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Applications for the SME Fund 2022 are now open

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the European Commission have launched the first call for applications of the new SME Fund, a grant scheme of up to €47m for three years (2022-2024).

The Ideas Powered for business SME Fund is a grant scheme designed to help EU small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) intellectual property (IP) rights. The SME Fund is a European Commission initiative implemented by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and will run from 10 January 2022 to 16 December 2022.

This program offers reimbursements of up to €2.250 on trademark, design, and patent application fees to help EU-based SMEs access and leverage their intellectual property rights.
Last year nearly 13.000 European SMEs benefitted from the initiative.

 

More information about this SME found can be found here.