The Innovation Fund of Montenegro, in collaboration with partners from the Ruđer Bošković Institute and the University of Zadar (Center for Geospatial Research), participated in six stakeholder meetings in Montenegro from February 12-15, 2025. These meetings were organized as part of Activity A1.2.2 within the Interreg ROBONETCBC project, with the aim of analyzing the current…
Innovation Fund of Montenegro announces the list of approved projects under the Public Call for the Proof of Concept Program. The Public Call for the Proof of Concept Program was published on July 25, 2024, and remained open until September 30, 2024. The goal of this program is to support innovations in the earliest stages…
The Innovation Fund of Montenegro announces the list of approved projects under the Public Call for Collaborative Grants for Innovation. The Public Call for Collaborative Grants was open from May 29 to September 2, 2024, with a total budget of €1,000,000 allocated to support innovative projects. A total of 32 applications were received, out of…
The Innovation Fund of Montenegro, as one of the partners in the Innovablue project, actively participated in the second partner meeting, which took place on January 22–23, 2025, in Portorož, Slovenia. The two-day meeting focused on identifying regulatory barriers to testing innovative technologies in the blue economy sector under real-world conditions. During the meeting, a…
The Innovation Fund of Montenegro, through the program “Collaborative Grants for Innovation“, has been successfully implementing the Plug-In scheme within the prestigious European program EIC Accelerator since January 2023. The certification of this program by the European Innovation Council (EIC) confirms that the methodologies and evaluation criteria used by the Fund are aligned with the…
On Monday, December 23rd, the Innovation Fund of Montenegro celebrated three years of dedicated efforts by showcasing its 2024 results and outlining its vision for the continued development of the innovation ecosystem. The event brought together representatives from the Government, the scientific and innovation communities, international partners, and Fund beneficiaries – all key players in…
International projects INNOVABLUE and ROBONETCBC, in which the Fund participates as one of the partners, were presented in the Proceedings of the Fourth International Maritime Conference (KIMC 2024), held in Kotor from November 27 to 29, 2024. This international event, organized by the Faculty of Maritime Studies of the University of Montenegro, serves as a key platform for…
The international projects of the Innovation Fund, INNOVABLUE (Innovation Network for Sustainable Blue Economy in the ADRION Region) and ROBONETCBC (Developing an Innovation Network for Robotics and Sensors in Environmental Monitoring), were presented during a two-day seminar held on November 18-19 in Podgorica. The seminar, titled “Shaping Montenegro’s Blue Economy – Lessons and Experiences from…
The Innovation Fund of Montenegro is a partner in the new Interreg project ROBONETCBC (Developing an innovation network for the uptake of solutions in robotics and sensors to improve monitoring and prevention of pollution in freshwater and marine ecosystems). The kick-off meeting of project partners and the stakeholder conference were held on November 7–8, 2024,…
The Fund for Innovation and Technology Development of Republic of North Macedonia has opened a public call “Western Balkans Innovation Vouchers”, which is intended to support scientific research projects and encourage cooperation between small and medium-sized enterprises and higher education institutions and research and development organizations. The call “Western Balkans Innovation Vouchers” is part of…