Individual or co-promoted operations that aim to promote national co-financing to Portuguese entities participating in European R&D projects, where co-financing is provided exclusively by national sources.

Eligible Expenses:
the. Costs for the beneficiary's technical personnel dedicated to R&D activities and salary costs for hiring human resources, including on a teleworking basis, for R&D activities, as well as costs for scholarship holders and employees on secondment and/or secondment, whose remuneration is supported by the beneficiary, or assignments and/or secondments regulated through prior agreement, as long as they originate from institutions participated in or participating in the beneficiary's capital; In projects financed by PR Norte, with regard to the allocation of costs with technical personnel, scholarship holders or workers on assignment or secondment who are teleworking, only the costs incurred within the territorial scope of intervention of the Financier Program (NUTS II Norte ), depending on the residence of the technicians assigned to the project;
b. Costs of acquiring patents from external sources or licensed by them, at market prices, and which result in their effective endogenization by the beneficiary;
w. Costs of raw materials and consumable materials;
d. Components necessary for the construction of pilot or experimental and/or demonstration installations and for the construction of prototypes;
and. Costs with the acquisition of third-party services, including technical, scientific and consultancy assistance, as well as costs arising from the use of electronic open innovation and crowdsourcing platforms, which arise directly from the operation;
f. Costs for acquiring instruments, technical-scientific equipment and specific software proven necessary to carry out the operation;
g. Costs associated with applying for patents, utility models, designs or models, including fees, charges and other related expenses;
h. Costs for promoting and disseminating the results of the operation with the end-user sector or target companies, including registration and rental of spaces abroad, excluding current expenses and/or commercial purposes;
I. Travel and stays directly attributable to the operation and proven necessary for its completion, excluding trips for contacts and other purposes of a commercial nature;
j. Costs with the certification process of the research, development and innovation management system certified according to NP 4457:2007, as well as expenses with the intervention of a technical-scientific auditor, when applicable, and with the intervention of a Certified Public Accountant or Reviewer Accounts Officer in validating the expense of payment requests;
k. Indirect costs

Maximum Financing Rate of 80%