Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

Year Introduced: 2017 | City-level

The Office of Business Development from the University of Merced is meant as an alternative to more conventional Tech. Instead of focusing principally on a licensing model (whereby the…

Year Introduced: 1982 | National-level

SBIR offers eligible participants grants to develop and commercialize a new technology or intellectual property, when it isn’t yet at the stage where they can attract traditional investment…

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

Growing Enterprises through Technology Upgrade (GET-Up) Programme works to boost the global competitiveness of the local technology enterprises by providing them with technical assistance. For…

Year Introduced: 2017 | City-level

BiO operates as an innovative smart city initiative, functioning as a joint venture between the University of Bristol and Bristol City Council. The program has several key features:Infrastructure and…

Year Introduced: 2023 | National-level

The New Startup Law contains a range of measures to help support entrepreneurs and ecosystem actors which can be broadly split into 3 main categories; tax relief, favourable regulations,  …

Year Introduced: 2007 | National-level

The Innovation Box regime provides a preferential corporate tax rate of 9% - reduced from the regular rate of 15%-25% - in order to incentivize companies to engage in innovative activities and invest…

Year Introduced: 2002 | National-level

The Torres Quevedo Program is designed to fund companies, technology centers, business associations, and science and technology parks to hire researchers with a doctorate degree for their R&D…