EU-NOP ERDF - AUSTRIA - 2014-2020

Instrument/Program level: 
European
Name of the instrument/Program: 
NOP ERDF - AUSTRIA
Instrument/Program eligible areas: 
AUSTRIA
Managing authority: 

Office of the Austrian Regional Planning Conference

Objectives: 

1a. Enhancing research and innovation (R&I) infrastructure and capacities to develop R&I excellence, and promoting centres of competence, in particular those of European interest;

1b. Promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies;

3a. Promoting entrepreneurship, in particular by facilitating the economic exploitation of new ideas and fostering the creation of new firms, including through business incubators;

3d. Supporting the capacity of SMEs to grow in regional, national and international markets, and to engage in innovation processes;

4b. Promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy use in enterprises;

4e. Promoting low-carbon strategies for all types of territories, in particular for urban areas, including the promotion of sustainable multimodal urban mobility and mitigation-relevant adaptation measures;

4f. Promoting research and innovation in, and adoption of, low-carbon technologies;

6e. Taking action to improve the urban environment, to revitalise cities, regenerate and decontaminate brownfield sites (including conversion areas), reduce air pollution and promote noise-reduction measures;

8b. supporting employment-friendly growth through the development of endogenous potential as part of a territorial strategy for specific areas, including the conversion of declining industrial regions and enhancement of accessibility to, and development of, specific natural and cultural resources;

9b. Providing support for physical, economic and social regeneration of deprived communities in urban and rural areas; 9d. Undertaking investment in the context of community- led local development strategies. 

Eligible thematics in line with ERC sectors: 
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Social Sciences and Humanities
Eligible thematics in line with S3: 
Advanced Manufacturing
Agrifood processing
Environmental technologies, renewable energies & resource efficiency
ICTs (Digital technologies & user-friendly systems)
Public health & security (e-Health)
Action typologies: 
Cluster cooperation
Best practices exchange (Interregional Cooperation)
Funding for R&I investment
Improve access to finance for SMEs in their start-up, growth and transfer phases
Development of collaborative management approaches
Development of new sustainable technologies, new products and services
Development of pilot programs & projects
Feasibility studies
Development of a cross-border R&I database and platforms
Beneficiaries: 
Local public authority
Regional public authority
National public authority
Sectorial agency
Infrastructure and (public) service provider
Higher education and research
Education/training centre and school
Large enterprise, enterprise excluding SME
SME
Business support organisation
Status of the eligible institutions: 
Public
Private
Public equivalent body
Program contribution maximum: 
50%
Program Budget: 
515 411 478,00 €