Grants for Innovation and R&D

The main grants you can receive are the result of a determined strategy to support businesses that have decided to create, develop, and innovate in the Côte d’Azur.

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)
  • Development and Innovation grants (ADI - Aide au Développement et à l’Innovation)
  • Regional Loans for Innovation Creation (PRCI - Prêt Régional à la Création Innovation)
  • Research Tax Credit (CIR - Crédit Impôt Recherche)
  • 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).

Conseil général

Team Côte d'Azur is a joint initiative of the Alpes-Maritimes county council
and the French Riviera Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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