The aim of the project The Research and Implementation Fund is to strengthen the competitiveness of enterprises in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship as a result of support for R & D by enterprises and support for obtaining protection of industrial property. The project is implemented in partnership and will cover the entire Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship. Entities implementing the project are business environment institutions (IOBs) located in the territory of the voivodship and have the knowledge and experience enabling them to implement the project. These are Kujawsko-Pomeranian Innovation Agency sp. z. o. o. (project leader) and Toruńska Agency for Regional Development S.A. (Partner). Support shall be provided in the form of non-refundable grants for: the carrying out of research and development by undertakings which include industrial research and experimental development or any combination thereof – Module 1, (b) to cover the costs related to the application to the competent authority of the invention, utility design or industrial design in order to obtain protection granted by national, regional, Union or international industrial property authorities, as well as conducting patent purity analyses (so-called patent voucher) – Module 2. Only companies conducting economic activities and established or branched out in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship may receive funding. In addition, the co-financed project must be implemented in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship and be part of the regional strategy of intelligent specialisation of Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodship. The project will be implemented in the period from 01.2016 to 06.2018. During this period, calls for grant applicants are planned to result in at least 49 supported projects. The total estimated value of the project is PLN 48 845 528.83.