EU funding rate – 100%

Activities geared towards establishing new knowledge and/or exploring the viability of a new or improved technology, product, process, service, or solution. This can include basic and applied research, technology development and integration, testing and validation on small-scale prototype(s) in a laboratory or simulated environment. These projects can have closely connected but limited demonstration or pilot activities with the goal of displaying technical feasibility in a near to operational environment.

There’s also Research and Innovation Lump Sum actions (RIA-LS). These receive their funding for any grants they’ve been awarded as lump sums.

EU funding rate – 100% for non-profit and 70% for all others

Activities aimed directly at producing plans and arrangements; or designs for new, altered, or improved products, processes, or services. This can include prototyping, testing, demonstrating, piloting, large-scale product validation and market replication.

There’s also Innovation Lump Sum actions (IA-LS). These receive their funding for any grants they’ve been awarded as lump sums.

These are accompanying measures such as standardisation, dissemination, awareness-raising and communication, networking, coordination or support services, policy dialogues and mutual learning exercises and studies.

There’s also Coordination and support Lump Sum actions (CSA-LS). These receive their funding for any grants they’ve been awarded as lump sums.

A programme of activities established or implemented by legal entities managing or funding R&I programmes, other than EU funding bodies.

Activities that embed an innovation action and other activities necessary to deploy an innovation on the market. (EIC)

Activities that aim to improve the skills, knowledge and career prospects of researchers, based on mobility between countries and, if relevant, between sectors or disciplines. (MSCA)

These enable the public sector as a technologically demanding buyer to encourage research and development of pivotal solutions that would radically improve quality and efficiency in areas of public interest, while also creating market opportunities for industry and researchers.

The requested reimbursement of the estimated eligible costs of coordination and networking activities should not exceed 30% of the requested grant. Indirect eligible costs are calculated as a flat rate of 25% of direct eligible costs, excluding direct eligible costs for subcontracting (e.g the price of the PCP procurement) and costs of resources made available by third parties which are not used on the premises of the beneficiary (e.g test equipment).

This aids the early deployment of innovative solutions that address challenges of public interest. The goal is to enable trans-national groups of procurers to share the risks of acting as early adopters of innovative solutions and to overcome the fragmentation of demand for innovative solutions in Europe. Each PPI action focuses on one defined, unmet, and shared need that of the participating procurers that requires innovative solutions, which are significantly similar across countries and can be procured jointly.

The requested reimbursement of the estimated eligible costs of coordination and networking activities should not exceed 50% of the requested grant. Indirect eligible costs are calculated as a flat rate of 25% of direct eligible costs, excluding direct eligible costs for subcontracting (e.g. the price of the PPI procurement) and the costs of resources made available by third parties (e.g. test equipment) which are not used on the premises of the beneficiary.