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The intervention is part of the National Research, Innovation and Competitiveness Program 2021-27 to support research and development projects, to be carried out in the territories of the less developed Regions, consistent with the technological sectors falling within the scope of application of the regulation (EU) n. 2024/795, which establishes a platform for strategic technologies for Europe (Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform – STEP).
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 activities and research centres. Research organisations, agricultural companies and industrial service companies can be co-proposers of a joint project with the aforementioned entities.
What does it predict
A subsidized loan, for a nominal percentage equal to 50% of the eligible costs and expenses; A non-repayable contribution, for a nominal percentage of the eligible costs and expenses broken down as follows:
– 35% for small businesses;
– 30% for medium-sized companies;
– 25% for large companies.
For research organisations, the benefits are granted exclusively in the form of a direct contribution to expenditure, for a nominal percentage equal to 60% of the eligible costs and expenses for industrial research activities and equal to 40% of the eligible costs and expenses of experimental development.
