Through Notice ACORES2030-2026-26, actions, projects, and applied research and innovation nuclei in companies will be supported, including industrial research, experimental development, and feasibility studies. The call specifically aims to support the development and implementation of smarter, more efficient, and sustainable production, storage, commercialization, and management processes.
It also seeks to promote the protection, valorization, differentiation, and diversification of regional resources, increase the resilience of ecosystems and the economic fabric, and encourage the use of technologies, digital infrastructures, and data to support business activity and the sustainable management of the circular economy, environment, resources, and territory.
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Large Enterprises, as well as entities integrated into the Azores Scientific and Technological System, are eligible to apply. The project must be led, mandatorily, by a business entity.
The application period, via the Balcão dos Fundos, will run until 6:00 PM on January 15, 2027 (5:00 PM in the Azores).
