Neotec 2026 Grants

The objective of the NEOTEC Program is to support the creation and consolidation of technology-based companies.

A technology-based company (TBC) is a company whose activity is focused on the exploitation of products or services that require the use of technologies or knowledge developed from research activity. EBTs base their business strategy or activity on the intensive mastery of scientific and technical knowledge.

The most relevant aspect in the proposals supported in this line must be a business strategy based on the development of technology (technology must be the company’s competitive differentiating factor), based on the creation of its own R&D&I lines.

Companies whose business model is based primarily on services to third parties, without developing their own technology, are not suitable.

Characteristics of the aid;

Subsidies up to 70% of the eligible budget of the action, with a maximum subsidy amount of 250,000 euros per beneficiary.

Actions that include the hiring of at least one doctor, under the terms set forth in Annex I of the call for proposals, may be financed up to 85% of the eligible budget of the action, with a maximum grant amount of 325,000 euros per beneficiary.

Possibility of accessing a course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) or at the “Enterprise Innovation Institute” of the University of Georgia (Atlanta, USA) to reinforce the company’s training. The amount of the aid may be increased up to 18,300 euros (MIT) or 10,000 euros (GeorgiaTech) in the actions that request this training, and meet the requirements, as indicated in Annex II of the call.

After the final award decision has been issued, the beneficiary may request advance payment of up to 60% of the grant awarded for the project, up to a maximum of 150,000 euros. It will not be necessary to provide any guarantee