Increasing the use of green technologies and developing environmental innovation, research and development (R&D) is a priority for the EEA Grants in Spain.
Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway have made available more than € 18 million under the Environmental and climate change-related research and technology programme to fund research and development (R&D) projects in the following areas:
• Environmental technologies
• Climate change and energy efficiency
• Renewable energies
The budget of this programme is complemented with a contribution from the programme operator Centre for Technological Industrial Development - CDTI in the form of soft loans.
Funding industrial research and experimental development projects
The current call for proposals is the second under this programme and will finance business research and development (R&D) projects promoting generation of knowledge, technologies, products and services related to renewable energy, energy efficiency, climate change and environmental technologies.
The budget for the second call is €32.478.285. From this budget a maximum of €5.731.462 will be allocated for the non-refundable portion of the aid, funded through the EEA Grants.
Only Spanish enterprises can be project promoters, but collaboration with entities, public or private, from Iceland, Liechtenstein and/or Norway (the donor states) will be highly valued during the evaluation process.
The deadline for applications is 10 April 2014.
More information
Find all necessary information about this call on the website of the programme operator
Read more about the “Environmental and climate change-related research and technology” programme
Read more on how to involve a project partner from Iceland, Liechtenstein and/or Norway
Event in Madrid 17-18 February - launch of the second call under the Spanish environmental programme and presentation of results from the first call.