The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the new Call for Proposals for the «Innovation Vouchers» Programme (INNOVOUCHERS/0524). The Call budget is €310.000, and the maximum funding per project is €10.000. Proposals have to be submitted through the IRIS portal and the deadline for proposal submissions is until 09 October 2024, 13:00, or until budget exhaustion. The «Innovation Vouchers» Programme aims to encourage Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to engage in research and innovation activities and to strengthen cooperation between enterprises and knowledge intensive organizations, though the utilization of «Innovation Vouchers» by the beneficiaries which are «redeemed» by organisations that will provide them with specific research and innovation services. The present Call is funded by the Recovery and Resilience Facility of the NextGenerationEU instrument. Entities eligible to participate in this programme include productive Small or Medium Sized Enterprises which have 4 up to 29 full time employees, under specific conditions specified in the Call for Proposals Document. For information regarding the RIF’s open calls, as well as useful documents and guides, interested parties can visit the IRIS portal. For further information, interested parties may contact the RIF’s Partner Support Center by phone on 22205000 or via email at support@research.org.cy. In order to support interested parties and to provide information about the national funding rules and conditions for participation, RIF, will organise an informative Webinar, on Tuesday 23 May 2024, time 10:00-11:00 (local time). Interested parties should register here. Participants may submit any enquiries in advance, during their registration.