This aid scheme from the Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade, which is part of a set of support measures, aims to encourage process and organisational innovation.

"Process innovation" consists of the implementation of a new or significantly improved production or distribution method.

"Organisational innovation" involves the implementation of a new organisational method in the business practices, at the workplace or in the external relations of the enterprise. 

Beneficiaries

The aid is open to all enterprises on the understanding that large enterprises must collaborate with at least one small or medium-sized enterprise.

The following conditions must be met:

• organisational innovation must be related to the use and exploitation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
• the project or programme must be managed by an identified and qualified project manager, and the costs of the project or programme must be budgeted
• the project or programme must lead to the development of a standard, a business model, methodology or concept that can be systematically reproduced
• the innovation must be a novelty or a significant improvement on the state-of-the-art in the relevant sector within the European Union
• the project or programme must involve a genuine risk of failure. 

Eligible costs

Eligible costs include:

• personnel expenses
• costs for the use of instruments, equipment, machines, tools, installations, land and buildings
• materials and other consumables
• subcontracting costs
• overhead expenses
• any other type of cost directly associated with the project

In the case of an organisational innovation, only the costs associated with the use and exploitation of ICTs are eligible. 

Forms of aid

The maximum aid intensities are as follows:

• 15% of the eligible costs for large enterprises
• 25% of the eligible costs for medium-sized enterprises
• 35% of the eligible costs for small enterprises 

Submitting an application

Aid applications and their appendixes should be submitted both:

• in electronic format (pdf and docx or doc, rtf, odt) to the following e-mail address: loi.rdi@eco.etat.lu. The mail subject must include the name of the company and the name of the project
• and in paper format to the Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade, Directorate of Research and Innovation, L-2914 Luxembourg

Aid applications must be submitted before the RDI investments are made or before the relevant connected activities are launched. Before submitting your application, consult the guidelines for the submission of aid applications.