Eligible Applicants

Eligible applicants for Business Partnership Support are:

• companies registered in Finland or elsewhere that have a substantial link to Finland. Substantial link to Finland is a significant Finnish ownership in the applicant company, or a contractual relationship between a Finnish company and the company registered abroad.
• public utilities or other institutions that are operating according to the principles of the public sector, and are registered in Finland
• research facilities, universities, cooperatives and chambers of commerce or similar organisations based in Finland
• non-governmental organisations/associations registered in Finland that practice or contribute to economic operations.

The applicant must be the responsible actor for implementing the project (e.g. not the external expert/consultant assigned to the project by another party). The applicant should have an adequate commercial track record corresponding to the operations and sector of the project in question. In addition, the applicant should have sufficient financial and human resources to implement the project.

Prior to applying for the grant, the applicant should check whether the company has received de minimis aid and also the amount of the received aid. Also take into account that a company who takes part in the Young Innovative Enterprise -programme of Tekes, cannot receive Business Partnership Support for three years when accepted to the programme.