750,000,000 PLN allocates the National Centre for Research and Development to a new edition of the SME competition - the so-called "fast path". The grant decision shall be issued on average during the period 60 the days following the submission of the application. The call for proposals for the competition started on Monday.
As part of the "fast track", funds can benefit micro, small and medium-sized enterprises that want to carry out research and development. The results of this work should translate into implementation. Funding can reach even 80% The subject matter of the work must be included in one of the so-called "National Smart Specializations".
Budget second edition of the competition is 750,000,000 PLN.
"We have many distinguished entrepreneurs and researchers. People who can build a bridge between business and science. But this kind of company, this kind of action requires state support. I believe that the +fast path+ project, which we will launch today with the NCBR, is a way to make the most of EU funds which will certainly be one Minister of Science and Higher Education Jarosław Gowin said on Monday.
"The fast track" is funded from the EU Intelligent Development Programme.
"We stress the implementation of R & D results into economic practice. Therefore, the proposals are assessed by independent business and scientific experts, who are tasked with verifying whether the project is innovative and how it responds to market demand" - pointed out the deputy director of the National Centre for Research and Development Prof. Jerzy Kątcki.
The new call for proposals for the SME sector will begin 4 April and will last until 29 July 2016 Regardless of when an application is submitted, the time of the decision to grant should be close 60 days. In addition, in the "fast track" the NCBR formalities were reduced to a minimum and the application procedure is intuitive. In addition, the entire application may be completed and submitted electronically.
In the first edition of the competition budget also amounted to 750,000,000 PLN. Entrepreneurs filed almost 2,000 projects with a value of seven times the programme budget. As the NCBR concludes, funding is received on average 14% Conclusions.
"The competition rules are clear and the evaluation of applications is quick. We are now at the stage of developing a system that will allow us to commercialize technology that is innovative on a global scale" - said Olga Malinkiewicz, NCBR competition. SAULE Technologies co-founded by it received funding in the previous edition of the program. The company is working on photovoltaic cells that can be printed even on thin film. Malinkiewicz pointed out that thanks to the funds from the competition her company managed to attract world-class scientists to Poland from abroad.
NCBR activities fit perfectly into the priorities of the plan for responsible development of the Polish economy Among the winners of the competition is also CTAdventure. With support from the "fast track" together with the selected universities, the company is to create a tool that allows doctors to quickly, efficiently and reliably analyze recordings from endoscopic studies using the original image processing algorithms.
For example, Platige Image is developing a system with which to generate interactive digital scenography in real time. It can be used during musicals, theatre performances and other live events
"We want to build a bridge over the valley of death, which today separates research from implementations" - said Jarosław Gowin and added that the activities of the NCBR "weakly fit into the priorities of Morawiecki's plan, plan of responsible development of the Polish economy".
New call for proposals for SMEs begins 4 April and will last until 29 July 2016 Large companies can try to fund projects from 1 June from 11 July this year The deadline for submitting applications for measures for less developed regions (i.e. everyone except the Mazovia province) will begin In the third quarter of this year. (PAP)
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