Public Service of Wallonia — Economy, Employment, Research (Service Public de Wallonie Économie, Emploi, Recherche)

Offers Service Public de Wallonie through Walloon R and D grants and programs for universities, firms, and consortia.

Service Public de Wallonie Economie, Emploi, Recherche, usually referred to as SPW Recherche, is the Walloon Regional Government's R&D grant administration. It covers Wallonia only, not federal Belgium, and it sits behind the region's research and innovation aid channels.

Its portfolio runs through Win4Company, Win2Wal, Win4Excellence, Win4Doc, FIRST Entreprise, Win4SpinOff, Eureka multilateral calls, and PRW Defense. The programs span rolling business R&D, university-business consortia, doctoral-in-company support, researcher hiring, spin-off creation, and defense-oriented calls, with PRW Defense reaching up to EUR 10 million. The sector mix is broad, including clean energy, biotechnology, climate, manufacturing, materials, medtech, robotics, agritech, food, transport, aerospace, and AI infrastructure.

SPW Recherche is built for applicants that can operate through the ONTIME portal in French and match a Walloon delivery structure. Its strongest fit is for research teams, firms, and consortia with a concrete project and the administrative capacity to work within a regional R&D system rather than a federal one.