Public Call - BNDES and Finep

The Consulate General of Brazil is excited to share a unique opportunity for companies looking to drive innovation in Brazil.

The Public Call for Selection of Proposals for Attracting, Implementing or Expanding Research, Technological Development and Innovation Centers is now open.

Why participate?

The initiative has a budget of 3 billion R$ (approximately 500 million USD) and foreign companies, including Turkish, are also eligible to participate.

Partnership between BNDES and Finep, the Public Call aims to promote the attraction, implementation or expansion of Research, Technological Development and Innovation Centers (RD&I Centers) to be installed or already installed in Brazil.

The initiative takes place within the scope of the industrial development policy New Industry Brazil, which seeks to promote national reindustrialization through six priority missions defined by the National Council for Industrial Development - CNDI.

Who can apply?

Brazilian companies that carry out, plan to carry out or expand research, technological development and innovation activities in the country may participate in the Proposal Selection Process.

Foreign companies may also participate in the selection process, noting that the submission of requests for financial support (projects) will be subject to the legal and administrative formalization of the company in Brazil.

What qualifies as an R&D&I center?

For the purposes of this Call, R&D&I Centers are considered to be facilities that include laboratories, pilot plants, demonstration plants and other facilities for exclusive use for research, technological development and innovation activities.

For more information: https://www.bndes.gov.br/wps/portal/site/home/onde-atuamos/inovacao/public-call-selection-of-proposals-research-technological-development-and-innovation-centers