The Ministry for Industry, Tourism and Commerce (MITyC), through the Secretariat of State for Telecommunications and Information Society (SETSI) with the Avanza Plan, funds the following topics:

• Electronics and Communications Technology 
• Digital TV 
• Informatics 
• Technologies of Services in the Information Society 
• Trust and Security on Information and Communications

Links:

• www.mityc.es
• www.mityc.es/PortalAyudas/ 
• CDTI (Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology) can be another funding agency. Other procedures of funding concession. See www.cdti.es/

Beneficiaries: 

• Industries (including SMEs) 
• Public and private research institutes (*) 
• Universities (*)
  (*) Only participants in cooperative projects. Solicitant should be an industry

 
Modalities of funding: 

• Loans: up to 75% of the total budget of the project. Payback term: 15 years, including a 3 years grace period. 
• Grants: The following percentages: 
• Industrial research: up to 50% (60%-70% for SMEs). Public research Institutes and Universities marginal costs. 
• Technological development: up to 25% (35%-45% for SMEs). Public research Institutes and Universities marginal costs
  

Types of projects: 

• Individual Project. 
• Cooperative project: led by and industry who acts as coordinator and responsible to the Spanish Administration

Items suceptibles of funding:

• Direct labour costs 
• Subcontractings up to 50% of budget 
• Fungible materials 
• Equipment and Instrumentation 
• Other general expenses (overheads and travel expenses) with a limit of 20% of labour costs

All the expenses should be directly related to project. 

The procedure of funding is: Competitive calls.

Procedure of funding concession: 

• Publication of Call for funding in the Spanish Official Journal 
• Submission of applications:
  -   Application and Questionnaire 
  -   Technical Project Proposal 
• The applications must be presented within the next 30 days after the call publication. 
• Evaluation: It will be carried out by the Ministry of Industry staff and other public institutions depending on the Ministry. Also external experts may be used. 
• Provisional notification: within 4 months after submission 
• Ministerial Resolution: within 6 months after submission 
• All payments will be in advance: beneficiaries must set up bank quarantees for loans only, if needed 
• Justification of the project: beneficiaries must submit the cost statement of all expenses and related technical report within 3 months after the end of each funded year.