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Grants for Innovation and R&D

Financial and fiscal incentives relating to innovations have been reinforced in France to make it a preferred location for R&D centers and innovative companies.

Grants for Innovation and R&D

• Young Innovative Companies status (JEI - Jeunes Entreprises Innovantes)
• Regional Development Grant Scheme for Research, Development, and Innovation (PAT RDI - Prime à l'Aménagement du Territoire pour la Recherche, le Développement et l'Innovation)
• Research Tax Credit (CIR - Crédit Impôt Recherche)
• Development and Innovation grants (ADI - Aide au Développement et à l'Innovation)
• Regional Loans for Innovation Creation (PRCI - Prêt Régional à la Création Innovation)
• Opportunities for companies in competitive clusters

Recruitment grant

• Employment development contract (CDE - Contrat de développement pour l'emploi)
• Recruitment grant to promote innovation (ARI - Aide au recrutement pour l'innovation)

Setup grant

• Regional Loan for New Businesses (PRCE - Prêt Régional à la Création d'entreprise)
• Regional Aid (AFR) map
• Regional Development Subsidy (Prime d'Aménagement du Territoire PAT)

Setup grant for the industrial and service sectors

• Regional Development Subsidies for Industry and Services (PAT Industrie et Services):

Setup grants for industrial operations

• The FDPME (Small business development fund)
• Rural Revitalization Zone (ZRR)
• Urban Tax-Free Zone (ZFU)
• Setup and staff recruitment grants in urban tax-free zones (ZFU).