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2008: innovation year in the Basque Country
Basque Government
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Technological Innovation - Back-up Programmes - Development of New Products

Action:

Development projects for new products ? this concerns new products whose main features are superiority and originality with respect to previous products on the market, thus meeting demand better than the competition or adapting to the needs of the market or of the company

Beneficiaries:

Companies, foundations and business groupings

Financial instruments:
  • R&D activity: Non-returnable subsidy up to 30%.
    Systematic operations (original, experimental or theoretical) based on knowledge, obtained via research and / or practical experience and carried out in order to acquire new knowledge in relation to the basics of certain phenomena and of visible facts, or alternatively focusing on a certain application or use.

  • Increases:
    • +10% SMEs
    • +10% inter-business co-operation + 50% (maximum) of the costs associated with the subcontracting of the Basque Technology and Innovation Network

  • Innovation Activities: Returnable advance payment, up to 50%

    • Industrial design and product engineering
    • Industrial design of the process to launch manufacture of the product: prototypes, testing etc.
    • Use of results and activities carried out prior to marketing and sales
    • Addition of intangible state-of-the-art features
    • Protection of patent rights (registration and maintenance)
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