InovIA: Vouchers for Innovation Program

About

The InovIA: Vouchers for Innovation Program, launched by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), offers startups and SMEs in Portugal the opportunity to access advanced computing resources, including supercomputers like Deucalion and MareNostrum 5, to foster innovation and enhance competitiveness, with each voucher providing substantial computing hours and storage for project development without the burden of initial costs.

Benefits

• Access to 50,000 CPU core.hours
• 1,000 GPU.hours
• 1 TB of storage
• Duration of 6 months
• Possibility of reinforcing resources upon evaluation

Eligibility Criteria

• Startups and national SMEs
• Public and private entities in Portugal
• Projects focused on innovation in the pre-commercial phase
• Exclusively for non-profit purposes