Stärk Stockholmsregionens små och medelstora företags globala konkurrenskraft

Tillväxtverket
Award SEK –30M ≈ €2.6M
Closing date Closed
Location Global
For Orgs

About this opportunity

This EU Regional Fund opportunity supports actors within Stockholm region's business promotion system to strengthen the international competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The funding aims to enhance business development, growth, and internationalization through projects that develop new markets, strengthen food security through local production, and promote innovation in cybersecurity and defense technology. Projects must contribute to Stockholm region's smart specialization areas including life science, ICT and digitalization, industrial transformation through sustainable production, and climate and environmental initiatives for sustainable urban development. The program prioritizes advanced support services to SMEs and support to organizations to develop their operations, services, or processes. Activities can include direct support to companies or development of support structures that indirectly benefit businesses.
Up to 45 mo
May-June 2026

Who can apply

Applicant Types

organization

Organization Types

nonprofit, academic, government

Project Locations

🇸🇪 Sweden

Region

Stockholm region, Sweden

How to apply

Matching funds

Stages

  1. 1 single_stage

Required documents

budget · research_proposal

Review process

Two-stage assessment by Tillväxtverket: first stage verifies basic requirements and eligibility, second stage evaluates project quality based on four quality criteria

Restrictions

  • reporting_requirements
  • no_concurrent_funding

Post-award obligations

  • final_report
  • acknowledge_funder