R&D Feasibility Study (O&O haalbaarheidsstudie)
Offers Flemish businesses with matched support for short feasibility studies shaping future innovation.
The O&O Haalbaarheidsstudie (R&D Feasibility Study) is a VLAIO subsidy instrument designed to fund short experimental studies that test the technical and scientific viability of an ambitious planned innovation follow-up. The intended follow-up must be a VLAIO-eligible project — an Onderzoeksproject, Ontwikkelingsproject, or ICON project — and must offer sufficient potential for valorisation in Fla…
Funds short feasibility studies (3–12 months) that test the technical and scientific viability of a planned R&D follow-up project, covering 40–50% of costs up to a maximum of EUR 50,000 per company.
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