Intelligent specialization in Southern Italy – Ministry of Business and Made in Italy

October 2, 2024

FORM FACILITATION

Contribution/Refundable Fund, Loan/Repayable Advance

REGIONS

Molise, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Puglia, Sicily, Sardinia

SECTOR

Tourism, Transport services, Catering, Furniture, Wood and Paper, Mechanics, Energy supply, Water and waste management, Electronics, Culture, Chemistry and Pharmaceuticals, Crafts, Hotel, Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Fashion and Textiles, Health, Metallurgy, ICT, Construction, Commerce, Motor vehicles and other means of transport, Other services, Agri-food

ALLOWED EXPENSE

3000000 €

INCENTIVE STATUS

ACTIVE

OPENING DATE

CLOSING DATE

September 10, 2024
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NOTES

The Directorial Decree of 4 July 2024 - Smart specialization - provides for the extension of the terms and methods for submitting applications for admission to the benefits of the Sustainable Growth Fund in support of research and development projects, consistent with the thematic areas of the National Specialization Strategy intelligent or aimed at identifying evolutionary technological and application trajectories of the same, referred to in the ministerial decree of 14 September 2023. The closure will take place when resources are exhausted.
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Smart specialization is the measure of the Sustainable Growth Fund (FCS), established with the ministerial decree of 14 September 2023, to support research and development projects, in line with the long-term investment priorities defined in the National Smart Specialization Strategy.

Who is it aimed at?

• Companies of any size with at least two budgets approved at the time of submitting the application for benefits, which carry out industrial, agro-industrial, artisan and industrial services activities (activities referred to in art. 2195 of the civil code, numbers 1, 3 and 5);• Research centres, set up in the form of a company. The opening of the first intervention is intended for projects carried out in the production units of the beneficiary companies located in the territories of the less developed regions (Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily).

What does it predict

Granting of subsidized financing from the FRI (Revolving Fund for business support and investment in research) accompanied by spending contributions, in support of industrial research and experimental development projects of strategic importance for the production system, consistent with the thematic areas of the National strategy of intelligent specialization or aimed at identifying evolutionary technological and application trajectories thereof.

Objective – Purpose

Innovation and research

Form – Facilitation

Contribution/Refundable Fund, Loan/Repayable Advance

Minimum Allowable Expenditure

3000000 €

Maximum Allowable Expenditure

20000000 €

Allowed Costs

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

Minimum concession that can be granted

1950000 €

Maximum grantable benefit

16000000 €
Subject type
Company, business network, public body, university/research body

Dimension

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

Activity sector

Tourism, Transport services, Catering, Furniture, Wood and Paper, Mechanics, Energy supply, Water and waste management, Electronics, Culture, Chemistry and Pharmaceuticals, Crafts, Hotel, Agriculture, forestry and fishing, Fashion and Textiles, Health, Metallurgy, ICT, Construction, Commerce, Motor vehicles and other means of transport, Other services, Agri-food

ATECO

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Regions

Molise, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Puglia, Sicily, Sardinia

Managing entity

Ministry of Business and Made in Italy

Primary regulatory basis

Ministerial Decree 14 September 2023 - Rules for the granting of contributions and subsidized financing under the FRI, in favor of R&D and innovation projects carried out in the Southern Regions

Implementation measure

Ministerial Decree 14 September 2023 - Rules for the granting of contributions and subsidized financing under the FRI, in favor of R&D and innovation projects carried out in the Southern Regions

Incentive allocation

473439200.53 €

Reference site

https://www.mimit.gov.it/it/incentivi/formazione-intelligente

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