The INNTERCONECTA STEP 2025 Call, with a budget allocation of 90 million euros, aims to promote the development of R&D projects in cooperation, with a regional and multisectoral approach, led by business groups, focused on the development of disruptive strategic technologies aligned with the priority areas defined by STEP (Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform): digital technologies, clean and efficient resource-use technologies, and biotechnology.
Key aspects of the call:
- Total budget of 90 M€ for granting subsidies in competitive bidding.
- Aid aimed at business groups of between 2-6 companies (including one SME) with activities in at least two of the eligible autonomous communities.
- Intensity of aid: up to 70% for industrial research projects (80% if there is effective collaboration between companies) and 45% for experimental development projects (60% if there is effective collaboration between companies).
- Project duration: multiannual starting in 2025 and until 31/12/2027 or 30/06/2028.
- Application deadline: ends on May 21, 2025, at 12:00 hours (Spanish peninsular time).
At BIOVEGEN, we believe there may be opportunities for the agribiotechnology sector in this call. Therefore, we have prepared this report, which summarizes the main features of the call.