R&D in Engineering and manufacturing may be present in the digital design and computer modeling, work to the building and testing prototypes and ongoing analysis, further testing and developing.
Examples of Eligible R&D activities and questions to consider:
Have you developed a new or changed product or process that has characteristics substantially different from those currently available (i.e. more efficient, robust, flexible, less expensive, etc.)?
Have you developed any prototypes? If you were to develop subsequent models, would they have new and different characteristics?
Did you have any failures in product or process development or improvement?
Have any of your products or processes taken more time to develop than you expected?
Have you used or combined technologies in new ways?
Integrating new materials to improve product performance and manufacturing process;
Streamlining manufacturing process through automation;
Developing a pilot plant to investigate the concept of a new process to increasing throughput.
Developing processes for scale-up to full production.
Sectors of Engineering that may qualify:
Aerospace engineering
Automotive engineering
Chemical and Biochemical engineering
Construction engineering
Infrastructure engineering
Civil engineering
Electrical engineering
Green engineering
Geotechnical engineering
Marine technology engineering
Mechanical engineering
Petrochemical engineering
Plant engineering
Process engineering
Software, Telecoms, and network engineering
Transportation engineering
Expenditures can include wages, third-party contractor cost (contractor performing R&D in EEA), materials, machinery, equipment, and overheads.
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