Innovation Incentives Programme (PEI)
Programa de Estímulos a la Innovación (PEI)
Closed for now
Not reinstated. Conahcyt's current instruments emphasise national strategic projects (Pronaces / Pronaii) and public research rather than direct company R&D subsidies. Mexican companies seeking R&D co-funding now generally rely on state programmes, development banking (NAFIN, Bancomext) and private capital. Kept here because founders still search for the PEI.
Provided non-reimbursable support for company R&D projects (INNOVAPYME, INNOVATEC and PROINNOVA modalities), with awards commonly in the millions of Mexican pesos and mandatory company counterpart funding.
Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías (Conahcyt, formerly CONACYT), Mexico
public · national
Deadline: closed — The PEI was discontinued after the 2019 federal budget as part of the restructuring of CONACYT into Conahcyt.
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Stage: seed, series_a, growth
- R&D activity required
- Locally registered entity required
Was open to Mexican companies in the RENIECYT register, in three modalities depending on company size and academic collaboration.
How to apply
- Not applicable - discontinued.
Source. https://conahcyt.mx/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked