The grant is aimed at supporting the cooperation of entrepreneurs with research institutions, testing laboratories or intellectual property experts to create an innovative and higher added value product, service or technology. The maximum amount of the grant is 35,000 euros, self-financing 30%.
Who can apply:
- The innovation grant is a targeted grant to procure services necessary for product development from an innovation service provider.
- Project that is aimed at developing an innovative solution that is in at least one of the focus areas of TAIE and for which the applicant lacks the resources, knowledge, skills or experience will receive support
- The project contributes to maintaining the basic principles of Estonia 2035 and achieving the goals.
- The applicant can be a small and medium-sized enterprise entered in the Estonian commercial register.
- The grant can be applied for up to two times.
- The applicant must not have received de minimis aid exceeding 300,000 euros in the last three years.
The support can be used for:
- for prototyping
- technological development, testing and demonstration of components
- organization of product testing and industrial experiments, conducting a feasibility study
- legal protection consultancy, research and registration of a patent, utility model or industrial design
- accreditation, certification, standardization, conformity assessment, metrology service
Further information: https://eis.ee/toetused/arendusosak/