IDEPA opens the 2021 call for the Digital Transformation Grant Program supporting the implementation of solutions in the I4.0 environment
Grants for SMEs and self-employed individuals within the territorial scope of the Principality of Asturias
At IMPULSO, we are pleased to inform you that the Economic Development Agency of the Principality of Asturias (IDEPA) has opened the 2021 call for the Digital Transformation Grant Program. This program aims to promote the development of investment projects that implement and develop solutions in the field of Digital Transformation, with the goal of improving competitiveness within the territorial scope of the Principality of Asturias. This call has a budget allocation of €1,250,000.
Below, we summarize the main characteristics of these grants:
BENEFICIARIES
SMEs and sole proprietors, in both cases with more than 3 employees, from the following sectors:
- Industrial.
- Industrial services for companies (engineering, design, technical assistance, logistics, etc.).
- Construction (IAE heading 50, regarding the execution of works).
Exceptionally, non-SMEs with a number of employees between 3 and 50 will be included as beneficiaries.
Expressly excluded: communities of property and civil partnerships, as well as associations and foundations, among others.
TYPES OF PROJECT
Investment projects of an innovative nature, which involve the implementation of improvement solutions in the areas of process (in its entirety or in any area of its value chain), product, and business model of companies, through the implementation of solutions within the Industry 4.0 environment (I4.0).
Solutions in the field of I4.0 will be considered to be those technologies that enable the hybridization of the physical and digital worlds, the communication and processing of such data, and the generation of knowledge through the processing and application of intelligence to it, in order to achieve new management applications both within and between companies.
PROJECT REQUIREMENTS
- Minimum budget €10,000.
- Must fulfill the incentive effect: The start of investments must be after the submission of the application.
- The submission of a digital maturity diagnosis will be valued.
- Incompatible with any other grant from the Principality of Asturias.
- Maintain the financed assets for 5 years for assets registrable in a public registry and for 3 years for other inventoriable assets.
ELIGIBLE COSTS
- Tangible assets (Hardware, sensor and control instruments, etc.). Land, buildings, replacements and/or repairs, and maintenance are excluded.
- Intangible assets (Software related to the implementation and development of management applications in the field of business solutions (supply chain, commercial, financial, and HR), intelligence and control, and those related to collaborative platforms; as well as any other investment in intangible assets necessary for the execution of the project). They must be considered as depreciable assets.
- Specialized consultancy services for the development and implementation of the solutions.
- Internal technical personnel costs, from contribution groups 1, 2, and 3, limited to 100 hours of dedication or 25% of consultancy costs (whichever is lower). The salaries used as a basis may not exceed the maximum grantable limits by professional categories provided in the call.
The sum of expenses for Consultancy services and Technical personnel may not exceed 40% of the sum of eligible Tangible and Intangible assets.
TYPE AND INTENSITY OF AID
Non-repayable grant, of up to 55%.
Aid subject to the de minimis regime (the amount may never be such that, together with other aid of the same nature, it exceeds the limit of €200,000 over a three-year period).
SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Deadline open until 2:00 PM on September 10, 2021, with a budget allocation of €1,250,000.
2021-04-14
