The funding is intended for industrial entities and research centers that, either individually or in collaboration with one another, intend to carry out an experimental, applied, and—above all—innovative project.  The call for proposals has several objectives: to create synergies between businesses and research centers in the Aosta Valley, to promote training, dissemination, and technology transfer, and, finally, to foster the specialization of key professionals in the field of scientific research in the Aosta Valley.