Grants overview

At Konnekto, we help businesses realise their ambitions through the right funding opportunities. Whether you’re focusing on innovation, investing in your employees, exploring international markets, developing sustainable technologies, or planning major investments, there are numerous regional and European grant schemes available to strengthen your plans.

We offer advice and guidance across five strategic domains: Innovation, HR, Investment, Sustainability, and Internationalisation. For each of these themes, we identify the relevant funding opportunities and support you in preparing strong, targeted applications.

Discover the possibilities below and learn how we can turn your projects into concrete results, together.

Research & development

Do you want to develop innovative products or services?
Are there technological challenges and investment risks involved?
Will your project generate new knowledge and insights within your company?
Are you open to collaborating with other businesses, universities, or research institutions to strengthen your innovation capacity?
And will your innovation create additional employment — both during development and later, at the commercialisation stage?

If so, you may be eligible for various regional and European grants that support research and development. These funding opportunities are available to start-ups, SMEs, and large enterprises alike.

Belspo: Save up to 80% on payroll withholding tax for R&D activities Read more

The R&D feasibility study: getting better insights into the potential and feasibility of an innovation Read more

A Baekeland mandate: doctoral research within your company Read more

A research project: for entrepreneurs who will push the boundaries of the state-of-the-art in their industry Read more

A development project: innovation support for companies with ambition Read more

Growth

Are you planning training programmes to enhance your employees’ skills?
Do you want to redesign your organisational structure?
Are you about to make strategic hires?

Various funding bodies offer incentives to support companies in these areas.

The SME growth grant: more than a helping hand Read more

Investing

Is your company planning significant investments in the coming years?
Is the investment aimed at launching a new product, service, or process?
Does it introduce innovation within your sector?
Does your innovative offering have potential in international markets?
And will the investment create additional employment within your organisation?

Sustainability

Are you planning to invest in sustainable and ecological technologies?
Do you aim to gain a competitive advantage by committing to the sustainable economy?
Are you actively developing new technologies, methods, or business models to tackle climate challenges?

Flanders and the European Union regularly launch calls to support and encourage such initiatives.

GREEN investment subsidy - a grant for the green transition Read more

Strategic ecology support (STRES) Read more

Internationalise

Is your company planning to enter new markets?
Do you need strategic advice or market research to support this?
Are you conducting prospecting trips abroad?
Is your company present at international trade fairs?
Do you want to develop or translate your international digital business communication?
Are there plans to establish a prospecting office?

For both SMEs and large enterprises, there are numerous initiatives that support the export of goods and services.