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As instruments to drive innovation, collaborative projects are designed to meet business innovation challenges with the help of universities.
As instruments to drive innovation, collaborative projects are designed to meet business innovation challenges with the help of universities.
As instruments to drive innovation, collaborative projects are designed to meet business innovation challenges with the help of universities.
Through collaborative projects, the canton of Fribourg’s Development Agency (PromFR) stimulates companies’ innovation and value-creating activities. The canton of Fribourg’s New Regional Policy (NRP) program (see PMO NRP 2020-2023) includes support from INNOSQUARE for the implementation of collaborative projects and a fund of NRP grants for two types of collaborative project:
Collaborative projects for a defined sector that, with the help of a public research organization, aim to solve a technological challenge or create a new value chain. The technological innovation challenge and pre-competitive level is defined by several companies in a given business sector. A new value chain is created with several companies to produce a product or service.
Sectorial collaborative projects receive a grant from the canton of Fribourg as part of the implementation of the NRP 2020-2023 program which plans to finance 15 to 18 sectorial collaborative projects with NRP grants of up to CHF 150,000 per project.
Multi-sectorial or transversal collaborative projects are part of a smart specialization strategy aimed at transforming the canton of Fribourg's existing resources to increase its competitiveness, stimulate business innovation and create jobs in new value chains.
Multi-sectorial collaborative projects receive a grant from the canton of Fribourg as part of the NRP 2020-2023 program which plans to finance two to three Multi-sectorial collaborative projects with NRP grants of up to CHF 300,000 per project.