Type of competition: Open call for proposals (grants)
Status: open from 4.5.2016 to 31.12.2019
Area: research, technological development and innovation
Eligible applicant is a micro, small, medium-sized or large entrepreneur. The micro, small and medium-sized enterprise category shall be understood as an undertaking in accordance with Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 651/2014. A ‘large undertaking’ category means an undertaking which does not meet the criteria laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 651/2014.
Overall objective: development of new products (goods and services), technologies and business processes through increasing private investment in research, development and innovation, and strengthening the capacity of enterprises for research, development and innovation, through improving their cooperation with R&D institutions.
Specific objective: new products and services as a result of research, development and innovation (RDI) activities.
Eligible partners are:
– undertakings and/or research and knowledge-dissemination organisations that contribute their knowledge, resources and research capacities to the implementation of research and development projects. The partnership shall be evidenced by the Partnership Agreement (according to Form 3) between the applicant (potential beneficiary) and the partner;
– those who, in addition to the applicant, contribute with their professional, financial, experiential and administrative capacity to implement, as evidenced by the documentation accompanying the application form and who are not excluded by one of the applicant’s exclusion criteria;
– one that does not have a head office, business unit or branch in the Republic of Croatia and participates in the project with a maximum of 15% the eligible costs of the project. Only one such partner may participate in the project. In this case, the applicant is obliged to describe the reasons why a foreign partner is necessary.
Eligible activities R&D activities (own R&D activities, contract research and collaborative research) and initial investment activities in tangible and intangible assets to strengthen R&D capacity.
Research and development activities shall fall into one or more of the following categories of research and development:
– fundamental research;
– industrial research;
– experimental development;
– feasibility studies.
A project proposal may consist of one or a combination of several eligible categories of research and development. In the event that the project proposal contains activities relating to different categories of research and development, specific criteria relating to the maximum aid intensity will apply for each of the activities.
Initial investment activities in tangible and intangible assets to strengthen research and development capacity shall only be eligible for undertakings carrying out or planning to carry out their own research and development projects.
Ithe amount of the grant the ERDF allocated under this Permanently Open Call amounts to 748.000.000,00 HRK which is provided on the basis of the OPKK. The mandatory share of national co-financing will be provided by the Beneficiary, which will be verified during the contracting and project implementation process. The minimum value of the aid, i.e. the minimum grant amount that can be awarded per project per individual beneficiary under this Call, is HRK 190.000,00. The maximum value of the aid, i.e. the maximum grant amount that can be awarded per project per individual Beneficiary under this Call, is HRK 56,000,000. PT1 reserves the right not to allocate all available funds under this Call.
The call is held as a permanent open Call for Proposals with the deadline for submission of project proposals by 31 December 2019.
If you are interested in applying for this competition, please contact us at: ivan.kermeci@porin.hr or to a number 051/634-333.
