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StartUP Voucher Innovate 2025-2026

Status

Closed for now

The funder has not said when this reopens.

Closed
Amount
€11,100

Monthly grant of EUR 900 (max 2 grants per project), interim prizes of EUR 1,500 at start of phases 2 and 3, completion prize of EUR 2,000; 9 months in three phases.

Funder

IAPMEI – Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação, I.P.

public · national

Deadline: Closed — Applications closed (CANDIDATURAS ENCERRADAS).

Your odds
Not published

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Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Young people up to 29 with a higher-education degree, not studying, training or working, with tax residence in NUTS II Norte, Centro or Alentejo, with projects at idea stage.

How to apply

  1. Check eligibility: 'Jovens até aos 29 anos, licenciados ou com grau superior', resident in NUTS II Norte, Centro or Alentejo, with a project at idea stage. — link
  2. Prepare the application following the Guia de Apoio à Apresentação de Candidatura. — link
  3. Submit online by the deadline; selected projects run 9 months across three development phases with mentoring and incubator support.
  4. On completion, incorporate the company to receive the EUR 2,000 completion prize.

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.iapmei.pt/pt/saber-mais/empreendedorismo-e-inovacao/empreendedorismo/startup-voucher-innovate-2025-2026/

"CANDIDATURAS ENCERRADAS"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.iapmei.pt

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