Under the scope of the Advanced Technology Projects Support Programme (ITEP), projects that have the potential to provide increased added-value in areas will be supported from TTGV’s own funds, such as:
- Production of bio-products from agricultural waste with high added value, and the technology related to it,
- Advanced materials technology and precision manufacturing techniques,
- Technologies intended for the generation, storage and distribution of renewable energy,
- Food Technologies,
- Biomedical Technologies, and
- Advanced Technologies for Adaptation to Climate Change
It is intended to provide financial support, with the condition that it will be paid-back to those activities whose purpose is the development of new products with commercial value in the aforementioned technological areas, or for the promotion of competitiveness of current products in the these areas. The scope of the programme:
- The duration of project support is at least 1.5 years and is at most 3 years.
- The upper and lower limits for the amount of support to be provided are 3 million and 1 million US Dollars, respectively.
- Support shall be provided 50% by TTGV and 50% by the project coordinating company’s contribution.
The areas in which a project may benefit from the support it receives from the ITEP Programme are as follows:
- National or international licensing expenses which are a significant development in the groundwork of a project,
- Concept development studies, technological and economic feasibility studies, and market research studies,
- Laboratory and design studies during the transition phase from concept development to design,
- Prototype Production/Establishment of pilot facilities/Trial production,
- Studies for the correction of design, the improvement of industrial design, etc. before the product is put into mass production, studies for production optimisation and activities to fix problems originating from product design,
- Investment studies on mass production,
- Work on the patents and licensing of the generated work and technology knowledge,
- Activities related to the promotion and sales of product, studies for promotion and marketing.
