CDTI Science & Innovation Missions (Misiones Ciencia e Innovación)

Science & Innovation Missions (Misiones Ciencia e Innovación)

Funds Spanish mission-oriented consortia across aerospace, energy, food, and health.

⚠ This may reflect a past cycle — verify the current call on the funder's site.

Misiones Ciencia e Innovación is a Spanish national R&D grant programme administered by CDTI E.P.E. that funds large industrial research and experimental development projects structured around seven government-defined strategic missions. The 2026 call opened on 12 May 2026 and closes on 12 June 2026, with a total budget of EUR 60 million. Projects are executed by consortia of 3 to 6 Spanish companies—each holding Spanish domicile—with at least one SME participant and a single designated coordinator. The seven missions are: energy system stability; efficient aeronautics; antimicrobial resistance; strategic autonomy in defence and security; women's health; food sovereignty; and accessible and sustainable housing via industrialised construction. A minimum EUR 20 million ring-fence applies to the aerospace mission and a minimum EUR 5 million to the women's health mission.

Per-project eligible budgets range from EUR 3.5 million to EUR 10 million. Grant intensity scales by company size: up to 80% for small enterprises, 75% for medium enterprises, and 65% for large enterprises. Each consortium participant must have a minimum eligible budget of EUR 175,000. At least 40% of total project activities must be classified as industrial research, and a minimum of 15% of total activities must be subcontracted to accredited research organisations. Projects run 3 to 4 years, starting in 2027 and concluding no later than the end of 2030.

For-profit companies are the primary beneficiaries; research organisations may participate as subcontractors rather than as lead applicants. Scoring criteria emphasise the strategic fit to the designated mission, the technological ambition and novelty of the approach, the industrial readiness of the consortium, and the expected socioeconomic impact. Consortia with demonstrable prior collaboration between members, strong SME anchoring, and subcontracting agreements with public universities or research centres enter evaluation with a stronger profile. Only one entity may act as consortium coordinator, and that entity bears primary administrative and financial responsibility to CDTI throughout the project.