Temporary Subsidy Scheme for Aviation in Transition (LiT): Knowledge and Test Vouchers

Subsidy height

• The subsidy for the Knowledge Vouchers is up to 50% of the costs for getting your knowledge-related question answered by a knowledge institution. The maximum subsidy that will be awarded is € 15,000. 
• The subsidy for the Test Vouchers is 50% of the costs of carrying out the test. The maximum subsidy that will be awarded is €15,000.

Conditions 

You will be eligible for a Knowledge and Test Voucher if your activities are focused 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

Your subsidy application must include:

• The knowledge-related questions to which the knowledge institution will provide an answer;
• The tests and validations that you are having carried out for technology or innovations.

If the topics in your application do not correspond with the knowledge institution’s answers, we will reject your application.

After your application

If you applied for a Venture Booster Knowledge Voucher, you will receive a decision within 13 weeks.

Submitting a quotation

If you receive a voucher, follow these steps:

• You must upload a digitally signed contract or quotation from the knowledge institution within four months of receiving the voucher.
• Log in using eRecognition 2+.
• Go to your dossier and upload the quotation.
• We aim to assess your quotation and provide a response within 8 weeks.

Transferring the voucher 

Once your knowledge-related question has been answered, you must transfer your voucher to the knowledge institution or company that answered your question. Follow these steps:

1. Log in using eRecognition 2+.
2. Go to ‘Transferring’ and carry out the ‘Voucher transfer’ task.
3. Once you have transferred the voucher, we will send the knowledge institution or company a notification email as soon as the transfer has been processed.

Please note: If you are transferring a Knowledge or Test Voucher to a knowledge institution as an intermediary on behalf of an entrepreneur, please ask the entrepreneur to complete and sign the LiT Voucher Transfer Declaration. Please send this as an attachment (see downloads below).

• Transfer voucher

Redeeming the voucher

If you transferred the voucher to a knowledge institution, they will receive a notification email once the transfer has been processed. 
If the voucher was transferred to you as a knowledge institution, you can redeem the voucher as soon as you receive the notification email. Please do this within 2 years of receiving the voucher. Do not miss the opportunity for funding: the voucher expires after 2 years.

How to redeem your voucher

As a knowledge institution, you can redeem the voucher by following these steps:

1. Log in using eRecognition 2+.
2. Go to the dossier.
3. Select ‘Redeem’.
4. You will receive a decision regarding the redemption of the voucher within 13 weeks.
5. The voucher will then be paid within a few weeks.

We carry out random checks on applications to redeem vouchers. If you are selected for this sampling, we will require additional information.

• Redeem voucher