EMBRAPII — Brazilian Company for Industrial Research & Innovation (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa e Inovação Industrial)

Funds industrial innovation in Brazil by co-financing collaborations between companies and certified research organizations.

EMBRAPII co-funds industrial R&D projects in Brazil by connecting companies with a network of 90+ certified research units (Unidades EMBRAPII) spread across all 27 states. It uses a tripartite cost-sharing model: EMBRAPII contributes up to one-third of project cost as non-reimbursable funding, industry contributes one-third, and the host research unit contributes one-third.

Established in 2013, EMBRAPII is a Social Organization (Organização Social) operating under a management contract (Contrato de Gestão 2021–2030) with four federal ministries: MCTI, MDIC, MS, and MEC. It is funded via FNDCT allocations and ministerial budgets — not a federal agency, but a quasi-public body. By end-2024 it had contracted 4,162 R&D projects with 2,838 companies, mobilizing R$ 8.43 billion in cumulative investment.

Scope note: Companies do not apply to EMBRAPII directly. They partner with an accredited Unidade EMBRAPII, which manages the project on their behalf. Most public calls (Chamadas Públicas) are institutional accreditation calls selecting new Unidades or Centros de Competência — not direct company grant calls.