Financial Incentives for technological Research and Development

• Written-off subsidies for:
  • Basic research (100%), Industrial research (50%) and pre-competition development (25%).
  • Activities for patent registration in favour of SMEs.
• Subsidies of 75% and 50% for technical viability studies prior to R&D or Pre-competition Development activities.
• Grants for the training of technical personnel.

Incentives for Training of Personnel in New Industries

• Tailor-made courses in Vocational Training Centres.
• Financial support for in-company training programmes.

Tax Benefits

• 10% of investments.
• 4,207 euros for each permanent job created.
• In research programmes, up to 50% of costs.
• Unrestricted depreciation for tax purposes.

Other incentives

• Contracting of graduates without work experience.
• Contracting of certain groups.
• Training of Research Technicians.
• Subsidies and tax rebates for the implementation of Quality Assurance systems.