NEOTEC grants for technology-based companies

NEOTEC is aimed at commercial companies considered small and innovative, with their own legal personality and tax residence in Spain.

The company must meet both the SME requirements and the conditions required to be considered an innovative company under the applicable regulations.

Under the 2026 call, the company must have been incorporated no more than three years before the application deadline and at least six months before that deadline.

It must also have fully paid-up and registered share capital, or share capital plus share premium, of at least €20,000.

We analyse whether technology is genuinely at the core of the company's competitive differentiation and whether the Business Plan demonstrates continued technological development through proprietary R&D activities.

Models based primarily on providing services to third parties without developing proprietary technology do not fit the programme.

We define the state of the art, the technological problem to be solved, the current maturity of the product, process or service, the technical barriers and the R&D roadmap required to advance the technology.

We also structure the strategy for protecting and exploiting intellectual and industrial property and the company's medium- and long-term technological objectives.

We structure the target market, customers, competitors, barriers to entry and the advantages provided by the company's technology compared with existing alternatives.

The analysis is translated into a business model, commercial strategy and realistic revenue assumptions for national and international markets.

Under the 2026 call, NEOTEC generally finances up to 70% of the eligible budget, with a maximum grant of €250,000.

Projects incorporating an eligible new PhD hire can reach up to 85% and €325,000. The eligible project budget must be between €175,000 and €750,000.

Eligible personnel expenditure can include researchers, technical staff, support personnel and certain working partners, provided that their participation is included and justified within the Business Plan.

An eligible new PhD hire can increase the funding intensity, provided that the profile is directly linked to the company's core technology and meets the specific contractual requirements of the call.

The programme can finance tangible and intangible fixed assets, materials and consumables and specialised external services and subcontracting required to execute the Business Plan.

We structure these costs according to their technical purpose and review the applicable supplier, subcontracting and documentary requirements.

Subcontracting may account for up to 50% of the eligible budget.

NEOTEC can also support other expenditure linked to company development, including certain rental and utility costs, licences, industrial property, insurance, promotion and communication, training and eligible training-related travel.

We coordinate the electronic application, Business Plan, corporate documentation, financial information and other evidence required by CDTI.

The Business Plan is an essential part of the application and must therefore be fully prepared before submission.