![[OPTIONAL CALL] Improving the cybersecurity of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises](https://porin.hr/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/WEB-objava.png)
Subject of the call
Award of grants for the purpose of enhancing cyber security; micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
Financial allocation
The total amount of grants available is €1,970,000.
- Minimum aid amount per project: €7,500
- Maximum aid amount per project: €60,000
Co-financing rate
- 50% the total eligible costs of the project;
Eligible applicants
- micro, small and medium-sized enterprises registered in the Participant Register on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal of the European Commission established in the Republic of Croatia
Eligible activities
- Certification and harmonization of systems
- Education
- Security testing
Deadline and method of submission of applications
The call has been open since 1 September 2025. by 21 November 2025 at 5 p.m..
The application form is completed and submitted via the Information System for Application and Monitoring of Project Implementation.
Questions and Answers
Potential applicants have the right to ask questions related to the Call continuously until the expiry of the deadline for the submission of project proposals, and no later than 14 days before the expiry of the deadline for the submission of project proposals. Questions with a clearly indicated reference to the Invitation can only be sent via e-mail to the address info@nks.hr.
Replies shall be published on the website where the Call is published within seven working days from the date of receipt of the specific question, and no later than seven days before the deadline for submission of project proposals.
Info day
Info Day will be held 15 September 2025 at 9 a.m. at the Hemicycle of the Croatian Chamber of Economy, Rooseveltov trg 2, Zagreb. It will be possible to follow the event and online.
Participation is free of charge and registration is required until 11 September 2025 years here.
To create a project application, please contact us here.
Applications are open for lease of business premises to entrepreneurs who have registered production or related activities.
Applications to the public call must be submitted by 18 September 2025 at 23:59 by e-mail, by e-mail: rraporin@porin.hr .
Sightseeing of space will be held with a mandatory prior announcement by e-mail: rraporin@porin.hr according to the following:
- 9 September (Tuesday) at 15h (except workshop space under sequential number 3.4)
- September 11 (Thursday) at 3 p.m.
- 15 September (Monday) at 3 p.m.
Additional information documentation:
More information regarding this public call and documentation for submission of applications can be obtained every working day from the Rijeka Development Agency Porin d.o.o. from 8:00 to 16:00 on the phone number: +385 98 310 391 or by e-mail: rraporin@porin.hr .
![[JOIN CALL] Collaborative scientific research](https://porin.hr/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Znanstvena-istrazivanja.png)
The Ministry of Science, Education and Youth launched a call on 17 June 2025. Collaborative scientific research to support the implementation of collaborative industrial research projects between enterprises and research organisations.
Purpose of the call
Increasing the level of development of new technologies, products and processes by conducting collaborative applied research.
Financial allocation
The total amount of grants available is 29.593.441,00 EUR.
- Minimum aid amount per project: 350.000,00 EUR
- Maximum aid amount per project: 1.000.000,00 EUR
Aid intensity
- Aid for research and development projects: to 80% eligible costs
- Innovation aid for SMEs: to 50% eligible costs
- De minimis aid: to 80% eligible costs
Eligible applicants
- Research organisations
- micro, small or medium-sized enterprise
Eligible partners
The eligible partners are research organisations, large companies and technology transfer offices.
Eligible activities
- Industrial research activities (TRL 2-4) (mandatory activity)
- Activities aimed at continuing research activities and cooperation between academia and the economy (compulsory activity)
- Verification and protection of intellectual property
- Dissemination of research results and networking (mandatory action)
- Promotion and visibility of the project (mandatory activity)
- Project management (mandatory activity)
- Horizontal actions (mandatory action)
Eligible costs
- Staff costs
- Expenses of external research services, project management, related to the verification and protection of intellectual property...
