Eligible actions:
Those actions necessary for planning and optimal and efficient management of the organizations, as well as the provision of own or external structures for this purpose.
Actions can be linked to the following areas or concepts, as detailed in annex I:
-Consulting services and advice on innovation for the realization of activities related to planning and management of the technology.
-Route of immersion in innovation as service advice and support to this.
-Recruitment of professional technologists as responsible for r & d units, or are responsible for innovation units.
For the implementation of one or more of the actions described in annex I of the present call, the following expenses may be eligible:
A1) the external expert consulting for the realization of the actions described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of annex I.
A2) the hiring of professional technologists as responsible for r & d units, or are responsible for units of innovation, according to paragraph 3 of annex I.
(b) requirements and conditions:
B1) investment and/or minimum eligible expenditure in general, must be equal to or greater than 4,000 euros per record, with the exception of the works corresponding to technological diagnoses, to the stage 1 pills of route of immersion of innovation or patent services, for which the minimum investment will be 2,000 euros.
B2) projects should consider actions that seek and propose new and innovative approaches to the company, product, service or technology processes, where this of a qualitative leap with respect to the situation of home-related. The company for this purpose, shall accredit in technical report so far, defining also situation and structures starting, detail of the new system, business justification of the proposed change and the active elements that arise, and the milestones and budget of these detail.
B3) the implementation of the projects of innovation in technological management structures must be performed by specialized companies or entities and do not have direct or indirect links with the applicant firm.
B4) conditions for the actions of the paragraph 1 of annex I, consulting and advisory services in terms of innovation for the realization of activities related to planning and technology management:
Will be eligible to the external expert consulting for the realization of diagnostics and/or technological audits; the technical assistance linked to innovative activities in product, service or process; services for technology transfer and licensing agreements; services for the acquisition, protection and trade in intellectual property rights; or other actions related to the technology management.
B4.1) technological Diagnostics, technology audits and technical assistance related to innovative activities in product, service or process.
They must analyze, at a minimum, aspects which are specified in annex II to this type of studies.
In the case of expert consulting for management and coordination of European with a minimum of four participants consortia, including the beneficiary, except in bilateral projects of the CDTI, in the aid programmes of Horizon 2020, 7th program framework of r & d, the framework programme for innovation and competitiveness (CIP), the EUROSTAR program and projects bilateral or multilateral of CDTI always that the project is coordinated by SMEs or associations of the same beneficiaries and that the project has been approved.
B4.2.) services for technology transfer and licensing agreements.
B4.3.) the consultancy for acquisition, protection and trade in intellectual property rights.
Eligible costs of registration and consultancy for the protection in the first jurisdiction of patents and utility models.
In the case of international applications via PCT, will be funded only registration and consulting expenses prior to the national phases selected, provided that no previous priority is claimed.
In the case of international applications, via European registration and consulting expenses are eligible only
to grant, always that not is claimed prior priority. Costs associated with the validation of the designated countries are not considered as eligible.
Only those costs of consulting for the realization of actions to justify industrial and/or commercial exploitation by the beneficiary in direct, or through companies in work centres in the territory of the autonomous community of La Rioja, and whose ultimate goal is the total sale of property rights will be eligible obtained with this action. To do so, companies should explain how is will exploit the results of carried out protection.
Application date: 30 November 2015