August 5, 2026
August 5, 2026
In a press release, CDTI Innovación has advanced that the INNTERCONECTA STEP 2026 call will open next October with an estimated budget of €138 million in grants, co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund —ERDF—. The application period will close in November, and a resolution is scheduled for the first half of 2027.
August 3, 2026
August 3, 2026
The 2026 call for Business Innovation Grants (R&D&I) includes three funding lines adapted to each stage of innovation: the initial validation of a technology (technological exploration grants), its application in projects close to market (grants for technological innovation), and the development of new products, processes or services involving high technological risk (grants for R&D projects).
July 22, 2026
July 22, 2026
Microsoft has joined Connèxia UPC with a project to optimise AI applications and big data management
Microsoft has joined Connèxia UPC, a programme designed to strengthen long-term university–business relation and tailored to the companies' needs. Under this new collaboration framework with the UPC, Microsoft has launched a project with inLab FIB to research advanced techniques aimed at improving the performance and speed of graph databases, which are key to managing large information networks. This technology is fundamental to fields as diverse as social platforms, financial fraud detection and the systems powering many artificial intelligence applications.