Deadline: 28 December 2018
The Innovation Fund has announced a public Call for the Collaborative Grant Scheme for R&D Organizations and Private Sector Enterprises (Collaborative Grant Scheme Program).
Collaborative Grant Scheme Program objective is to foster industry driven research by incentivizing private sector companies and public sector R&D organizations to engage in joint R&D projects with the goal of creating new or improved commercially viable products and services, as well as innovative precompetitive technologies with significant future impact and market potential.
Grant Information
The Program will cover a maximum of 70% of total project costs for projects whose Lead Applicant is a micro or small enterprise and a maximum of 60% of total project costs for projects whose Lead Applicant is a medium sized enterprise, but the Innovation Fund financing cannot exceed more than EUR 300,000 per project.
Duration
Duration of projects under the Collaborative Grant Scheme Program (Program) can be up to 2 years.
Field of science and technology/Industry sector: projects can originate from any field of science and technology and can belong to any industry sector.
Eligible Expenses
Eligible expenses under the Program must fall into the following expense categories:
- Salaries (inclusive of all social benefits for employees working on the project);
- R&D equipment and materials and supplies;
- Offices and business support;
- R&D services, subcontracts;
- R&D experts/advisors;
- Patent application and fees, certifications.
Criteria
The Applicant needs to be a consortium which fulfills the following criteria, as described in the Collaborative Grant Scheme Program Grant Manual (Program Grant Manual):
- The consortium’s Lead Applicant must be a private sector micro, small or medium company incorporated in Serbia, in accordance with the current Serbian Company Law in effect, with operating annual revenue of at least EUR 200,000 (for the last fiscal year or for the current year, if applicable) and profitable;
- The consortium must include at least one public Scientific Research Organization registered and accredited in Serbia in accordance with the current Serbian Law on Scientific Research Activity in effect as Lead Co-Applicant, relevant to the field of industry and technology identified in the proposed project;
- Besides the mandatory Lead Applicant and Lead Co-Applicant described above, the consortium can include other micro and small private sector companies, Scientific Research Organizations both domestic and foreign and Serbian university/faculty innovation centers as Co-Applicants, as long as their engagement is justified by the development needs of the project proposal;
- The consortium cannot have more than five (5) members.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must apply online via given website.
Eligible Country: Serbia
For more information, please visit http://www.innovationfund.rs/cgs-public-announcement/