Egyptian-Spanish IT Innovation Program (ESITIP)
ITIDA with CDTI (Spain) · R&D grant
$67KUp to EGP 3M (~$62k) for product development projects (EGP 1.5M for ARPs) + up to EGP 250k for IC fabrication/prototyping
Non-dilutive ITIDA funding for Egyptian ICT companies running joint market-driven R&D/product projects with a Spanish company partner (Spanish side funded by CDTI).
Key terms
- Consortium needs at least one Egyptian private ICT company and one Spanish private company
- Egyptian applicant must be an established company registered in Egypt and in the ITIDA database
- One joint proposal submitted to CDTI; unilateral submissions not considered
- Costs above the EGP caps are borne by the Egyptian company
- ITIDA offers partner matching via [email protected]
Eligibility
- Where
- Egypt
- Stages
- seed, series-a, growth
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- Requires a Spanish private-company partner
- Registered in ITIDA database
How to apply
Find a Spanish partner (ITIDA partner-search template), prepare the signed ESITIP form, bilateral cooperation form and consortium agreement, then submit jointly through CDTI e-services during the call.
- Benefit
- cash
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- Annual call (10th call ran Feb–May 2026)
- Status
- Paused — next round TBA
Verified 2026-10-23 · source