A portfolio that covers the entire technological itinerary
The CDTI structures its actions as a comprehensive portfolio that combines competitive grants, direct and indirect investment, innovative public procurement, and subsidized loans. The stated objective is to ensure that the results of Spanish R&D do not remain in the laboratory, but instead become products, markets, and industrial capacity.
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Key figures for 2026:
- NEOTEC (40 M€) para impulsar startups deep-tech, con una reserva significativa para tecnologías de doble uso.
- Misiones Ciencia e Innovación (€145M) as a driving program for large consortia oriented toward strategic challenges.
- INTERCONECTA-STEP (€70M) to strengthen territorial ecosystems and accelerate developments in critical technologies.
- CERVERA (€50M) to consolidate technology centers as an effective bridge between knowledge and business.
- Innovation and Transfer Ecosystems, to coordinate stakeholders around socio-technical challenges.
- INNOGLOBAL (€15M) to reinforce international technological cooperation.
Added to this are €75M in pre-commercial innovative public procurement, which introduces real demand to validate prototypes in public environments, and €545M in subsidized loans (APRs) that support incremental business investment.
Transfer as a Structural Axis
Beyond the economic volume, the strategic signal lies in the approach. CDTI does not just finance projects; it designs differentiated instruments based on technological risk, maturity, and scaling potential.
Especially relevant is the explicit reinforcement of deep-tech and dual-use technologies, as well as the weight given to consortia, technology centers, and real-world validation mechanisms. This consolidates a vision where transfer is not a one-off moment, but a continuous process supported from applied research through to market adoption.
Three game-changing levers
- Deep-tech and duality as a transversal priority, linking innovation with strategic autonomy.
- Pre-commercial public procurement as a tool for risk reduction and market acceleration.
- Stable financing via APRs, avoiding exclusive dependence on competitive calls.
