The CDTI launches the global innovation line to finance business projects that boost the growth of SMEs through investment in technological innovation.
Public funding and R&D&I deduction service
ABRA INVEST has the support of a team of consultants specialised in R&D&I grants and deductions, the only activity that this team has carried out for more than 10 years, reaching a very high level of specialisation and achieving success rates above the market average.
New call for proposals Emprendetur R&D Programme
Within the framework of the Spanish National Integral Tourism Plan (PNIT), the Secretary of State for Tourism has announced the Emprendetur R&D Programme, aimed at financing R&D projects related to technological innovation and tourism with the objective of supporting research and development applied to products in the tourism sector.
New call for applications for the Emprendetur Programme for young entrepreneurs
Within the framework of the Spanish National Integral Tourism Plan (PNIT), the Secretary of State for Tourism announced the Emprendetur Programme for young entrepreneurs, focused on financing R&D projects related to technological innovation and tourism with the aim of supporting research and development applied to products in the tourism sector. It seems that this November 2014 a new call will be opened in similar terms to the previous one.
H2020 upcoming calls for the ICT sector in April 2015
Horizon 2020 (H2020), the European Union's public funding programme for research and innovation for the period 2014-2020, presents its new calls for April 2015 in the field of "Information & Communication Technologies" with a budget of € 561M.
The Basque Government supports new entrepreneurial SME initiatives
The Basque Government and the Provincial Councils have launched a plan to support entrepreneurship with the aim of fostering the culture of entrepreneurship, increasing new business ideas and focusing on intra-entrepreneurship, as well as complementing the support plans for entrepreneurs and encouraging the emergence of new entrepreneurs.
Investment analysis in the Machine Learning sector
"Machine learning is attracting a lot of interest from tech giants, who are spending a lot of money and effort to hire the best machine learning researchers. Companies in the sector are aware of this and are making a...
The Basque Government's priorities: advanced manufacturing, energy and biosciences, to gain competitiveness in Europe.
The Basque Government has begun to explain to Basque companies the priorities for specialisation in certain fields in which to carry out a large part of the public funding in R&D in which three meta-priorities are set: Advanced Manufacturing, Energy and Micro-bio-nano Convergence for Health. The development of a smart specialisation strategy is already a prerequisite for any country or region to be able to access the funding offered by major European projects.
1 S 2014: Acquisitions in technology companies on the rise
Los inversores corporativos mejoran su confianza en Europa y optan por el crecimiento vía fusiones y adquisiciones de empresas tecnológicas alcanzando el máximo desde el 2012. El primer semestre de 2014 con 94 operaciones presenta la mayor cifra de fusiones y...
Cosme: improving the competitiveness of European enterprises
COSME with a budget of €2.3 billion to run between 2014 and 2020 is the EU's Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs programme that helps entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises to start up, access finance and internationalise, as well as supporting authorities to improve the business environment and facilitate economic growth in the European Union.
Profound success of Horizon SME instrument in Spain
Spain is positioned as the first country in number of projects in Phase 1 of the SME Instrument of Horizon 2020, obtaining 39 of the 155 projects selected for funding. The next cut-off date for submitting new projects in phase 1 will be this September, here are some keys to take into account so that your project can be part of those selected.
Social Security rebates for research staff
After two years, the rebates on social security contributions for research personnel are back, with the aim of encouraging the recruitment of research personnel.