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Spain/Basque Country
MNT Support Programs&Topics 2007/2008
A Regional/National Contact
1) Country and Geographical coverage, national or regional
- Country: Basque Country
- Geographical coverage: The autonomous community of the Basque Country (regional level)
2) Name of initiative/program: INTEKBERRI
3) Programme owner (ministry): Industry, Trade and Tourism Department of the Basque Government
4) Executing agency: EUROBULEGOA
Contact:Garbiñe Larrauri
phone: + 34 - 94.491.30.97
mail: glarrauri@eurobulegoa.com
web: www.eurobulegoa.com
B Subject and conditions of support
| Program/Call name | Technology/application focus covered | Opening/Cut-off dates | |
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| a) | INTEKBERRI | It fosters industrial research and development, through 3 different avenues. GAITEK promotes the development of new products, INNOTEK fosters innovation in general, and improved products and processes in particular; and NETs helps the generation of new companies. All the subprograms subsidise research and precompetitive developments, as well as accompanying measures (industrial protection, etc.), and promote collaboration between companies and between these and academia or technology centres. | Continuous open call since 2006 |
| b) | Please add b) c) etc. if necessary! |
Phases of R&D being funded (basic research, pre-competitive, application, serial production, market entry), funding rates (app.):
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Applied research is funded. The programme is clearly oriented to Industry (SMEs), though Research Centres and Universities may act as subcontractors in projects.
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Types of costs being eligible for receiving funds are: Man-hours for research, Depreciation of equipment, Travels (of the project), and subcontracting, expenses for lab materials, disposables, etc.
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A maximum of 250.000 euros per year and participant is funded.
Major restrictions (e.g. types of institutions eligible for funding; SMEs, public/private etc., openness to transnational consortia):
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There is a restriction for Research Centres and Universities because they are not eligible to receive a direct subsidise from the programme. Only by subcontracting.