[500 million euro fund = 16.1% COMPETE]
| Specific goals | Instruments | Types of project |
| a) Intensify R&D and achieve new knowledge to develop the country and improve its competitiveness; |
a) Support scheme for organisations in the national science and technology system (SAESCTN) |
> Scientific research and technological development project (SR&TD) coordinated by SCTN bodies in the following areas:
- Projects in all scientific areas;
- Themed science and technology network projects;
- Projects to set up and run R&D consortia;
- Projects to implement public policies or enhance results of scientific research;
- International cooperation projects.
> Projects encouraging participation in the SR&TD framework programme;
> Projects fostering scientific and technological culture; |
| b) Intensify corporate TR&D and articulation between companies and knowledge centres to speed up the dissemination, transfer and companies' use of technology, knowledge and results of TR&D. |
b) Incentive schemes for technological research and development (SII&DT) |
> Individual TR&D projects;
> Jointly promoted TR&D projects;
> Motivating projects;
> TR&D voucher;
> Collective TR&D;
> TR&D units;
> TR&D centres;
> Demonstrative projects. |
| Target population: Companies, institutions in higher education and the science and technology system, state and associated laboratories, interface organisations and corporate technological assistance. |