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StartUP Voucher Innovate 2025-2026

Status

Status not published

'Candidaturas até 25 de agosto' (25 August) for the 2025-2026 edition. The programme runs in recurring editions.

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Amount
€11,100

'Bolsa mensal no valor de 900€ (até ao máximo de 2 bolsas/projeto)' for up to 9 months, plus intermediate awards of EUR 1,500 at the start of phases 2 and 3 and a completion prize of EUR 2,000 on incorporation of the company. Maximum per promoter therefore reaches about EUR 11,100.

Funder

IAPMEI – Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação, I.P.

public · national

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — 'Candidaturas até 25 de agosto' (25 August) for the 2025-2026 edition. The programme runs in recurring editions.

Your odds
Not published

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Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

'Jovens até aos 29 anos, licenciados ou com grau superior'; projects must be 'em fase de ideia'; promoters must be resident in the less developed NUTS II regions (Norte, Centro, Alentejo). Up to two grant-holders per project. De minimis status is not stated on the IAPMEI page.

How to apply

  1. Check eligibility: 'Jovens até aos 29 anos, licenciados ou com grau superior', resident in NUTS II Norte, Centro or Alentejo, with a project at idea stage. — link
  2. Prepare the application following the Guia de Apoio à Apresentação de Candidatura. — link
  3. Submit online by the deadline; selected projects run 9 months across three development phases with mentoring and incubator support.
  4. On completion, incorporate the company to receive the EUR 2,000 completion prize.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.iapmei.pt/PRODUTOS-E-SERVICOS/Empreendedorismo-Inovacao/Empreendedorismo-(1)/StartUP-Voucher-2025-2026.aspx

"Bolsa mensal no valor de 900€ (até ao máximo de 2 bolsas/projeto) ... Jovens até aos 29 anos, licenciados ou com grau superior ... Candidaturas até 25 de agosto."

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.iapmei.pt

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