A one-time aid payment of EUR 5,000 (introduction voucher) provided under the conditions of European Commission Regulation No. 1407/2013 (de minimis), for first-time collaboration with research organisations for the following activities:

• technical-economic feasibility study;
• industrial research necessary for developing new products or technology;
• experimental development, including prototyping;
• industrial product design.

Aid payment of EUR 25,000 (classic voucher) granted under the conditions of European Commission Regulation No. 1407/2013 (de minimis) for the following activities:

• technical-economic feasibility study;
• industrial research necessary for developing new products or technology;
• experimental development, including prototyping;
• industrial product design;
• testing and certification services;
• enforcement of industrial property rights (invention, design, topography of semiconductor products);
• attracting highly qualified employees.

Aid payment of EUR 25,000 (classic voucher) granted under the conditions of European Commission Regulation No. 651/2014 (de minimis) for the following activities:

• technical-economic feasibility study;
• industrial research necessary for developing new products or technology;
• experimental development, including prototyping;
• enforcement of industrial property rights (invention, design, topography of semiconductor products). Large merchants are not eligible for support for this activity.

Aid payment of EUR 5,000 (design voucher) granted under the conditions of European Commission Regulation No. 1407/2013 (de minimis) for the following activity:

• designer service for new product-, process- and strategy development for innovation in a company.

Aid payment of EUR 5,000 (design voucher) granted under the conditions of European Commission Regulation No. 651/2014 (de minimis) for the following activity:

• Designer service for new product-, process- and strategy development for innovation in a company.

The maximum amount of co-financing for the development of one new product or technology per group of persons affiliated with the merchant will not exceed EUR 25,000.

The maximum funding intensity allowed varies between 25% and 100% depending on the type of support requested, the intended project activity, and the status of the merchant.
 

The merchant can apply for support if they create, or significantly improve a new product or technology and:

• the new product or technology has a justified demand and identified advantages capable of increasing the merchant’s competitiveness and productivity;
• the merchant has a business and development plan for the new product or technology, from development to production;
• the project is implemented in the supported sector in accordance with Cabinet Regulation No. 692 and falls within one of the areas of specialisation defined in the RIS3 strategy, and the merchant’s project application meets the other evaluation criteria.

The merchant’s eligibility and its new product or technology is evaluated in two parts:

Administrative and eligibility criteria. If the application receives a positive assessment against these criteria, a representative of the merchant is invited to attend a meeting with the evaluation committee to present their new product or technology;

The contents of the presentation by the representative of the merchant. The presentation should provide information on the merchant’s new product or technology and justify its advantages in terms of its ability to increase the merchant’s competitiveness and productivity. The presentation must also justify the business and development plan for the new product or technology, from design to production. The presentation must take place within 3 working days of the invitation from LIAA. An audio recording will be made during the presentation.

The members of the Evaluation Committee will decide whether to approve or reject the project application on the basis of the information provided during the presentation.

Support for innovation voucher services is implemented under Activity 1.2.1.2 “Support for the Improvement of Technology Transfer System” of Specific Objective 1.2.1 “To increase investments of private sector in R&D” of the Operational Programme “Growth and Employment” as part of the project “Technology Transfer Programme”.

A substantiated new product or technology production business and development plan is required in order to receive support.

The supported activities, which are implemented by purchasing outsourcing, must be implemented within 12 months from the date on which the beneficiary concludes their contract with the service provider, but no later than 31 October 2023. The service contract must be concluded by the beneficiary within 2 months from the date of conclusion of the support contract with LIAA.

The supported activities to attract highly qualified employees must be implemented within 12 months of the decision to grant aid taking effect, but no later than 31 October 2023.

Eligible costs only include the costs of activities for which full payment has been made at the date of submission of the final project report, the results of which (auditable values) will be the property of the beneficiary.

Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No. 692 “Regulation for the Implementation of Activity 1.2.1.2 “Support for the Improvement of Technology Transfer System” (adopted on 25 October 2016) of Specific Objective 1.2.1 “To increase investments of the private sector in R&D” of the Operational Programme “Growth and Employment””.

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