A call ‘Demonstration of an innovative concept – First call’ was launched for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and research organisations developing innovative products, processes or services and wishing to verify their technical and market potential before commercialisation.
Subject of the call
The call supports the award of grants for conducting research in the early stages of the development of an innovative product, process or service in order to identify the potential for commercialization, direct further development and reduce investment risk.
Objective of the call
The call aims to increase readiness to develop new products and processes by strengthening the research and development and innovation capacities of companies and research organisations.
Purpose of the call
The call focuses on technical and business validation activities of innovative solutions before the commercialisation phase. The aim is to help applicants assess the sustainability and market potential of innovation through research, testing and validation before investing more in development and market entry.
Financial allocation
The total available grant amounts to EUR 5,304,291.67.
Amount of aid per project:
- minimum: €26,500
- Maximum: €70,000
Co-financing rate
- 50% 70% Eligible project costs
Eligible applicants
You can apply:
- micro-enterprises
- small businesses
- medium-sized enterprises
- Research organisations
Partnership under this Call is not allowed.
Eligible activities
The call shall support activities related to the technical and business validation of innovation, including:
- Research (TRL 3-4)
- Prototyping and/or
- demonstration of technical feasibility
- Business validation
- Consultation related to the management and protection of intellectual property and preliminary search of patent bases, verification of assumptions and analysis related to the targeted use, users and the market for the solutions developed by the project and identification of the following key points in development and commercialization as well as drawing up a plan on how to achieve them in case of confirmation of the concept.
- Creating documents such as: market analysis, feasibility studies, development of a concept and/or strategy for product development and/or commercialisation (commercialisation study or plan), IP verification and protection, IP strategy analysis, patent search, idea validation, market needs validation.
- Project management
- Promotion and visibility of the project
- Implementation of horizontal activities
Eligible costs
The eligible costs shall be those related to the implementation of R&D activities and business validation of innovation, including the costs of prototyping, testing, professional services, market analysis, intellectual property protection and other activities defined by the call rules.
Deadline and method of submission of applications
- Start receiving project applications: 16 June 2026 at 11 a.m.
- Deadline for submission of applications: 15 September 2026 at 11 a.m.
Project applications are submitted through the system eCohesion in electronic form by an authorised person of the reporting person.
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 poc@mzom.hr, and the answers to the questions will be published on the website https://eufondovi.gov.hr/ within the scope of the corresponding call.
More information about the call is available here, and for the preparation of the project application, please contact us here.
