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The Innovation Fund offers entrepreneurs a host of business resources and services to assist in the effort of starting a new business. In partnership with the South African government, the Innovation Fund strives to create a platform for smaller entities to gain access to business resources and ultimately grow industry for the benefit of all citizens. From guides to venture capital to application forms for funding your technological and novel idea, find everything you need in this comprehensive tools section.
Seed Fund Business Resources
- Seed Fund Policy and Application Guidelines - Find out if you qualify with this guide to venture capital from the Seed Fund.
- Seed Fund Application Supplementary Information Form - Apply for the ideal business resource, funding from the Innovation Fund.
TAP Guidelines
- Guidelines for TAP Full Proposals - Find out everything you need to know about applying for full TAP funding.
- Guidelines for TAP Pre-Proposals -Find out exactly how to prepare your 15 page pre-proposal in this guide to TAP venture capital.
- TAP Business Process - Run through the processes involved in applying for and using funding through the TAP instrument from the Innovation Fund.
- TAP Guidelines for Annual Technical Report - TAP funded entrepreneurs are required to submit annual progress reports. Find out exactly what is required in each report in this useful business resource.
- TAP Guidelines for Commercialisation Plan - Each application for funding needs to include a plan for how the idea will be commercialised. Follow these guidelines to compile your strategy document.
- TAP Guidelines for Final Report - All Innovation Fund funded projects are required to report back at the end of the funding period. Use this business resource to find out what should be included in this final report.
- TAP Guidelines for Quarterly Progress Report - Entrepreneurs use this guide to formulate your quarterly report back to the Innovation Fund.
- TAP Guidelines on Allowable Costs - This guide stipulates how the allocated funding can be spent.
- TAP Guidelines on honorariums - This guide stipulates how honorarium funds can be spent.
- TAP Guidelines for Six Month Report - Use this business resource to formulate the required six month progress report to the Innovation Fund.
Patent Support Fund Business Resources
- IP Support Fund SME Application Guidelines - use this business resource to formulate an application for funding for a small to medium enterprise.
- IP Support Fund Techno-Entrepreneurs Application Guidelines - follow the steps in this document to apply for funding as a techno-entrepreneur.
- Application form for Techno Entrepeneurs
- Application for SME patent Support Funds
- IP Support Fund HEI and SC Application Guidelines - use this guide to venture capital applications for higher education institutions and science councils.
- IP Capacity Development Programme Policy Document - find out more about how the Innovation Fund is trying to improve the IP and patent landscape in South Africa.
- Tech Transfer Terms of Reference - Find out more about the establishment of technology transfers and intellectual property management offices at publicly funded institutions through the Innovation Fund.
Contact the Innovation Fund team or browse our FAQ section for any more information you may need.
The R&D Tax incentive
The Research and Development (R&D) Tax Incentives Programme encourages private sector investment in research and development activities. Therefore, the R&D Tax Incentives are an indirect approach to increasing national R&D expenditure and complements government's expenditure on R&D activities.
In the interim, South Africa has set a target of 1% of gross expenditure on R&D as a percentage of GDP by 2008. For enquiries on the programme please contact Ms. Dimakatso Mokone at (012) 843-6560 or e-mail
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