Italy: Regione Calabria

Name of Funding agency
Regione Calabria
Geographical coverage (national/regional)
Calabria
Name of the programme/initiative
PR Calabria FESR-FSE+ 2021/2027 – Azione 1.1.1 – Sostegno a progetti di ricerca, sviluppo e innovazione, anche in collaborazione con organismi di ricerca, nelle Aree e nelle traiettorie prioritarie della S3
Programme owner
Regione Calabria
Program manager (executing funding organisation)
Menotti Lucchetta
Contact person(s) (e-mail, tel.)

Antonio Macri

Tel: +39 961 856179

Funding commitment
500.000 €
Anticipated number of fundable research partners

3

Maximum funding per grant awarded to a partner

€ 166.666,00 

Type of research eligible for funding: eligible TRL range

Industrial research and experimental development: 

From TRL 3 – Experimental proof of concept 

To TRL 7 – System prototype demonstration in operational environment 

Funding rates (approx.)

Enterprises 

For Industrial Research Activities up to 60% in case of medium enterprises and up to 70% in case of small enterprises 

For Experimental Development Activities up to 35% in case of medium enterprises and up to 45% in case of small enterprises 

Universities and public research institutions, research organizations (public) 

For Industrial Research Activities 70% 

For Experimental Development Activities 45%

Major eligibility criteria (e.g. types of organisations, thematic restriction, cost types and caps)

Types of organizations:  SMEs and partnership between SMEs, Universities  and research institutions 

Thematic restriction:  in according with the Smart Specialization Strategy of Calabria Region, the projects to be funded must focus exclusively on Calabria S3 innovation areas 

  • Agricoltura 4.0 e Agroalimentare 
  • Ambiente, Economia Circolare e Biodiversità 
  • Edilizia ecosostenibile, Energia e clima 
  • Turismo e Cultura 
  • ICT, Tecnologie Digitali e Terziario Innovativo 
  • Smart Manufacturing 
  • Logistica e Mobilità Sostenibile 
  • Scienze della Vita 
  • Blue economy. 
Submission of the proposal at national/regional level (schedule, cut-off dates, deadlines, etc.)

Transmission by pec respecting the same dates of Joint Call 2024 

Submission of financial and scientific reports at the national/regional level

Transmission by pec respecting the same dates of Joint Call 2024 

Further guidance

Regional additional documents must be sent to Regione Calabria by the same deadline established in the international joint call. 

More information (rules for funding for the Call 2024) can be find here: programma regionale Calabria FESR - FSE+ (2021-2027)

The application forms are provided  here as zip-file.