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EU to invest € 51.6 million more in innovative SMEs via SME Instrument

The Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2016-2017 has recently been updated and the good news is that the SME Instrument budget has been increased to €437.5 million to be invested in innovation small and medium-sized businesses.

The budget increase for 2017 affects four topics:

  • Healthcare and biotechnology (SMEInst-05 topic) € 35 million

  • Sustainable agriculture, forestry (SMEInst-07 topic) € 5.68 million

  • Blue growth (SMEInst-08 topic) € 2.42 million

  • Climate action, environment, raw materials, resource efficiency (SMEInst-11 topic) € 8.5 million

Further information is available on the EASME website >>