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Grants

Argentine R&D&i Agency - FONTAR and FONSOFT instruments

Agencia I+D+i - FONTAR y FONSOFT

Status

Status not published

The Agencia issues numbered convocatorias with fixed windows. Under the current administration's fiscal consolidation, several historic instruments have been suspended or merged, so confirm which lines are active before preparing an application.

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Amount
Not published

FONTAR (technological modernisation) and FONSOFT (software industry) provide non-reimbursable grants and subsidised credit for company R&D and for software startups. Ceilings are set per convocatoria and are re-denominated frequently because of inflation.

Funder

Agencia Nacional de Promoción de la Investigación, el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación (Agencia I+D+i), Argentina

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — The Agencia issues numbered convocatorias with fixed windows. Under the current administration's fiscal consolidation, several historic instruments have been suspended or merged, so confirm which lines are active before preparing an application.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Argentine companies; most lines require a counterpart contribution and, for credit lines, collateral.

How to apply

  1. Check the Agencia's convocatorias page for an open FONTAR or FONSOFT line.
  2. Register the company in the Agencia's system.
  3. Submit the project with budget and counterpart.
  4. Evaluation and, on approval, contract with milestone disbursement.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.argentina.gob.ar/ciencia/agencia · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.argentina.gob.ar

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