Vinnova's funding is covered by rules on state support. The rules govern both what kind of costs and what proportion of the costs we can finance. This is determined for each organization individually. We therefore distinguish between how much funding the project can receive, and how much each participating participant can receive.
How much funding can the project receive?
Maximum funding is SEK 1,000,000 per project and Vinnova's funding may amount to no more than 70 percent of the project's total eligible cost.
How much funding can a participant receive?
In this the call for proposals we provide support for activities that are covered by the support bases Industrial research and Feasibility study, see Support bases and support levels for funding.
How much funding each participating participant can receive depends mainly on:
- which activities the project party must carry out in the project
- the project party's size and activities
Funding for companies and other organizations that carry out economic activities is covered by rules on state support and is granted in accordance with Article 25 of the European Commission's General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER). The rules govern, among other things, which types of costs and what proportion of an organization's eligible costs may be covered by funding.
The document "Support levels, definitions and more for funding according to Vinnova's support scheme" clarifies what applies to various large organizations that carry out economic activities. See Support bases and support levels for funding.
For Industrial research and Feasibility study, the following support levels apply:
Activity | Small business | Medium-sized company | Big company |
Proportion of eligible cost that may be covered by funding Industrial research | 70% | 60% | 50% |
Industrial research If the project includes actual collaboration or dissemination of results, or fulfills another bonus basis* | 80% | 75% | 65% |
Feasibility study | 70% | 60% | 50% |
*Actual collaboration means a certain level of collaboration between small and large companies, between companies in two different European countries or between research organizations and companies.
Dissemination of results means extensive dissemination through, for example, conferences or open databases.
For full information on these bonus bases, see Support bases and support levels for funding
Hur EU's definition of small and medium-sized enterprises appears in the User guide on the definition of SMEs which you can find here
Each participant is responsible for ensuring that funding received does not exceed the aid intensity permitted according to the rules for state support.
In this the call for proposals we also provide support to organizations that do not carry out economic activities. This generally includes universities and university colleges, research institutes and other organizations that do not offer a service or product on a market.
We can finance up to 100 percent of such organizations' costs.
What costs can we finance?
Our funding may only go to certain types of costs. These are called eligible costs. In this the call for proposals these types of costs are eligible:
- Personnel costs: Salaries, social security contributions and other personnel costs.
- Equipment, land and buildings: Instruments, equipment and rent for premises other than regular business premises.
- Consulting and license costs: Consulting services, knowledge and patents purchased or used under license from an external actor.
- Other direct costs: For example materials, stock items and travel necessary to carry out the project.
- Indirect costs (overhead): Costs that are not incurred as an immediate consequence of but can be related to the project, for example regular premises and cleaning. Indirect costs may constitute a maximum of 30 percent of an organization's eligible personnel costs.
For more detailed information on which costs we can finance, see Instructions for eligible costs.
Which eligibility requirements apply to costs we finance?
For a cost to be eligible for support, it must be necessary for the activities of the project. Project costs must also be properly accounted for and reported separately from the organization's other costs. An organization may also not take up someone else's costs as its own.
For more detailed information on which eligibility requirements, limitations and exceptions apply, see Instructions for eligible costs.