Financed by the Programme d'Investissements d'Avenir (PIA), the call for projects "Concours d'innovation - i-Nov" aims to select innovation projects with particularly strong potential for the French economy. The application for the label must be submitted before September 21.
This competition of excellence is dedicated to innovative single-partner projects carried out by start-ups and SMEs and leading to the accelerated emergence of leading companies in their field that can claim to have global reach.
The "i-Nov Innovation Contest" call for projects allows the co-financing of research, development and innovation projects with total costs of between €600,000 and €5 million and a duration of between 12 and 36 months.
The project must also be concerned by at least one of the themes detailed in the specifications.
The 8 themes of this 6th wave
For this sixth edition, the 4 themes operated by BpiFrance are :- the digital Deep Tech;
- reducing the digital footprint;
- Space;
- health - mental health and Rapid and Nomadic Health Diagnostics.
- the circular economy;
- the environmental performance of buildings;
- Adaptation of territories to climate change and metrology of environmental exposures ;
- hydrogen.
Eligibility and selection criteria
- Complete file ;
- Area covering one of the above themes;
- Total cost of the RDI project between €600,000 and €5M for a duration of 12 to 36 months ;
- To be carried by a single SME;
- Innovative nature and added value of the project;
- Economic impact;
- Ability of the promoter to carry out the project;
- Eco-conditionality of the project.
Financing arrangements
The financing provided under the Innovation Contest will take the form of State aid, two-thirds of which will be in the form of grants and one-third in the form of recoverable advances. For the share of eligible expenditure, the maximum rates of assistance shall be as follows :- 45% for small businesses;
- 35% for medium-sized enterprises.