Technology Transfer R&D Projects “Cervera”

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All year round.

Partially refundable aid.

Fixed interest rate: Euribor at 1 year, fixed at the date of approval of the aid.

Aid of up to 90% of the total approved budget (provided that the maximum aid intensity limits allowed by Community State aid regulations are not exceeded).

• If the R&D project is financed exclusively from CDTI funds, the interest rate will be applied to the total amount of the aid.
• If the R&D project is co-financed with Community funds, the interest rate will apply exclusively to the reimbursable tranche of the aid.

Return:10 or 15 years.

The amortizations of the loan will be of a semiannual nature.

The first refund will be made 3 years after the center of gravity of the project, with a minimum of two years from its completion date.

The ordinary interest on the loan shall be accrued on a semi-annual basis from the time of the disposition of any amount of the aid, including advances.

Non-refundable tranche of 33% of the financial coverage of the aid.

The CDTI may require the creation of guarantees for the return of aid when the financial economic analysis of the company indicates so.

Where appropriate, the CDTI may apply a derogation or exemption from the guarantees requested.

Advance of up to 50% of the aid with a limit of 300,000 euros, without requiring additional guarantees.

The company must finance at least 10% of the project budget with its own resources.

Minimum bankable budget: 175,000 euros.

Relevant participation of knowledge generating centers that may not be less than 10% of the total budget approved by the Board of Directors of the CDTI.

Duration: 12 to 36 months. Projects may have one or more technical milestones, the duration of which must be from 9 to 18 months.

Yes (ERDF funds or other European funds).

Projects that meet the conditions of ERDF 21-27 will be financed from these funds, unless sufficient funds are available in the development region, in which case they will be financed from CDTI funds and under the conditions applicable to CDTI financing.

Projects co-financed with ERDF funds for the period 2021-2027 must comply with the specific implementing rules, as detailed in the instrument sheet.

Among others, they must submit a positive report of compliance with the principle of not causing significant harm to the environment (DNSH), issued by an entity accredited by ENAC, within a maximum period of three months from the approval of the aid.

Yes, yes. The beneficiary company may request the motivated report once the loan contract with the CDTI has been formalized.

Applied research and business development projects will be supported for the creation or significant improvement of a productive process, product or service.

Projects must demonstrate a differential technological aspect over the existing technologies in the market.

These projects may include both industrial research and experimental development activities.

The essential characteristic of this typology of projects is that they must necessarily be developed in a limited group of technological areas (Cervera priority technologies) and contract certain project activities to knowledge-generating centers.

Personnel costs are eligible; instrumental and material costs; contract research costs, acquired knowledge and patents, consultancy and equivalent services (excluding those associated with the project application); additional overhead costs and other project costs. Expenses derived from the auditor’s report and project management and coordination expenses are also eligible. Additionally, they will be eligible:

• El gasto derivado el informe realizado por el auditor (límite máximo de 2.000 euros por beneficiario e hito).
• Project management and coordination costs (maximum limit of 6,000 euros per beneficiary and milestone).
• The cost derived from obtaining the DNSH compliance assessment report (maximum limit of 2,000 euros per project).

External collaborations will not be able to exceed 65% of the eligible budget in general, being able to reach up to 80% for the biopharmaceutical sector due to the high cost of testing this type of products.

Only expenses that respond to the nature of the activity to be financed and are strictly necessary may be considered eligible.

The general criteria for technical evaluation of R&D projects are:

• Commercial exploitation plan of the project.
• Technology and innovation of the project.
• Capacity of the company in relation to the project.
• Assessment of socio-economic impact, gender perspective and sustainability.

The financial assessment shall cover the following aspects:

• Analysis on the consideration of a company in crisis.
• Economic-financial and risk analysis.
• Economic-financial analysis of the project.
• Economic and financial adaptation of the company to the activities it carries out in the project.

The aid will be considered to have an incentive effect if, before starting work on the project, the beneficiary has submitted a written request for aid to CDTI.

• In projects financed with CDTI funds, the aid is incompatible with any other public aid earmarked for the same project, with the exception of the cases described in the detail sheet of the instrument.

• In projects co-financed with Community funds managed by the CDTI, the aid is compatible with any other public aid provided that its source of funding does not come from the EU budget.

• The aid is incompatible with any private aid whose source of funding comes from EU budget funds.

All aid for the same project must be communicated to the CDTI.