New grants to boost innovation centers and business support in Poland

Poland is launching new grants for accredited innovation centers, aiming to provide businesses with more comprehensive support. The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development has opened applications for funding under the "Development of OI services for companies" initiative.

These grants are designed to bolster innovation centers, enabling them to offer better services to entrepreneurs, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The support is intended to translate into improved offerings, enhanced competencies, better tools, and more responsive work methods from these institutions.

This initiative is particularly crucial for businesses lacking in-house research and development departments, laboratories, or experience in technological projects. By strengthening the innovation centers, the program seeks to bridge this gap and facilitate the adoption of new technologies.

The funding is not directly distributed to companies but rather channeled through the innovation centers themselves, ensuring that the support infrastructure is robust and capable of meeting the evolving needs of the business sector.