EU Funds
The 2014–2020 programming period provides the opportunity to draw financial aid from European Structural and Investment Funds via several operational programmes. Allocated funds are intended, inter alia, for research and innovations (EUR 2.2 billion), improvement of the quality of the environment (EUR 3.1 billion), and HR development (EUR 2.2 billion). Funding can be requested via projects submitted under the currently announced calls. Individual calls define the supported areas and the basic requirements for the allocation of funds.
Are you planning to implement an R&D or a product and process innovation project at your company and are seeking a public subsidy? Are you engaged in areas related to the automotive industry, manufacturing or the processing of metal, plastics, rubber or other products? Or are you interested in ICT or the creative industry and would like to learn more about it?
Our team will be pleased to provide you with detailed information and can also assess your project’s eligibility based on the specific open call criteria.
Currently, several calls from the Research and Innovations Operational Programme have been announced, seeking solutions in various areas which apply smart innovations in industry or the origination and activities of innovation platforms. In research and innovations, funds have also been designated for technological development and the increase of competitiveness of SMEs, and for financing R&D and innovation capacities in industry or services provided by large enterprises. The goal of these calls is to promote cooperation between the business sector and scientific and research institutions, thus contributing to the formation of partnerships when applying R&D outputs to manufacturing processes based on actual needs. Most current calls are valid for all Slovak regions, with the exception of the Bratislava region, for which calls with specific terms and conditions apply.
Under the call to support an increase in the quality and efficiency of manufacturing and technological processes by increasing the technological and innovation level at companies, projects in a total amount of EUR 383 million have been contracted, with grants totalling up to EUR 173 million. Each project can receive a subsidy of up to EUR 5 million.
“The Innovation Union Scoreboard rates the performance of Slovakia together with those of the Czech Republic, Hungary etc. as "moderate innovators", which is below that of the EU average. Inadequate enterprise expenditures on R&D are among the lowest in the OECD.”
