Grant advice

Why grant advice?

Many companies leave grants or subsidies untapped simply because they are difficult to navigate or because the timing seems unfeasible. Yet grants can make the difference between postponement and the actual realization of a project.

With professional grant advisory services, you:

• quickly gain insight into which grants are relevant for your project;

• keep all conditions and eligibility criteria clearly in view;

• avoid errors in budgets and reporting;

• significantly increase your chance of approval;

• remain focused on your core activities, without additional administrative burden.

Grants are never assessed in isolation, but integrated into your broader financial, tax, and legal context.

A strong partnership: Vandelanotte & Venture Campus

To support you optimally, Vandelanotte and Venture Campus combine their expertise.

• Venture Campus contributes in-depth grant knowledge, strong applications, and many years of experience with VLAIO and other granting authorities.

• Vandelanotte provides the financial, tax, and legal foundation required to ensure your project remains sustainable and feasible in the long term.

The result is an integrated approach: one trajectory, one coherent story, and a grant file that is both substantively sound and financially robust.

Which grants do we support?

We support start-ups, scale-ups, SMEs, and large enterprises across a wide range of grant trajectories, with a strong focus on innovation, growth, and transformation. This includes guidance for VLAIO (Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship) grants as well as the preparation of European grant applications. Some of the most common grants include:

Research and Development (R&D)

For projects aimed at developing new knowledge, technology, or a proof of concept. Depending on the type of project, company size, and possible partnerships, up to 60% of project costs may be funded.

Examples: developing a new technology, thoughtfully improving processes or services, building a prototype, carrying out a pilot phase

Scale-up support

Schaalklaar is a VLAIO subsidy program that supports young, innovative companies in Flanders during their transition to a scale-up. It targets companies that have been active for 1 to 5 years and demonstrate both ambition and potential for rapid growth.

Examples: building a competent team, investing in production capacity, market development, automation of business processes

Strategic Transformation Aid (STA)

For companies undergoing a major strategic transformation, such as international expansion, digitalization, or new infrastructure. The support typically focuses on investment and training costs and is generally aimed at larger enterprises.

Examples: construction of a new facility, expansion of production capacity, reorientation towards a new business model, including associated training programs

Ecology Premium Plus

For investments in sustainable and energy-efficient technologies listed on the VLAIO technology list. The subsidy rate typically ranges between 15% and 55% of the additional cost compared to conventional technology.

Examples: cooling technologies, sustainable transport solutions, heating facilities, water usage and water-saving technologies

European trajectories (Horizon Europe - EIT)

At the European level, there are also attractive grant opportunities for companies with ambitious innovation or growth plans. These can be combined with Flemish subsidies.

Horizon Europe (EIT)
Do you have an innovative product you want to scale across borders? Horizon Europe supports this with grants for research and development.

Innovation deduction

To stimulate innovation within companies, legislation provides for an innovation deduction. Net income derived from certain intellectual property rights (such as patents or copyright-protected software) may be 85% exempt from corporate income tax, significantly reducing the tax burden on innovation-related income (e.g. software licensing).

Exemption from withholding tax on wages

Companies investing in research and development may benefit from a partial exemption from remitting wage withholding tax for researchers and technical profiles that meet the required diploma criteria. This creates a structural cash-flow advantage and significantly reduces labor costs.

No cure, no pay

We work with transparent pricing depending on the trajectory (no cure, no pay or time-based billing).
The no cure, no pay principle means you only pay when the grant application is effectively approved. This creates a shared focus on quality, realistic planning, and solid substantiation, without requiring significant upfront advisory costs.

Ready to unlock your grant opportunities?

Are you considering an innovative, growth-oriented, transformational, or sustainable project and want to know which grants may apply? Do you have questions about timelines, conditions, or funding amounts?
Contact us for an initial exploratory conversation and discover how grant advice can accelerate your growth.