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Funding is available for research and development projects, including industrial research, experimental development, or exclusively experimental development work. Companies that receive funding and complete their projects will have the opportunity to bring entirely new products or processes to market that significantly surpass existing solutions. Projects must meet customer needs, withstand market competition, and deliver measurable benefits.
Eligible applicants include micro, small, medium, and large enterprises operating in Poland, including technology, manufacturing, and service companies with a high potential to implement new technological solutions—products, processes, or production-related innovations—with at least a national-level degree of innovativeness.
The new edition of the SMART Pathway introduces a simplified support structure, eliminating modules and creating separate calls for R&D projects and for implementing R&D results. Application rules have been adjusted based on how companies used the previous editions of the program.
The project evaluation system remains two-stage. The first stage verifies the applicant’s eligibility—whether it is a Polish entrepreneur or, in the case of consortia, a research or non-profit organization from Poland—and the R&D nature of the project. This allows companies to quickly learn if they have a real chance of receiving funding or should consider the next call.
The second stage focuses on innovation assessment. Evaluators will examine whether the project is truly innovative and whether the company has the capacity to carry it out and implement the R&D results. Preference will be given to projects that transform the market, are environmentally friendly, use digital technologies, or improve quality of life. Additional points are awarded for implementing results in the company’s own operations, protecting intellectual property, and introducing the results to the Polish market.
The first call, organized by PARP, provides funding for companies to carry out R&D-based projects, supporting innovation implementation. The available pool is PLN 700 million, with applications accepted from February 26 to March 31, 2026. A second call, run by the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR), will be held from March 23 to May 22, 2026, with a budget of PLN 350 million.
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