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.
