The project concerns a new subsidy scheme, the VIA 2016. This subsidy scheme follows the 2015 Versneller Innovative Ambitions (VIA) which has been available to SMEs since November 2015. The disappointing use of this scheme and the reactions of economic operators that it does not correspond to the need to renew the VIA. The VIA 2016 is for SMEs in the provinces Drenthe, Fryslân and Groningen and aims to stimulate innovation and valorisation, also contributing to the low-carbon economy.