SWIch 2024 Call – Support for CSR activities and the economic valorisation of innovation

August 1, 2024

FORM FACILITATION

Contribution/Repayable fund

REGIONS

Piedmont

SECTOR

Agri-food, Other services, Motor vehicles and other means of transport, Chemistry and Pharmaceuticals, Electronics, ICT, Mechanics, Metallurgy, Furniture, Wood and Paper, Fashion and Textiles, Energy supply, Water and waste management, Construction, Health, Tourism

ALLOWED EXPENSE

300000 €

INCENTIVE STATUS

ACTIVE

OPENING DATE

CLOSING DATE

September 30, 2024
January 31, 2025

NOTES

The closing date may be brought forward if resources run out.

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Things

The call aims to support research, development and valorisation of innovation (RSI) activities, through the provision of contributions to expenditure within the terms set out in the call itself, such as: - the development and/or advancement of significant scientific and technological results in the research areas identified in the 2021 - 2027 Regional Smart Specialization Strategy of the Piedmont Region; - in the case of projects at a more advanced stage, the related validation and incorporation into the production processes/offers of companies in correspondence with a demonstrable competitive advantage and concrete business opportunities at individual or supply chain level. To achieve the aforementioned objectives, the Measure is divided into the following two lines of intervention, characterized by different targets and eligible project categories: Line 1 – Support for industrial research and experimental development activities; Line 2 – Support for industrial research and experimental development activities and innovation in an advanced stage configuring a defined plan for the industrial/commercial valorisation of the results. The two lines of intervention are in turn divided into two further types of intervention based on: type of beneficiary admitted, the size of the partnership, the size of the investment, the level of complexity of the challenges/objectives underlying the proposal and the starting and arriving technological maturity. 

Who is it aimed at?

The call is aimed at SMEs, large companies and research organizations (only if they collaborate with SMEs), innovative start-ups. Businesses must have at least one closed and approved balance sheet. 

What does it predict

The announcement provides for the granting of a non-repayable contribution up to a maximum of 60% of eligible expenses depending on the size of the company. 

Objective – Purpose

Innovation and research

Form – Facilitation

Contribution/Repayable fund

Minimum Allowable Expenditure

300000 €

Maximum Allowable Expenditure

10000000 €

Allowed Costs

Personnel costs, Raw materials, consumables and goods, Services, patents and licenses, Plant/Machinery/Equipment, General expenses/other charges

Maximum grantable benefit

5000000 €
Subject type
Enterprise, Enterprise - Innovative SU/SME, Business Network, University/Research Institution

Dimension

Micro-enterprise, Medium-sized enterprise, Large enterprise, Unclassifiable/classified, Small enterprise

Activity sector

Agri-food, Other services, Motor vehicles and other means of transport, Chemistry and Pharmaceuticals, Electronics, ICT, Mechanics, Metallurgy, Furniture, Wood and Paper, Fashion and Textiles, Energy supply, Water and waste management, Construction, Health, Tourism

ATECO

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Regions

Piedmont

Other features

The notice is available over the counter.

Managing entity

Piedmont region

Primary regulatory basis

PR ERDF 2021-2027. Priority I. Action I.1i.1 “Support for CSR activities and the economic valorisation of innovation”. Measure "Support for research, development, innovation activities and the industrialization phases of the related functional results for the acceleration of production and/or marketing": approval of the technical sheet for the second 2024 facilitation window, amending DGR no. 19-6962 of 29 May 2023, and provisions on the financial allocation

Implementation measure

PR ERDF 2021-2027. Priority I. Action I.1i.1 “Support for CSR activities and the economic valorisation of innovation”. Measure "Support for research, development, innovation activities and the industrialization phases of the related functional results for the acceleration of production and/or marketing": approval of the technical sheet for the second 2024 facilitation window, amending DGR no. 19-6962 of 29 May 2023, and provisions on the financial allocation

Incentive allocation

80000000 €

Reference site

https://bandi.regione.piemonte.it/contributi-finanziamenti/bando-swich-editore-2024-sostegno-alle-attivita-rsi-alla-valorizzazione-economica-delleconomia

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