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Grants

First Factory (Premiere Usine)

Premiere Usine

Status

Closes in 176 days

Applications close 2027-04-06.

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Amount
Not published

Aid is split 50% grants and 50% recoverable advances. Projects must have total expenses above EUR 5 million (pilot or industrial production sites). Individual funding decisions only after the 2026 finance law is adopted.

Funder

Bpifrance pour l'Etat (France 2030)

public · national

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Call open 9 January 2026 to 6 April 2027 with periodic 'relèves' (cut-offs). 2026 relèves were 7 April and 8 September at 12:00 Paris time; the next relève date after September 2026 is not stated on the page. Two-step filing on PICXEL.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Single SME registered in France (RCS) at filing; first industrial site or pilot/production plant for innovative products, or shared pre-industrial capacity for start-ups. Filing on the PICXEL extranet.

How to apply

  1. Check the current releve date on the Bpifrance calls page — link
  2. Submit the industrial project dossier

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.bpifrance.fr/nos-appels-a-projets-concours/france-2030-appel-a-projets-premiere-usine

"L’aide sera apportée sous forme de subventions et d’avances récupérables, réparties selon un ratio de 50% de subventions et 50% d’avances récupérables. Les projets candidats doivent présenter une assiette de dépenses totales d’un montant supérieur à 5 millions d’euros."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.bpifrance.fr

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