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CDTI- Iberoeka, Spain-Uruguay, second call for R&D projects

The CDTI (Spain) and ANII (Uruguay) open a bilateral call to select and finance collaborative R&D projects between companies from both countries, open to all sectors of industry. The deadline for submitting the first call is 15 September 2015, the call will be carried out in two phases, in the first phase the projects will be presented and in the second phase the projects that have passed the first phase will be able to apply for funding to the national funding agencies.

AEESD 2015 call for proposals opens

Yesterday, 20th May, the 2015 call for proposals for the Strategic Action for the Digital Economy and Society (AEESD) for the year 2015 was opened. The main new features are that the % grant has been increased and can reach 50% for SMEs depending on the qualification and that projects must be individual and consortiums cannot apply. Below is a summary of the most important conditions.

Neotec: CDTI support for technology companies

At the end of July, the CDTI is expected to open the Neotec call, which aims to support the creation and consolidation of new technology-based companies. Although the CDTI is still reviewing the conditions, it seems that this year the aid will be converted into a grant and will have an annual call, open for two months.

Percentile, Idealista, Mamuky and other technology sector M&A (March 2015)

In the month of March 2015, we highlight 5 purchase operations that have had Spanish companies as protagonists. One of them, Percentil has bought an international competitor. In addition, foreign corporations are taking an interest in Spain, Allot Communications has bought Optenet in the internet content filtering sector and Pixmania has bought Ooferton.

The tax deduction for R&D and IT (Technological Innovation)

The tax deduction for R&D and IT (Technological Innovation) represents one of the main sources of financing. These deductions allow companies to recover 42% of the investment made in R&D and 12% of the investment made in Technological Innovation. Although the deductible quota limit is 50%, the deductions can be accumulated as a tax credit and are applicable for 18 years.

Enisa 2015: Participatory loans for companies

On 24 April, the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism (MINETUR) signed 3 agreements with Enisa with the aim of setting the characteristics and budgets available for the 2015 financing lines. The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism will allocate €98.319M for this purpose.