Thematic Innovation Grant
Provides Thai small businesses and startups matching support for innovation projects in strategic sectors through grants.
The Thematic Innovation Grant is NIA's flagship sectoral matching grant, funded under the Mandatory Innovation Business Platform (mandatory.nia.or.th). It supports Thai businesses testing market feasibility and refining innovative products or services within six government-designated strategic sectors: High-Value Food and Fruit for Export; Value Chain of Economic Plants and Animals; Circular and L…
Six sectors: High-Value Food/Fruit for Export; Economic Plants/Animals Value Chain; Circular and Low-Carbon Economy; Clean Energy; Digital ARI-Tech (AI, Robotics, Immersive, IoT); Electric Vehicles.
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Guides for this application
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Use this grant work plan template to structure work packages, tasks, owners, deliverables, Gantt timing, dependencies, and risk registers.
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Use this grant budget template to structure R&D costs, personnel, subcontractors, equipment, indirect costs, and budget justification for startup grant applications.
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