PRIME Project

The PRIME Project is a competitive grant programme supporting project teams in Polish research organisations to verify market potential and develop and implement commercialisation paths for research-based ideas, including spin-off creation. The project is divided into three phases: Phase I (competency building and initial market validation), Phase II (in-depth market verification and commercialisation strategy), and Phase III (support for spin-off companies). Participants receive training, workshops, a Bootcamp in Poland and the UK, business mentoring and expert consultancy, and may receive grant funding for salaries, business trips and company/product development up to specified caps.

Access to training and workshops, Bootcamp in Poland and the UK, business mentoring, tailor-made expert consultancy; grant funding for working time, business trips and company/product development up to stated caps.

Applicants for Phase I are research organisations in Poland submitting Project Teams; researchers at any stage of their research career, including before obtaining a degree, can participate as team members. Applicants to Phase III are companies established as a result of the Project.

Submit electronic application via the FNP IT system according to the Application Filling Manual (portal: wnioski2023.fnp.org.pl).