FrancePrivate Business

Avance Innovation

Avance Innovation

Funding Amount

Up to €3.0M

Eligible Organization Types

Private Business

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What is the Avance Innovation Call?

Grant Description
Repayable advance to support high risk, disruptive research and development projects in innovative small and medium sized enterprises and intermediate sized companies, financing up to 70% of eligible costs in two tranches over a maximum 36 month period
Required Results for Successful Funding

Expected Outcomes

• Completion of a breakthrough innovation project with demonstration of feasibility/technical performance

• Reduction of uncertainty around the innovation’s viability

• Submission of a comprehensive final report and expenditure statement

• Strengthened capacity for commercialization or further scaling of the disruptive technology

• Compliance with contractual milestones enabling repayment of the advance
Funded areas

Scope Requirements

• Applicant: French-registered SMEs (as per EU definition) or ETIs up to 2,000 full-time equivalents

• Projects must qualify as “innovation de rupture” (breakthrough innovation) or entail high technical/market uncertainty

• No eligible expenditure may be incurred before the date of aid application
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• Eligible costs may be funded up to 70% depending on enterprise size and project scope

• Project duration must not exceed 36 months
Additional Conditions for Applicants

Special Conditions

• Aid is provided as a refundable advance, up to €3,000,000, subject to conditions

• Two disbursement tranches:
– First tranche upon contract signature and satisfaction of any suspensive clauses
– Second tranche at project completion, upon submission of a final program report and a detailed statement of actual expenditures to Bpifrance

• Application processing fees apply as per the current fee schedule

• No retrospective funding: expenses incurred before application date are ineligible

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Our Numbers

Results that speak for themselves

70+
proposals prepared
€36.7M
total funding secured for clients
65%
win rate in highly competitive calls

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