Structural funding of innovation ecosystems — Investing for France 2030 · Budget

Bottom-up innovation aid (grants and loans), bottom-up innovation aid (equity), funding of higher education, research and innovation, and knowledge transfer: the 2nd largest of the 5 parts of “Investing for France 2030”.

1.4bn€

voted for 2026 in the State budget (budget act)

< 1% of the State budget voted for 2026

Year by year

Spent in 20241.4bn€

Spent in 2025819M€

Voted for 20261.4bn€

What it pays for, planned in the draft budget for 2025

Bottom-up innovation aid (grants and loans)60%464M€

Bottom-up innovation aid (equity)25%195M€

Funding of higher education, research and innovation, and knowledge transfer15%120M€

Source: 2024 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2025 actual spending (budget outturn act) ↗, 2026 budget act as passed ↗, State budget bill for 2025 (data.economie.gouv.fr) ↗.