The Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) announces the new Call for Proposals of the «Creation and Initial Development of Startups with International Orientation (PRE-SEED)» Programme (PRE-SEED/0824). The Call budget is €1.200.000, and the maximum funding per project is €119.999. Proposals have to be submitted through the IRIS portal and the deadline for proposal submissions is until 1 November 2024, 13:00 The «Creation and Initial Development of Startups with International Orientation (PRE-SEED)» Programme supports the creation and initial development of innovative Startups which aim to develop innovative products and services with global market penetration prospects. Entities eligible to participate in this Programme as Host Organisations are Startups which are in the stage of developing their business idea and/or they are at the early stages of their product or service development. 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 Friday 6 September 2024, time 10:00-11:30 (local time). Interested parties should register here. Participants may submit any enquiries in advance, during their registration.