Région Normandie

Grants from the Région Normandie: what financing for your business?

Discover the grants from the Région Normandie to invest, innovate, grow your business, and accelerate the ecological transition. Identify potential schemes and verify the official conditions.

Introduction

The Région Normandie offers various schemes to support businesses and project leaders: creation, takeover, investment, innovation, industrial development, ecological transition, employment, and training. Depending on the programme, support may take the form of a grant, a loan, a guarantee, support services, or co-financing. Conditions depend in particular on the beneficiary's profile, the project's location, the sector of activity, planned expenses, and the timeline.

What types of projects can be supported?

Norman grants can cover economic development projects, innovation, productive investment, performance improvement, energy and environmental transition, as well as agricultural or local development projects. The schemes are specific: for example, Impulsion Innovation targets innovation projects by regional businesses, while Impulsion Environnement targets investments related in particular to decarbonisation, energy efficiency, and the circular economy. The precise criteria must be checked on each official fact sheet.

Grants, loans, and support: understanding the instruments

A grant is financial support awarded under certain conditions. A loan must be repaid; a guarantee can facilitate access to credit; support services can finance all or part of an advisory service. Some schemes are implemented with the Agence de Développement pour la Normandie or other partners. For each fact sheet, the funder, manager, operator, type of support, and application channel must be identified.

How to find and apply for a grant

Start by specifying the project, its timeline, location, planned expenses, headcount, and the business's situation. Then check the official catalogue of regional grants, which lists schemes and links to their terms. For European funds in Normandie, the Europe en Normandie portal offers procedures and guides for project leaders. Before starting expenses, check whether the application absolutely must be submitted beforehand.

Examples of regional schemes

Impulsion Transition supports certain small local businesses through advisory services to prepare a strategic transition. Impulsion Invest supports, under conditions, the establishment in Normandie of new businesses and their investment programmes. Impulsion Environnement targets environmental investments. These examples illustrate the diversity of instruments; they do not mean that all schemes are open to all businesses or all sectors.

Regional grants and European funds

Some regional grants are co-financed by the European Union, in particular under the FEDER or the Just Transition Fund (FTJ). The Région may then act as managing authority or programme leader, while eligibility rules are set by the scheme. A link with the Région in the Capital OS reference database does not alone prove that the grant is exclusively funded by the Région, that it falls under a specific European fund, or that the call is currently open.

Preparing a solid application

Describe the project's objectives and outcomes, gather quotes and financial supporting documents, prepare a financing plan, and check the criteria relating to expenses, territory, and the size of the business. Some grants require an application before the project starts, rules on combining aid, or monitoring commitments. The rules and official fact sheet of each scheme are authoritative.

Who can benefit from Région Normandie grants?

Beneficiaries vary according to the scheme: businesses, tradespeople, shopkeepers, innovation players, farms, associations, or local authorities depending on the programme. The precise criteria on size, sector, location, financial health, and eligible expenses must be checked.

Are all Norman grants subsidies?

No. Depending on the scheme, support may be a grant, a loan, a guarantee, an advisory service, or co-financing. The nature of the grant must be checked on the applicable fact sheet and rules.

Can a regional grant be combined with European or national financing?

Combining depends on the applicable rules, State aid rules, caps, and aid intensity. Other financing must be declared and combining validated before the decision.

Where can official schemes be found?

The regional catalogue of grants and actions is available on the Région Normandie website. For European programmes managed in Normandie, the Europe en Normandie portal describes the procedures and provides guides.

Is a grant present in Capital OS necessarily open?

No. The reference database is a starting point for identifying schemes. Availability, dates, conditions, operator, and eligibility must be checked at the official source of each grant.

Check my eligibility

Describe your business and your project to identify potentially relevant schemes. Then check the conditions, timeline, and official application channel before applying.

Catalogue of regional and European grants

Official Région Normandie portal for checking grants and application procedures.

Europe en Normandie — submitting an application

Portal of procedures and guides for FEDER, FSE+, and FTJ project leaders.

Impulsion Innovation

Official presentation of support for individual innovation projects by regional businesses.

Impulsion Environnement

Official presentation of environmental and transition investments by businesses.

Impulsion Transition

Official presentation of support for small local businesses in their strategic transition.

