NextGenerationEU

The Spanish version of the plan will allocate € 140 billion in grants and loans to be distributed almost in their entirety between 2021 and 2023. Around 43% of these funds will be dedicated to the ecological transition axis.

This Spanish plan is inspired by the 2030 Agenda, and it marks 4 priority axes. At t2m we focus on the first one: the ecological transition. Expectedly, several ministries and regional and local governments will organize calls financed with the ecological transition budget, although MINTECO (Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Change) will undoubtedly manage most of the budget of most industrial calls.

Regarding purely R&D projects, which will also benefit from a very important percentage dedicated to ecological transition, funds from NextGenerationEU will be managed mainly by the three funding agencies of the Ministry: the State Research Agency (AEI) will hold 37% of the funds, CDTI 31%, and the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) 11% for health-related projects. Some classic CDTI programmes such as Neotec have already opened calls with NextGenerationEU funds.