Overview
ANII and ANDE provide mentoring and non-refundable support for entrepreneurs in Uruguay to validate the commercial viability of an innovative product, service or business idea.
Complete grant details
The current program supports validation experiments for a minimum viable product and target market. Selected projects receive support from a sponsoring entrepreneurship institution and technical expert, plus non-refundable financing of up to UYU 200,000 for the validation plan. Applications are routed through an eligible sponsoring institution.
Eligibility requirements
Entrepreneurial teams in Uruguay with a defined technical and/or business idea requiring commercial validation; applicants must work through an eligible Institución Patrocinadora de Emprendimientos (IPE VIN) and satisfy the current bases.
Tips for this grant
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
Verified against the current official ANII page on 29 August 2026. Where ANII displays a clock time without an explicit timezone on the checked page, only the calendar date is normalized.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
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