Mª del Pilar de Miguel Ortega
Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology, Spain
Title: Centre for the development of industrial technology: Funding opportunities for materials industries in Spain
Biography
Biography: Mª del Pilar de Miguel Ortega
Abstract
The Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) is a Public Business Entity, answering to the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, which fosters the technological development and innovation of Spanish companies. It is the entity that channels the funding and support applications for national and international R&D&i projects of Spanish companies. The CDTI thus seeks to contribute to improving the technological level of the Spanish companies by means of implementing the following activities: • Financial and economic-technical assessment of R&D projects implemented by companies. • Managing and fostering Spanish participation in international technological cooperation programmes. • Fostering international business technology transfer and support services for technological innovation. • Supporting the setting up and consolidating technological companies. CDTI provides companies with its own funding and facilities access to third-party financing (Bank Line for Funding Technological Innovation and Subsidies of the EU R&D Framework Programme) for national and international research and development projects. In addition, the CDTI is empowered as the competent entity to issue binding motivated reports of the projects funded by any of its lines (Royal Decree 2/2007). These documents will provide greater legal security to Spanish companies with an approved project and funded by the CDTI when seeking tax rebates for costs incurred in the R&D activities of those projects.