation of new products, processes or services or the introduction of significant improvements to existing products, processes or services are eligible for support.

Mainland Portugal
ENESII from the Autonomous Regions are eligible for co-promotion.

For companies
Base Rate:
Up to 50 % for industrial research;
Up to 25 % for experimental development.
Increases:
A. ‘Company size’: up to 10 p.p. for medium-sized companies or 20 p.p. for micro and small companies;
B. ‘Effective Collaboration’ and ‘Broad Dissemination of Results’: up to 15 p.p. to be awarded when the operation fulfils the conditions set out in Article 49(2)(b);
C. ‘Location of the operation’: up to 15 p.p. to be allocated to operations located in the North, Centre or Alentejo regions and up to 5 p.p. to be allocated to operations located in zones c) of the 2022-2027 regional aid map.
Bonuses B and C do not apply cumulatively.
The base rates plus the top-ups have a maximum intensity of 80 per cent.
For ENESII
In the case of operations presented in co-promotion, ENESII can benefit from a rate of up to 85 %.

The costs of the operations will be exclusively financed using the simplified cost methodology, in the form of Unit Costs (unit cost/month per FTE/ETI – full-time equivalent).
Eligible expenses are:
Costs for the beneficiary’s technical staff dedicated to R&D activities and salary costs for hiring human resources, including teleworking;
Raw materials and consumables;
Acquisition of services from third parties, including technical and scientific assistance and consultancy;
Acquisition of scientific and technical instruments and equipment;
Acquisition of specific software for the project;
Expenses with the promotion and dissemination of results;
Travel and subsistence abroad directly attributable to the project;
Expenses with the certification process of the certified research, development and innovation management system;
Expenses with the intervention of a technical-scientific auditor;
Acquisition of patents;
ROC/TOC expenses;
Indirect costs.

PMEs, Small Mid Cap, ENESII.

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