LithuaniaPrivate Business

INVEST MTEP

INVEST MTEP

Funding Amount

Up to €2.0M

Deadline

30/03/2026

Eligible Organization Types

Private Business

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What is the INVEST MTEP Call?

Grant Description
Support collaborative research and development and technology transfer projects between large enterprises and small and medium sized enterprises, and activities to develop and pilot new products with researcher involvement, to strengthen innovation capacity and prepare new products for market in Central and Western Lithuania.
Required Results for Successful Funding

Expected Outcomes

• Number of new collaborative R&D projects implemented between large enterprises and SMEs.

• Increased corporate revenues from products developed and marketed during the project (monitoring indicator R.N.2.5653).

• Number of enterprises (very small, small, medium, large) receiving grants (indicators P.B.2.0001.x).

• Number of full-time equivalent research posts created (R.B.2.2102).

• Volume of private investment mobilised alongside public funding (R.B.2.2002 total and R.B.2.2002.1 from grants).

• Ratio of revenue generated to public investment (R.N.2.5640).

• Demonstration of pilot production runs and market-ready prototypes.

• Strengthened innovation capacity and technology transfer networks in the target region.
Funded areas

Scope Requirements

• Geographic scope: Projects must be implemented in the Central and Western Lithuania region.

• Eligible applicants:
– Very small, small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
– Large enterprises only when collaborating with SMEs.
– Foreign investors established as SMEs or large enterprises in cooperation with SMEs.
All applicants must satisfy the “advanced innovator” definition.

• Funding form: Grant (dotacija), up to 60% of eligible costs.

• Maximum grant per project: €2,000,000.

• Minimum own contribution: 40% of total eligible project cost.

• Activity codes: 05-001-01-05-07-10-02 and 05-001-01-05-07-06-02.

• Submission window: 30 December 2025 (14:00) to 30 March 2026 (17:00) via the 2021-2027 Data Exchange Site (DMS) at https://dms.investis.lt.

• Project plan (PĮP) with all mandatory annexes must be uploaded; incomplete or late submissions will be rejected.

• Applicants must comply with relevant EU and national legislation, ERDF rules, horizontal principles (environment, equal opportunities, non-discrimination), and Programme Investment Plan requirements.
Additional Conditions for Applicants

Special Conditions

• No preliminary project outline (PĮP) submissions outside the formal DMS procedure are permitted.

• Projects must be carried out exclusively in the specified Lithuanian regions; costs incurred elsewhere are ineligible.

• Large enterprises must form formal cooperation agreements with SMEs prior to application.

• Applicants must hold or secure rights to any intellectual property created during the project and follow IP exploitation plans.

• Projects must adhere to national cost-eligibility rules (detailed cost categories to be provided).

• ERDF co-financing is capped at the amounts allocated per activity stream (€8,658,597 for code 05-…-10-02; €10,697,104 for code 05-…-06-02).

• Projects must be completed within the official implementation period defined by the Managing Authority.
Important dates

Open from: 30/12/2025

Deadline:30/03/2026

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