Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Funding details

Call : Call for transnational, collaborative, inter-/transdisciplinary research projects on ICT-enabled agri-food systems

Country specific: Funding is restricted to organisations from Belgium

Funding: €1500,000

Conditions full:

Eligibility criteria:

Minimum and/or maximum project duration:

Projects may last from 6 up to 24 months for development projects, 36 months for research projects and LA-trajectories.

Minimum and/or maximum funding per project:

Funding scheme follows the national rules of funding.

For enterprises: The maximum funding percentage is 25 – 60 % depending on the size of the enterprise and on the TRL level.  

For LA-trajectories: The funding percentage is 90%. A total of at least 10% should be financed by the supervisory group.

For this call maximum funding per project is 500 000 euro for research projects and development projects and 250 000 euro for LA-trajectories.

Should within a same project different Flemish actors apply for funding from different Flemish funders, the maximum funding for Flanders is 850 000 euro.

Who can be eligible for funding (incl. industry participation)?

Development and Research Projects: The eligible partners are Flemish enterprises (with legal entity in Flanders). Minimum 1 Flemish enterprise needs to apply for funding. Enterprises can involve scientific partners and subcontractors in the project. 

LA-trajectories: The eligible partners are Flemish research organizations (or equivalent) with legal entity in Flanders. Minimum 1 Flemish RO needs to apply for funding. Enterprises can be involved as subcontractors in the projects.

Application for funding via Agentschap Innoveren en Ondernemen:

Information will be provided on the VLAIO website for applicants with additional templates to be completed.  

Those completed templates are mandatory to check the national eligibility and must be sent to the Agentschap Innoveren en Ondernemen on the date of deadline of the pre-proposals.  We kindly ask the applicants to apply for a meeting with the Agentschap Innoveren en Ondernemen before the deadline for submission to check the eligibility aspects. 

For  all project types (Development and Research projects and LA trajectories), the submission of projects is online (see link below).  

 

National/regional topic priorities:

No priorities as long as the projects fit in the program (no thematic restrictions).

Focus on multi-actor approach in integrated projects. Economic valorisation is a prerequisite for all programs. Flemish companies should calculate the economic benefits and valorisation in Flanders for their part of the project.

 

More details in the national/regional call announcement:

Research projects:
https://www.vlaio.be/nl/subsidies-financiering/onderzoeksproject

Development projects:
https://www.vlaio.be/nl/subsidies-financiering/ontwikkelingsproject

LA-trajectories:
https://www.vlaio.be/nl/andere-doelgroepen/landbouw-la-trajecten

Contact person(s):
Anne De Brabandere
Bert Beck