Grants

The support helps to enhance the competitiveness of Latvian entrepreneurs by providing assistance for the digitalization of business processes, including the development, implementation, or improvement of digital tools and systems.

The Latvian Investment and Development Agency (LIAA) offers Latvian entrepreneurs the opportunity to develop new products and technologies in cooperation with research institutions. As a result, the share of innovative entrepreneurs in the economy increases. The program includes four types of vouchers – introductory, classic, design voucher, and involvement of highly qualified employees – and supports various development activities.

The program is aimed at the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in Latvia, supporting exports, business accelerators, and innovation motivation. The program is implemented by the Latvian Investment and Development Agency (LIAA) with the support of the European Regional Development Fund and the state budget.

This grant aims to pilot and evaluate innovative projects and policy measures addressing homelessness and housing exclusion. It focuses on testing integrated approaches to homelessness, including prevention, access to housing, housing-led approaches, and enabling services. The objective is to build capacity, promote social experimentation, and strengthen cooperation between stakeholders to combat homelessness in line with the European Social Pillar Principle 19 and the Lisbon Declaration on the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness.

The SOFT Innovation Prize 2026 highlights and rewards excellence in innovation within fusion research, showcasing the quality of researchers and industries involved. It aims to promote innovations developed in magnetic confinement fusion research with market potential or recognized by industry for further development.

The Women TechEU scheme supports European early-stage deep tech start-ups founded or co-founded by women, promoting female leadership in the deep tech industry and fostering innovation ecosystems in the EU. The scheme provides financial support, networking opportunities, and mentoring to women-led start-ups.

Activities under this topic will help progress towards the overall goal of the Mission ‘A Soil Deal for Europe’, in particular by contributing to its specific objective 8 “Increase soil literacy across society”. Activities should also contribute to the Education for Climate Coalition and to the Long-term vision for EU’s rural areas as the Mission is one of its flagship initiatives.

Business Incubation Aid is part of the Innovative Entrepreneurship Development Program for SMEs during the European Union Structural Funds 2021–2027 budget period. The program offers financial and non-financial support to young, innovative, technological, creative, and export-oriented Latvian companies to increase their viability, growth potential, and export capacity.

The grant aims to foster sustainable, balanced, equitable, and inclusive development of rural areas, supporting the European Green Deal and its associated strategies, including the farm-to-fork strategy, biodiversity strategy, and the long-term vision for the EU’s rural areas. It emphasizes improving rural-urban cooperation, creating synergistic development, and fostering innovation, resilience, and territorial identity.