Last Tuesday, December 13, the State Agency for Research (AEI) brought together the main Spanish Technological Platforms to present, in a first dissemination event, the Public-Private Collaboration Projects Call 2022, set for imminent publication. This initiative is part of the State Plan for Scientific, Technical, and Innovation Research 2021-2023; and has a total budget of 260 million €: 110 million € in grants and 150 million € in loans. This call falls within the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan, therefore, the grant funds come from the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism of the European Next Generation funds.
Given the importance of this call for the agri-food sector, BIOVEGEN has prepared a report summarizing the key aspects of the call, aimed at supporting and speeding up the formation of proposals and consortia.