In this section, you can view the grant schemes announced by the Secretary of State for Trade, which form part of the Recovery and Resilience Facility governing the ‘Next Generation EU’ European funds.

• ICO Programme – Exporters’ Growth
• ​​​Social Impact Fund (FIS​)
• ​​​CHALLENGE SCIENCE UK 2026
• Desafía LATAM immersion programme – Mexico 2025
• ​​​Co-investment Fund (FOCO​)
• Desafía Agrotech-Germany programme
• ICEX Vives project grant scheme​​
• Desafía San Francisco 2026
• Grant scheme for international certification under the ‘Mentoring and Support for Internationalisation’ Programme 2025
• Desafía Canada immersion programme
• Grant for Spanish exporters’ associations or federations. Grant scheme for opening up foreign markets: exporters’ line
• Support for regulatory councils or entities managing geographical indications. Grant scheme for opening up foreign markets: geographical indications line
• ​ Grants to support commercial activity in rural areas
• Grants to strengthen commercial activity in tourist areas
• Grants to support markets, urban commercial areas, itinerant trade and short supply chains
• Grants for digital transformation for Exporters’ Associations or Federations
• Grants for the digitalisation and innovation of Spanish Chambers of Commerce abroad and Federations of Chambers
• Grant scheme under the Innova Invest Programme​
• Non-repayable funding scheme for studies funded by the Fund for the Internationalisation of Enterprises (FIEM)​​

Leverage Policy V of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan: ‘Modernisation and digitalisation of the industrial sector and SMEs, recovery of tourism and promotion of an entrepreneurial Spain’, in line with ‘Component 13: boosting SMEs’, sets out a series of projects for the development of investments and reforms aimed at achieving the following objectives: boosting entrepreneurship and growth, facilitating the digital transition and driving business innovation, supporting trade, and promoting internationalisation.

In this regard, it includes funding schemes for opening up foreign markets, grants for strengthening communication systems and telematic services in exporters’ associations and federations, Official Spanish Chambers of Commerce abroad and Federations of Chambers, organised by the Secretary of State for Trade.

The modernisation of the retail sector is also one of the objectives of the Recovery Plan. Thus, three lines of grants have been rolled out to local authorities for the modernisation of commercial areas and, consequently, to support local trade: grant to support markets, urban commercial areas, itinerant trade and short supply chains; grant to support commercial activity in rural areas; and grant to strengthen commercial activity in tourist areas.

Furthermore, in response to the economic impact of the threat of international tariffs, the latest Addendum to the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience incorporates a new Component 32, ‘Support for Recovery and Resilience in response to natural disasters’ , which provides for measures to evaluate programmes supporting the internationalisation of businesses in the territories affected by the DANA in order to tackle the tariff crisis, and to strengthen the resilience of productive sectors in the face of external crises. The new component is approved within the context of the Commercial Response and Relaunch Plan, aimed at strengthening the productive capacity of businesses, promoting their internationalisation and diversifying markets. This plan was established by Royal Decree-Law 4/2025 of 8 April, with the aim of mitigating the negative impacts of tariffs on the Spanish economy.

Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan

• Call for Grants and Subsidies
• Call for Tenders

Legislation on Grants

The specific regulations for each call for applications are included in the details for each grant on this website.

Useful links

• National Grant Advertising System
• Grants from the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM)
• National Innovation Company, ENISA, SA
• Database of grants and incentives for businesses
• Interactive guides to grants and incentives for businesses