As of 12 July 2024, the possibility to apply for grants for Voucher 1 and Voucher 2 (for trademarks and industrial designs) has been temporarily suspended.
The Vouchers are expected to open for new applications in early September. It has been announced that the Fund will be active until 6 December 2024, but it is quite possible that the funds will be exhausted earlier and that it will close prematurely, as 2024 is the last year in which SMEs can take advantage of the opportunity to recover 75% of the government fees for trademark and/or industrial design registration and interest in the Fund is high.
The possibility to apply for Voucher 4 (for the electronic submission of new plant variety applications at EU level and the Community plant variety examination fee to the Community Plant Variety Office) remains open.
Since the beginning of 2024, our team has helped 40 /forty/ companies to apply for grants under the Fund. We remain available to assist when the application opportunity re-opens in early September.