The Bio Develorper program is a NOP program that hosts R&D projects that aim to study an innovative product / service / process that can be commercialized.

NOP and its partners have the capacity to create the scientific and financial bases to carry out large-scale R&D projects.

The Bio Developer program intends to include in its scholarship R&D projects that are included in the following priority axes:

• Study of innovative processes with a view to improving soil health and food.
• Study of products / services / processes that assist in the area of crop protection and crop fertilization.
• Technological potential study that proposes to increase and / or improve water and / or energy efficiency.
• Technological potential study that proposes to increase and / or improve efficiency in farm management.
• Technological potential study that proposes to increase and / or improve the efficiency of logistics in the Bio sector.
• Development of tools to collect useful information, which can serve as a basis for third-party R&D projects, with a view to improving the Bio world.

CALL WITH REF: BIODEV202102TN - this call is directed to projects promoted in Continental Portugal

Appraisal dates: Enter 07/01/2021 and 10/31/2021

CALL WITH REF: BIODEV202102M - this call is directed to projects promoted in Autonomous Region of Madeira

Appraisal dates: Enter 07/01/2021 and 10/31/2021

CALL WITH REF: BIODEV202102A - this call is directed to projects promoted in Autonomous Region of the Azores

Appraisal dates: Enter 07/01/2021 and 10/31/2021

CALL WITH REF: BIODEV202102E - this call is directed to projects promoted by Foreign Promoters

Appraisal dates: Enter 07/01/2021 and 10/31/2021

To include your Bio Developer program project fill out the form you find here.

Projects will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

Quality of the team: assessment of the composition of the team and any external entities involved in the project, with emphasis on the core competencies in relation to the knowledge necessary for the development of the project.

Degree of innovation of the product / service / process: degree of innovation of the project, with a view to obtaining new, or significantly improved, products, processes and / or services.