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European grants for innovation
( 25 / June / 2009 )
Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency informs that applications intake in Measure 4.5 – Support for investment of considerable importance to the economy (Innovative Economy Operational Programme) is currently opened.
Entrepreneurs can receive grants for the investment part of the project, for projects related to opening/developing R+D centres and for training/ consultancy part of the project.
Measure 4.5 is divided into two submeasures:
- Sub-measure 4.5.1 - Support for investment in the production sector. Supported projects are new investments of innovative nature (e.g. innovative technologies, innovative products) involving purchase or implementation of a technological solution. Expenditures eligible for support should be of no less than PLN 160 million and net increase in jobs of no less than 200 persons. The support accounts 25% of eligible expenditures.
- Sub-measure 4.5.2 Support for investment in the modern services sector. Supported projects are establishment or expansion of shared service centres (e.g. finances, accounting, human resources management, administration, banking and insurance resources, market research), IT centres (e.g. software development, applications testing, network designing and implementation, product optimisation, database management), new investment of eligible expenditures more that 2 mln PLN related to a commencement of R&D activity, involving purchase of material and immaterial assets, and net increase in jobs of no less than 10 persons of R&D staff, leading to an establishment of R&D centres (e.g. engineering services centres, quality centres).
For Sub-measure 4.5.2. the support accounts 30% of eligible expenditures (with exclusion of R&D projects).
For R&D projects realized under Sub-measure 4.5.2:
- for the investment part of project: according to Map of Regional Aid i.e. maximum amount of support – 70% of eligible expenditures, for the training part of project: PLN 1 million (45% of the total value of eligible expenditures of the training part of the project for small enterprises, 35% for medium enterprises and 25% for other enterprises), for the consulting part of the project: PLN 600 thousand (50% of the total value of eligible expenditures of the consulting part of the project).
Investment project should be implemented in Poland. A beneficiary should ensure sustainability of project results for a minimum period of 5 years or, in the case of SMEs, minimum 3 years following project completion.
It is also possible to combine various forms of regional aid provided that its total value does not exceed the maximum permissible aid intensity on a given investment project.
Institution responsible for the intake of applications in Measure 4.5 is the Ministry of Economy, Department of Operational Programmes Implementation.
More information can be obtained at:
http://www.paiz.gov.pl/index/?id=cf8d8c66b1212720e569b0bd67695451 or directly at European Funds Information Point in Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency: 0048 801 005 075, info-punkt@paiz.gov.pl
Source: paiz.gov.pl