- Knowledge and patent costs
- Costs of research consumables
- Indirect costs
- Field research costs
- Costs of purchasing equipment and associated costs
- Cost of leasing equipment on another institution
- Depreciation costs of instruments and equipment necessary for the implementation of the project
- Costs of fees and charges payable to national or supranational IP offices
- Costs of visits and organisation of events
- Costs of publishing scientific papers
- Costs of creating the project website
- Costs of production and procurement of promotional materials
- Costs of organising events for the promotion and visibility of the project
- Costs related to the implementation of horizontal principles
Deadline and method of submission of applications
The call is open until 11 a.m. on 15 October 2025. The submission of the project proposal is allowed from 11 a.m. on 1 September 2025 at the earliest. The project proposal is submitted to the Ministry of Science, Education and Youth through the portal ecohezija.gov.hr.
Questions and Answers
Potential applicants have the right to ask questions related to the Call continuously until the expiry of the deadline for the submission of project proposals, and no later than 14 days before the expiry of the deadline for the submission of project proposals. Questions with a clearly indicated reference to the Invitation can only be sent via e-mail to the address kzi@mzom.hr.
The answers shall be published on the ‘Questions and answers’ form on the Portal within seven working days from the date of receipt of the specific question, but no later than seven days before the deadline for submission of project proposals.
To create a project application, please contact us here.
![[OPTION] R&D&I S3 – Increasing the development of new products and services resulting from R&D activities](https://porin.hr/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/IRI.png)
The Ministry of Economy has launched a new tender under the Competitiveness and Cohesion Programme 2021. 20-2027 This is the R&D&I call S3 – Increasing the development of new products and services resulting from R&D activities (Reference: PK.1.1.12), intended to stimulate investment in innovation, research and development and to improve cooperation between undertakings and scientific research organisations.
Subject of the public call
Fostering the development of new products and services under thematic priority areas S3 by strengthening the research, development and innovation capacity of enterprises and fostering cooperation between entrepreneurs and R&D institutions.
Financial allocation
The total amount of grants available is EUR 191.170.820,00.
- Minimum aid amount per project: 200.000,00 EUR
- Maximum aid amount per project: 2.000.000,00 EUR
Aid intensity
- Aid for industrial research: to 80% eligible costs
- Aid for experimental development: to 60% eligible costs
- Aid for feasibility studies: to 70% eligible costs
- Regional investment aid: to 75% eligible costs
Eligible applicants
A legal or natural person who is:
- micro, small, medium or large entrepreneur
- Small mid-caps
Eligible partners
The applicant may apply and implement the Project alone or in partnership with:
- other entrepreneurs and/or research and knowledge-dissemination organisations (R&D)
- foreign partners with a justification of up to 15 % eligible costs
- Partners in the same group (without increasing the aid intensity)
Eligible activities
- Research and development:
- Industrial research (TRL 2-4) (cannot be carried out as a stand-alone activity but only with the continuation of experimental development activities)
- Experimental development (TRL 5-8) (mandatory)
- Feasibility studies (only if linked to the previous two)
- Initial investments in tangible and intangible assets related to research capacities (only in addition to R&D activities)
Eligible costs
- salaries of staff,
- depreciation of instruments and equipment;
- costs of contractual research, knowledge and patents,
- advisory services;
- Indirect costs at a fixed rate of up to 15% eligible personnel costs,
- feasibility studies;
- VAT on non-recoverable eligible costs;
- tangible and intangible assets used for project activities;
- Other costs up to 25 % the total value of the project as:
- project management and procurement procedures;
- the cost of materials, consumables and similar products,
- technological services of a different type,
- information and visibility;
- additional activities that have a positive impact on horizontal principles...
Deadline and method of submission of applications
Project proposals are submitted through the system eCohesion in electronic form at the earliest from
15/09/2025 from 12:00 until the available funds are used up, but no later than 30/12/2026 at 14:00.
Questions and Answers
Applicants have the right to ask questions related to the Call continuously from the moment of publication of the call, and no later than 14 days before the deadline for submission of project proposals. Questions with a clearly indicated reference to the Invitation can only be sent via e-mail to the address iri2025@mingo.hr.
Conversations on questions will be published on the website. eufondovi.gov.hr, within the framework of the corresponding Call, as well as a notice on the holding of an information workshop to be organised for potential applicants, which will be informed of the date of the event at least 10 days before the scheduled date of the event.
More information is available here, and for the preparation of the project application, please contact us here.
