The Ministry of Science and Education announced a call for grants to micro, small and mid-size enterprises and scientific organizations for co-financing pre-commercial activities in the initial phase of developing new products, services and technological processes, in order to determine the commercial potential, direct further development and reduce investment risk.

Application deadline is now January 31, 2023. New thing about this call is that VAT is now acceptable cost for organizations for which VAT is non-refundable.

University’s Technology Transfer Office is one of the selected Approved Centres for program implementation (in Proof of Concept) and, in the case when the applicant is a scientific organization, this office is mandatory project partner in charge of activities managing the innovation cycle and supporting the commercialization of project results. Interested companies can request a service offer, sending an inquiry by email to: utt@unist.hr.