EEA & Norway Grants 2014-2021 open-up a great opportunity for investments in the greening of processes, products and services across industrial companies in Romania, as well as for the improvement of their overall environmental performance. The treatment of industrial waste water is an issue for many Romanian companies, however investments in such technologies are not always a priority due to...

EUR 28.5 million will be available to SMEs on the Bulgarian market via the Business Development, Innovation and SMEs Bulgaria programme, to be operated by Innovation Norway. Part of the Norway Grants 2014-2021 financial mechanism, the programme aims to contribute to the reduction of economic and social disparities in the European Economic Area (EEA) and to support the bilateral relations between...

Greece will get EUR 96.5 million under the EEA & Norway Grants 2014 – 2021, being one of the 15 Beneficiary States across the EU in this new funding cycle, to have signed the Memorandum of Understanding  with the Donor States (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein).

EUR 62.45 mil. for implementing innovation projects on the Romanian market, individual grants up to EUR 5 mil. (significantly increased from EUR 3.34 mil. previously granted) and up to 80% funding intensities (100% for research organizations). Any EU based enterprise is eligible to submit an application, regardless of having or not a Romanian presence when submitting the application.

The RO-Energy programme, with a total budget of EUR 62.8 million is expected to open in March 2018, according to latest public information from Innovation Norway, the Fund Operator for this programme in Romania.

The Czech Republic will get EUR 184.5 million under the EEA & Norway Grants 2014 – 2021, being one of the 15 Beneficiary States across the EU in this new funding cycle, to have signed the Memorandum of Understanding with the Donor States (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein).

EUR 45 million will be available to SMEs and Large enterprises via the SME Growth Programme, to be operated by Innovation Norway. According to latest official update from Innovation Norway, the call will be opened in April – May 2018, with better funding conditions and more eligible topics.

Up to GBP 8 million to be invested in innovative partnership projects between the UK and China, that use cutting-edge technologies to solve agricultural challenges in China. Projects should address challenges related to agricultural technologies in one or more of these three sectors:

Out of a total funding allocation of EUR 502.5 million to Romania, EUR 45 million will be made available via the SME Growth Programme, which targets private businesses and supports the following areas:

Up to GBP 10 million to be invested in innovative projects, that encourage and stimulate the development of robotics and artificial intelligence (RAI) technologies for application in extreme and challenging environments.