The Center for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) has published the Science and Innovation call for the year 2021, whose objective is the development of multi-sector and multi-technology R&D initiatives. The program will support pre-competitive cooperative research projects, led by companies, to achieve:
- Relevant research that proposes solutions to cross-cutting and strategic challenges of the Spanish society.
- Improve the knowledge and technology base on which Spanish companies rely to compete.
- Stimulating public-private cooperation
Among the 9 missions identified, we consider the following to be of particular interest to our sector:
- Promote the technological advancement and training of the Spanish biopharmaceutical industry to promote R&D activities in the field of advanced therapies , vaccines and targeted therapies.
- Promote the Spanish agriculture of the 21st century: sustainable, intelligent, efficient in the consumption of water resources and agricultural inputs and adapted to climate change .
The program presents two categories of participation: one category for high budget projects (about 5 million euros) and another for initiatives with a smaller budget, which are led by SMEs and will have a budget of about 1.5 to 3 million.
Of the total budget of 141 million euros, 31 million will be allocated to projects related to the health mission (mission 8), with a minimum of 4.5 million euros to be allocated to SME projects . The remaining EUR 110 million will finance the remainder of the planned missions, with a minimum of EUR 15 million earmarked for SME projects.
The deadline for submitting proposals is September 6 at 12:00 (Spanish time) through the CDTI’s electronic headquarters.