aws Innovation Protection — Key Technologies
Provides grants covering innovation-protection strategy development and implementation for Austrian companies.
aws Innovation Protection is a grant-plus-coaching programme operated by Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH (aws), the 100%-state-owned promotional bank of the Austrian federal government supervised by the Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism and the Federal Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure. The programme funds the development and implementation of a company-…
Grants covering 50–80% of eligible IP-strategy costs (€20,000–€150,000 range) for Austrian companies developing and implementing a company-specific innovation-protection strategy, with the Key Technologies module currently open.
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