STEP · Portugal 2030
Productive investment to manufacture critical clean and resource-efficient technologies and strengthen their value chains, supported by a credible market and financing plan.
Assess project eligibilityOverview
The decisive question is how the project contributes to a critical European technology or its value chain. The technology must satisfy the call's innovation and economic-potential test or its strategic-dependency test. Merely buying digital equipment or reducing energy consumption does not establish STEP eligibility.
Investment
Critical clean and resource-efficient technologies and their eligible value chains.
Specific components and machinery mainly used to develop and manufacture critical technologies; relevant critical raw materials and specialised critical services.
New establishments, diversification or fundamental changes to production, under the applicable initial-investment rules.
Manufacturing capacity supported by a technically substantiated investment plan and evidence of demand.
Core eligibility
Critical considerations
Eligible expenditure
Up to 70%. This is a maximum, not a universal grant rate. The actual rate depends on company size, location and the aid framework. Eligible expenditure may include productive equipment, intangible assets and construction within the call's limits. Support takes the form of a grant. Each cost category and funding source requires individual assessment.
Read the full official call (Portuguese)Illustrative project
A manufacturer invests in a line producing critical components for energy-storage technologies, with evidence of European demand and strategic relevance.
Illustrative example. Eligibility depends on a full assessment of the project and the conditions of the call.
The Fenix Capital view
Formal eligibility is only the starting point. The application must connect investment to strategy, demonstrate delivery capacity and anticipate the financing required until the support is received.
Fenix Capital supports the initial assessment, application structuring, financial model and implementation monitoring, bringing together incentives, equity and financing.
Read the official guidance (Portuguese)Compare the four calls and distinguish productive innovation from R&D&I.
Read the analysis →02 · INSIGHTSCritical technologies, value chains and the evidence behind a strong application.
Read the analysis →03 · INSIGHTSOpportunities for technology producers and specialised suppliers.
Read the analysis →04 · INSIGHTSTechnology, industrialisation, collaboration and liquidity in one plan.
Read the analysis →From opportunity to investment
Share the technology, location, estimated investment and project stage. We can assess the relevant call and discuss the financial structure needed to deliver it.
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