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Grants

Support Programme for Industrial Innovation (SPII)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
5,000,000 ZAR

Two schemes. Product Process Development (PPD) Scheme: maximum grant R2 million, covering 50%-85% of qualifying costs depending on BEE ownership, for small, very small and micro enterprises. Matching Scheme: maximum grant R5 million, covering 50%-75% of qualifying costs based on BEE ownership, available to all enterprises and individuals.

Funder

Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic), administered with the IDC

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — No closing date is published; applications are submitted to spiiapplications@thedtic.gov.za and assessed as received.

Your odds
Not published

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Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

'Development should represent significant advance in technology'; 'Development and subsequent production must take place within South Africa'; 'Intellectual Property to reside in South African registered company'. Grant percentage rises with B-BBEE ownership levels.

How to apply

  1. Confirm the development represents a significant advance in technology and that development and subsequent production will take place within South Africa. — link
  2. Choose the scheme (PPD for small/very small/micro enterprises, Matching Scheme for all enterprises).
  3. Submit the application to spiiapplications@thedtic.gov.za (contact Ramoroa Molose, +27 12 394 5655).
  4. Assessment; if approved, claim qualifying costs (personnel, materials, capital items, software, testing, patents, subcontracting, QA) against milestones.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.thedtic.gov.za/financial-and-non-financial-support/incentives/support-programme-for-industrial-innovation-spii/

"SPII Matching Scheme: R 5 million (maximum grant); 0-25% BEE ownership: 50% of qualifying costs; 25.1-50% BEE or >50% women/disabled: 65%; >50% BEE: 75%"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.thedtic.gov.za

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