Temporary Subsidy Scheme for Aviation in Transition (LiT): Feasibility Project

Feasibility project

A feasibility project consists of a feasibility study. You can supplement this with industrial research or experimental development. Industrial research and experimental development are activities aimed at acquiring knowledge, particularly in the development of new products, production processes or services.
A feasibility study may include:

• Literature review
• Patent search
• Identifying available technology and potential partners
• Market research
• Competitive analysis

Conditions 

• You must start the feasibility project within 4 months of submitting the subsidy application. 
• The feasibility project must be completed within 12 months of starting the project.

The feasibility projects must cover research on:

• New powertrains 
• Electrothermal management
• New design concepts and design materials
• Ultra-efficient structural components
• Cost-effective manufacturing technologies for new aircraft configurations after 2030

Preparing your application

Use the project plan model to prepare your application.

After your application

You will receive a decision within 13 weeks of submitting your complete application. We process all subsidy applications in the order in which we receive them. We use the date on which we receive a complete subsidy application as the reference date. Occasionally, several complete subsidy applications are submitted on a single day and the scheme becomes oversubscribed. This means that there are more applications than available funding. In this case, a draw will take place among all complete applications submitted on the day the scheme became oversubscribed.

Incomplete applications

If a subsidy application is incomplete when it is first submitted, you will be given the opportunity to complete it. This means that the initial submission date no longer applies.

Reporting changes 

1. Click on ‘Reporting change’ below.
2. Log in using eRecognition 2+.
3. Go to your dossier and enter the change.
4. You will receive a decision about your change within 8 weeks. If you changed the end date, the change will be implemented immediately. The amended end date will then be shown in your dossier and you will not receive any further notifications of this.

• Report change

Applying for final approval

You must submit a request for final approval as soon as possible after the completion of your project, but no later than 13 weeks after the project end date. Once final approval has been granted, the subsidy height will become definitive. We assess whether the set objectives have been achieved, after which final settlement of the subsidy funds will follow. 

You must attach your final report to the application for final approval. Complete the final approval form and submit it together with the feasibility study.

• Apply for final approval

More information

• Publication in Staatscourant (Government Gazette) (23 March 2026) - amendment scheme
• Publication in Staatscourant (Government Gazette) (6 May 2024) - with explanatory notes
• Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (I&W) Framework Decision: wetten.nl - Regulation – Framework Decision on subsidies for Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management

This subsidy scheme is part of the Dutch National Growth Fund Aviation in Transition project (Nationaal Groeifondsproject Luchtvaart in Transitie).