CHAMADA FAPEMIG - SEDE 018/2026 HUBMG GOV - RESOLUÇÃO DE DESAFIOS PÚBLICOS POR MEIO DE INOVAÇÃO ABERTA

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Minas Gerais state agencies are offering up to R$ 2 million per project in non-reimbursable funding to companies, startups, cooperatives and ICTMGs that develop technologies addressing 22 specified public-sector challenges, with proposals routed through a preliminary expression-of-interest stage and FAPEMIG's Everest system.

Benefits

• 💰Non-reimbursable grant funding
  Conditional on selection, projects can receive up to R$ 1,000,000 in Category A for scientific research or methodology development and up to R$ 2,000,000 in Category B for technological development; the call totals R$ 20,000,000 in non-reimbursable resources.
• 🏛️ Real public-sector test environment
  Conditional on selection, projects develop and validate solutions with a Minas Gerais demanding public body, including a proof of concept and an assisted-operation phase.

Eligibility Criteria

• Mandatory: eligible proponents are companies, startups, cooperatives or ICTMGs; MEIs are not eligible.
• Mandatory: companies, startups and cooperatives may be based in any Brazilian state at submission but must have a headquarters or branch registered in Minas Gerais for contracting if approved; ICTMGs must execute project activities in Minas Gerais.
• Mandatory: all projects must be executed in Minas Gerais, with only justified auxiliary or complementary activities allowed outside the state.
• Mandatory: proponents must have FAPEMIG pre-registration or regular registration under Portaria FAPEMIG PRE No. 020/2024.
• Mandatory: each proponent may submit one proposal, except proponents with annual gross revenue of at least R$ 16,000,000 may submit up to three proposals for distinct challenges; no proponent may submit more than one proposal for the same challenge.
• Mandatory: the coordinator must have an employment, statutory, contractual, representative, partner or cooperative-member link with the proponent and must submit only one proposal as coordinator.
• Mandatory: a subcoordinator from the demanding public body must be formally designated and sign the expression of interest.
• Preferred: the coordinator's technical competence and experience may be evidenced by a CV, preferably on the CNPq Lattes Platform.

Participation Commitments

• Mandatory: send a preliminary proposal for a single challenge to diae@desenvolvimento.mg.gov.br by 27 November 2026.
• Mandatory: obtain a Manifestação de Interesse from the demanding public body by 07 December 2026; proposals without it are ineligible.
• Mandatory: submit the full proposal in FAPEMIG's Everest system by 09 December 2026, with initial submission started by 17:00 Brasília time and final submission available until 23:59 Brasília time.
• Mandatory: provide a minimum counterpart of 10% of the total amount requested, as financial counterpart for companies, startups and cooperatives or economic counterpart for ICTMGs.
• Mandatory: plan project execution for at least 18 and at most 30 months from publication of the legal instrument extract in the Minas Gerais Official Gazette.
• Mandatory: structure the project in three phases covering proof of concept, solution development and assisted operation, with assisted operation lasting at least 6 months.
• Mandatory: at the end of assisted operation, deliver the source code and technical documentation for the solution to the demanding public body, together with installation and configuration artifacts and training records.

Target Sector

Government & Public Sector

Target Location

Companies, startups and cooperatives may be based in any Brazilian state at submission; if approved, they must have a headquarters or branch registered in Minas Gerais for contracting. ICTMGs must execute project activities in Minas Gerais. All projects must be executed in Minas Gerais, except justified auxiliary or complementary activities outside the state.