ARDITI supports Doctoral Grants, Doctoral Grants in Companies, Post-Doctoral Grants and Grants within the scope of Doctoral Programs (Doctoral Grants, Doctoral Grants in Companies, Research Grants).

Individual fellowships are evaluated by an Evaluation Panel as described in the Evaluation Guide. Scholarships within the scope of doctoral programs are evaluated by the Executive Committees of the respective programmes.

Regulation

• Regulation of ARDITI Advanced Training Scholarships

• ARDITI Advanced Training Scholarship Evaluation Guide

• Research Fellowship Statute (Law No. 40/2004, of August 18, amended and republished by Decree-Law No. 202/2012, of August 27)

• Regional Strategy for Smart Specialization in RAM

• Regional Legislative Decree nº 16/2013/M establishing the Regional System for the Development of Research, Technology and Innovation (SRDITI)

Madeira Operational Program 14-20

• Program website

• Communication and Branding (Identity manuals, logos, etc.)

More related documentation here.

The Fund for the Development of Science, Technology and Innovation in RAM (FDCTI-RAM) is a specific program of ARDITI - Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology and Innovation, which is intended to support R&D units and finance activities that promote their development and internationalization within the framework of the Regional Strategy for Smart Specialization of RAM.

The initiatives to be supported by the FDCTI-RAM follow the typology:

• Support for the operation of research and technological development units;

• Support for participation in meetings, seminars, congresses and conferences that facilitate contacts between specialists from different institutions and that provide for the establishment of partnership relationships leading to participation in community projects and programs;

• Co-financing of investments made within the scope of community projects;

• Recruitment and hiring of researchers

Regulation

• FDCTI-RAM Regulation

• Regional Legislative Decree nº 16/2013/M establishing the Regional System for the Development of Research, Technology and Innovation (SRDITI)

SIFIDE-RAM – Tax Incentive System for Research and Business Development in the Autonomous Region of Madeira aims to increase the competitiveness of companies, supporting their efforts in Research and Development by deducting the respective expenses from the IRC collection.

SIFIDE was created in 1997 as a measure to encourage the participation of the business sector in the global R&D effort.

SIFIDE-RAM was established in 2016 by Regional Legislative Decree n.º 24/2016/M that creates the Tax Code for Investment in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, and which was in force between the tax periods from 2016 to 2020.

Regional Legislative Decree n.º 6/2023/M amends the Investment Tax Code of the Autonomous Region of Madeira and extends the taxation period until 2025.

The DLR No. 6/2023/M was published on January 16, 2023, and its application with regard to SIFIDE-RAM is for the tax period between 2022 and 2025. Entities interested in the SIFIDE-RAM tax incentives must submit applications in the year following the financial year, i.e. 2023 to 2026.

Regional Legislative Decree n.º 33/2023/M amends the Investment Tax Code of the Autonomous Region of Madeira and attributes competences to ARDITI, for recognition of competences of entities in the matter of research and development.

The SIFIDE (national) platform must be used to submit applications.