Action objective: The purpose of the Action is to support research and development projects for products and/or services, that have emerged from the business discovery process, through the support existing businesses that invest in Innovation and/or in Research and Development, in the sectors "Agri-Food", "Building Materials", "Textiles - Clothing", "Tourism", "Information and Communication Technologies", "Energy Technologies", "Environmental Technologies", "Transport and Supply Chain Technologies", which are included in the Smart Specialization Strategy (RIS3) of the Region of Central Macedonia (RCM).
Beneficiaries who may receive public funding within the framework of this action are the following entities:
1. Enterprises: any unit, regardless of its legal form and size, engaged in an economic activity.
2. Research and knowledge dissemination organizations (In partnership with at least one Enterprise): any entity, such as Higher Education Institutions, Research Centers - Institutes, Technological Bodies and Research University Institutions regardless of legal status (public or private law).
3. Other bodies treated as research and knowledge dissemination organizations (In partnership with at least one Company):
4. Public Services, which belong to the Central Administration within the meaning of paragraph 1f of article 14 of Law 4270/2014 (Government Gazette A' 143),
5. Legal Entities of Public Law (such as Museums with an independent legal entity, Public Hospitals, Academy of Athens, National Library, National Gallery, etc.),
6. Legal Entities of Private Law, established by Law or Presidential Decree and subsidized by the State,
7. Public Benefit Foundations governed by Law 4182/2013
• Expenses for commissioning research under contract
• Cost of preparing a feasibility study
• Expenditures for Buildings, Land, Facilities & Surrounding Areas
• Equipment costs
• Software costs
• Personnel expenses
• Service costs
• Advertising, Promotion & Networking Expenses
• Indirect Costs