Impulsion Invest

Official presentation of support for the establishment and investments of businesses in Normandie.

STEP FEDER — clean technologies

Official example of a scheme co-financed by the FEDER; the operator and rules must be checked per grant.

Full list of the 69 associated grants

Working catalogue grouped by editorial categories. Descriptions are taken from the Capital OS reference database.

Scheme name

Proposed editorial category

Written content, currently under editorial review — this is not an eligibility assessment; only your personalised report applies your company's actual criteria.

Grants from the Région Normandie: what financing for your business?

Introduction

What types of projects can be supported?

Grants, loans, and support: understanding the instruments

How to find and apply for a grant

Examples of regional schemes

Regional grants and European funds

Preparing a solid application

Who can benefit from Région Normandie grants?

Are all Norman grants subsidies?

Can a regional grant be combined with European or national financing?

Where can official schemes be found?

Is a grant present in Capital OS necessarily open?

Check my eligibility

Catalogue of regional and European grants

Europe en Normandie — submitting an application

Impulsion Innovation

Impulsion Environnement

Impulsion Transition

Impulsion Invest

STEP FEDER — clean technologies

Full list of the 69 associated grants

Scheme name

Grants cited on this page

ACTe - Aide aux Commerces des Territoires

Aide à l'immobilier d'entreprise

Aide à l'investissement de proximité

Aide à l'investissement immobilier

Aide à la modernisation de salles de cinéma

Aide au recyclage et valorisation des matières et des ressources

Aide aux commerces des territoires

Aide aux entreprises pour leur investissement immobilier

Aide aux événements touristiques d'envergure régionale

Aide aux investissements dans les lieux de visite touristique

Aide aux salles de cinéma de Normandie dotées des trois labels art & essai

ARME - Anticipation Redressement Mutations Economiques - Aide à la trésorerie et à l'investissement

ARME - Anticipation Redressement Mutations Economiques - Aide au conseil

ARME - Anticipation Redressement Mutations Economiques - Soutien suite à un sinistre exceptionnel

Booster IA – Soutien à l’émergence de preuves de concept IA

Diagnostic d'aide aux créateurs

Emergence ESS

Emergence ESS coopérative

FEADER - Aide aux investissements des industries du bois

FEDER - Fonds pour une Transition Juste (FTJ) - Investissements dans les énergies renouvelables et les infrastructures vertes pour une transition juste

FEDER - Fonds pour une Transition Juste (FTJ) - Recherche et Innovation dans les entreprises pour une transition juste

FEDER - Soutien aux projets d’économie circulaire structurants

FEDER : 'Favoriser le développement d’un tourisme responsable valorisant les atouts du territoire normand'

Fonds d'aide à la création et à la production cinéma et audiovisuel

Fonds d'Aide au Développement de l'Economie du Livre (FADEL)

Fonds d’Investissement 'Croissance et Proximité 2'

Fonds direct 'Reprendre et Développer II'

Fonds direct 'Reprendre et Développer IV'

Fonds Régional d'Innovation (FRI) - Normandie

FRG (Fonds Régional de Garantie) - Normandie

IDEE Action 'Mobilité décarbonée'

IDEE Action production d'énergies renouvelables

IDEE CONSEIL : Aide à l’émergence et à la structuration d’un projet photovoltaïque exemplaire en autoconsommation

IDEE Conseil 'Economie circulaire, prévention et gestion des déchets'

IDEE Innovation

IDEE Innovation transition écologique

Impulsion Conseil

Impulsion Développement

Impulsion environnement

Impulsion Export Individuel

Impulsion Innovation

Impulsion Invest

Impulsion Proximité - Investissement

Impulsion Proximité - Transmission/Reprise

Impulsion Proximité - Trésorerie

Impulsion Transition

Normandie Entreprises Industries - Industries agroalimentaires

Normandie Incubation

Opération Collective de Modernisation

Opération Collective de Modernisation (OCM)

Opération Collective de Modernisation (OCM) du Commerce, de l'Artisanat et des Services

Opération de Soutien au Commerce et à l'ARtisanat (OSCAR)

Prêt d'honneur Croissance Initiative Rouen

Prêt d'honneur Initiative Baie du Mont-Saint-Michel

Prêt d'honneur Initiative Calvados

Prêt d'honneur Initiative Cotentin