Announcement of Stage A’ Evaluation Results for the INNOVATE/0525 Call of the «DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONALLY COMPETITIVE INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS AND SERVICES BY EXISTING ENTERPRISES» Programme
The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the evaluation results of STAGE A’ for proposals submitted for the INNOVATE/0525 Call for proposals of the “Development and Promotion of Internationally Competitive Innovative Products and Services by Existing Enterprises (INNOVATE)” programme.
The “INNOVATE/0525” call was announced on the 29th of May 2025 and the deadline for submission of proposals was on the 9th of September 2025. The results have been announced through the IRIS poral and are available here.
Each proposal was evaluated remotely by two (2) independent evaluators, as described in the RESTART 2016 – 2020 Work Programme. Proposals with the highest scores (in descending order) will proceed Stage B, until the total funding requested for the proposals equals twice the available budget of the Call, and provided that they have been found eligible for funding.
In the Second Stage of Evaluation RIF will follow the evaluation method of the Scientific Evaluation Committee. The Second Stage of Evaluation will take place at the end of February 2026. The Committee will consist of experts with a business background. Details on the process of conducting the Second Stage of the Evaluation will be sent, in the following days to the Project Coordinators of the proposals that proceed to the Stage B.

