Public Call for Selection of Proposals for Attracting, Implementing or Expanding Research, Technological Development and Innovation Centers (Brazil)

The Call takes place within the scope of the New Industry Policy (NIB), which seeks to promote national reindustrialization through six missions established under the terms of the Resolution of the National Council for Industrial Development No. 01/2023, of 07/06/2023.

Scope and Characteristics of the Proposals

• The Proposals must mandatorily contemplate the implementation or expansion of RD&I Centers in Brazil to carry out research, technological development and innovation activities related to at least one of NIB’s missions, as defined in the Resolution of the National Council for Industrial Development No. 01/2023, of 07/06/2023.
• For the purposes of this Call, RD&I Centers comprise laboratories, pilot plants, demonstration plants, and other facilities for exclusive use for research, technological development, and innovation activities.
• To this end, Proposals for the implementation or expansion of RD&I Centers may include:
  • Hiring and fixing of human resources;
  • Funding of RD&I activities, including the hiring of specialized technical services;
  • Funding of RD&I activities performed in partnership with other companies (including in an open innovation system), universities and research centers, public or private;
  • Installation of physical infrastructure;
  • Acquisition of machinery and equipment; and
  • Installation of pilot or demonstration plants.
• The Proposals must contemplate, for their execution, a credit need of more than BRL 10 million (ten million reais), for RD&I Centers in the North and Northeast regions, and BRL 20 million (twenty million reais) for the other Regions. The deadline for execution of the Proposals may be up to 36 (thirty-six) months.
• In the contracts and other legal instruments of financial support, the companies benefiting from resources from this Call will assume the obligation to, among others, maintain the full operation of the RD&I Centers contemplated and the number of the technical team indicated for a minimum period of 3 (three) years from the end of the physical execution of the project.

Funding Information

• The estimated resources directed to projects arising from the PUBLIC CALL is up to BRL 3.0 billion. It should be noted that such an estimate does not imply a commitment to the total realization of resources.

Eligibility Criteria

• Brazilian companies that perform, plan to perform or expand research, technological development and innovation activities in the country may participate in the Proposal Selection Process.
• A company is understood as an economic organization established for the production or commercialization of goods or services, for profit, duly registered with the Board of Trade, constituted under Brazilian laws and which has its headquarters in the country.
• Foreign companies may also participate in the selection process, noting that the submission of requests for financial support (projects) must be performed by a Brazilian company.

Evaluation Criteria

• Classification criteria:
  • Purpose of the investments compatible with the objectives of the Public Call defined in item 1;
  • Compliance with the eligibility requirements defined in item 2;
  • Financial capacity of the company regarding the intended investments;
  • Framing of the Proposal within at least one of the specific missions and objectives provided for in the Resolution of the National Council for Industrial Development No. 01/2023, of 07/06/2023, of the New Industry Policy (NIB).
• Classification criteria:
  • Adherence and breadth of the Proposal within the specific missions and objectives provided for in the Resolution of the National Council for Industrial Development No. 01/2023, of 07/06/2023.
  • Adherence to the Proposal regarding the effective implementation, in Brazil, of research, industrial development and innovation activities;
  • Adherence of the RD&I Center with the company’s business and synergy with the internalization of new industrial activities, densification of production chains and product lines or services of greater technological complexity;
  • Technical, financial, managerial and commercial training for the execution of the planned activities;
  • Technical and business cooperation, including with universities and research institutes;
  • Strategy for the production and commercialization of the results from the RD&I Center

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