{"id":8290,"date":"2024-01-30T13:04:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T12:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ic-steiermark.at.w02242c6.kasserver.com\/success_stories\/six-styrian-smes-benefit-from-desire-direct-funding\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T13:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T12:45:50","slug":"six-styrian-smes-benefit-from-desire-direct-funding","status":"publish","type":"success_stories","link":"https:\/\/www.ic-steiermark.at\/en\/success_stories\/six-styrian-smes-benefit-from-desire-direct-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Styrian SMEs benefit from DESIRE direct funding"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Over the past few months, an independent team of experts evaluated 67 eligible project ideas submitted by SMEs from more than 14 EU member states, selecting the best 35 submissions. The winners can now look forward to around \u20ac1.05 million in direct funding and service vouchers to support their innovative projects addressing existing challenges in the field of digital health. <\/p>\n

To our great delight, Styrian companies, together with those from France, came out on top among the funding recipients. With a total of six local SMEs benefiting from DESIRE funding, Styria ranks among the top 2 most strongly represented EU regions in this groundbreaking project: <\/p>\n