These investment projects focus on enhancing a company’s capabilities to engage in cutting-edge R&D efforts, with the goal of developing innovative solutions.

There are competitive programs offered at both the national and regional levels, which reimburse a similar proportion of costs. The key distinctions lie in the level of innovation expected from the products and processes that will emerge through the implementation of a research agenda. This agenda refers to a long-term research plan that the applicant commits to executing.

Such projects serve as valuable complements to other forms of grant support, particularly those focused on research and development (R&D) projects. It is possible to combine a grant for the construction of a laboratory with a grant for carrying out the R&D work planned in the aforementioned agenda.