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Mineco Launches the program Innpacto 2012 for projects of R&D
22/06/2012
22 June 2012
The Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Mineco) has published in the Official Bulletin of the State the destined announcement to fund the realisation of projects of R&D of public cooperation-private (program Innpacto). After the publication the past week of the announcements the acquisition of equipment for installed entities in scientific and technological parks (program Innplanta) and the incorporation of titled university in private entities (program Inncorpora), the program Innpacto arrives with a budget of 850 millions and consolidates like the big bet to boost the business innovation.
From the consultora strategic financial Atomm stands out the opportunity that supposes this program in a year in which the public expense for R&D has gone down 26% and other programs and organisms of the government have suffered hard cuts.
The financials of the program Innpacto consists in loans bonificados of until 95% of the costs subvencionables, with a period of amortización of 8 years, 2 of lack and a type of interest of 1% annual, not being demanded guarantees until a minimum figure of 250.000 euros of contribution by year. The projects have to be plurianuales, with at least 2 participants, a minimum budget of 500.000 euros, and a participation of centres of investigation (public or private) of between 10% and 40%.
The starting point for any company that wants to present to this program consists in having a good project of R&D, detailed and defendible. In this type of announcements the adjudication is by competitive concurrence, by what, as it stands out from Atomm, requires present projects of quality properly justified so much technical as financially. No all the projects are accepted, but the elected benefit of a very advantageous financials, with some types of competitive interest regarding the existent financialss. By this reason, is essential to have a very documented project and explanatory.
As it informs the Mineco, the term of presentation of applications of the program Innpacto will finalise the day 17 July.
