Strategy and eligibility
We assess instruments, eligibility, project merit and timing, aligning the incentive with the investment and financing plan.
Funding investment, innovation and transformation
Portugal 2030 & Investment Incentives
We help businesses identify and secure the most suitable instruments to fund investment, innovation and transformation, integrating incentives into a coherent and achievable financial strategy.
Discuss a transactionSTEP · Portugal 2030
New · Applications open
New funding for strategic technologies.
Four calls for Digital, Biotechnology and Energy. Funding to develop critical technologies and scale up production in Portugal.
- 2Productive Innovation calls
- 2R&D&I consortium calls
Our perspective
The right incentive accelerates a sound, eligible project prepared to create value, with strategy as its starting point.
How we can help
From initial assessment to completion.
- ✓Portugal 2030 and regional programmes
- ✓SIFIDE, RFAI and other tax incentives
- ✓Productive innovation and the climate transition
- ✓R&D projects and European programmes
- ✓Implementation support, payment claims and reporting
Featured opportunities
Funding calls to support your investment.
A selection of instruments relevant to businesses, considered within the strategic assessment of investment and financing.
Each call shows its own source-verification date. STEP reviewed on 1 October 2026.
New · Applications open
STEP · Productive Innovation · Digital & Biotechnology
Productive investment to manufacture critical digital technologies, deep tech and biotechnology and strengthen their value chains, supported by a credible market and financing plan.
Businesses of all sizes · IndividualAllocation: €107.95m
Explore this opportunityNew · Applications open
STEP · Productive Innovation · Energy
Productive investment to manufacture critical clean and resource-efficient technologies and strengthen their value chains, supported by a credible market and financing plan.
Businesses of all sizes · IndividualAllocation: €100m
Explore this opportunityNew · Applications open
STEP · R&D&I · Digital & Biotechnology
Integrated research, development and productive investment in digital technologies, deep tech and biotechnology, from technological development to commercial production, through a business-led consortium.
Businesses of all sizes and research organisations · ConsortiumAllocation: €76m
Explore this opportunityNew · Applications open
STEP · R&D&I · Energy
Integrated research, development and productive investment in clean and resource-efficient technologies, from technological development to commercial production, through a business-led consortium.
Businesses of all sizes and research organisations · ConsortiumAllocation: €75m
Explore this opportunityApplications open
Business R&D: Demonstration Projects
Demonstration under real operating conditions of innovative technologies and solutions resulting from successfully completed R&D activities.
SMEs and Small Mid Caps · Individual or collaborative projectsTotal allocation: €12.5 million
Explore this opportunity
Applications open
Circular Economy: Centro Region
Productive projects focused on circularity: material recovery, ecodesign, resource efficiency and new circular business models.
SMEs in the Centro regionTotal allocation: €10 million
Explore this opportunityApplications open
International R&D
National co-financing for Portuguese organisations involved in European industrial research and experimental development projects.
Businesses · Individual or collaborative projectsEuropean industrial R&D projects
Explore this opportunityApplications closed
Productive Innovation
Innovative productive investment in new goods, services or processes, increased production capacity and international competitiveness.
SMEs · Mainland PortugalTotal allocation: €182.5 million
View the closed callOur process
A structured approach with direct involvement.
Structuring and application
We develop the investment into a coherent project with a strategic rationale, financial assumptions and robust supporting evidence.
Implementation and monitoring
We support payment claims, amendments, reporting and compliance with programme obligations through to project closure.
When to talk to us
Where we add value.
Preparing to decide
Answers to help you move forward with clarity.
How can I tell whether a project qualifies for Portugal 2030?
We assess the company's size, location and sector, the type of investment and its timetable against the conditions of each call. The analysis distinguishes eligibility, application merit and financial delivery capacity. An eligible company may still have a project that does not meet the call's specific requirements.
What information should be gathered before applying?
An investment plan with itemised expenditure, quotations, a timetable, company accounts and financial projections. The project must explain its expected outcomes and demonstrate how it will be financed. Requirements and the date from which expenses may be eligible are checked against the call before commitments are made.
Will the incentive cover all financing needs?
Support must be combined with equity and, where necessary, debt. It is essential to plan for the unfunded share, ineligible expenditure and cash requirements during implementation. We structure the financial plan around the payment schedule and programme requirements.