FUNDACION PARQUE CIENTIFICO DE MADRID-FPCM

Their core work

FPCM is the Madrid Science Park Foundation, an innovation intermediary that helps SMEs access and navigate EU funding instruments. Their core work is delivering business coaching, innovation management services, and technology transfer support to small companies in the Madrid region. They operate as part of the Enterprise Europe Network, connecting local SMEs with European innovation programmes like H2020, COSME, and FET Open.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In the early period (2014-2016), FPCM focused on hands-on innovation services: business coaching, innovation support, and direct SME capacity-building within the Madrid region. From 2017 onward, their scope broadened to include multi-programme signposting — their keywords shifted to reference specific EU instruments (SME Instrument, FET Open, FTI, COSME), suggesting they evolved from a coaching provider into a more comprehensive funding advisory role. The InterTalentum project (2016-2021) also signals a parallel interest in research talent attraction, though this remained a side activity.

FPCM is expanding from single-programme coaching into a broader EU funding navigation service for Madrid-region SMEs, covering an increasing range of instruments.

How they like to work

FPCM operates exclusively as a participant or third party — they have never coordinated an H2020 project. Their consortia are small (10 unique partners across 6 projects), and they work within a single country (Spain), suggesting a tightly regional role. This is consistent with a service-delivery partner that implements regional innovation support rather than leading multi-country research efforts.

FPCM has worked with 10 unique partners, all within Spain. Their network is concentrated in the Madrid innovation ecosystem, likely including the regional government, UAM, and CSIC through the CEI UAM+CSIC campus link.

What sets them apart

FPCM occupies a specific niche as the Madrid region's science park foundation delivering EU-funded innovation services directly to SMEs. Their value lies in continuity — five consecutive INNMADRIMASD projects show sustained institutional commitment and an established pipeline for SME support. For consortium builders, they offer a proven regional delivery partner with deep knowledge of the Madrid SME landscape and hands-on experience running coaching and advisory programmes.

Highlights from their portfolio

• INNMADRIMASD 3
  Highest single-project EC funding (EUR 38,250) and marked the transition toward broader innovation management scope beyond basic coaching.
• InterTalentum
  Their only MSCA-COFUND project, showing a different capability in postdoctoral talent attraction at the CEI UAM+CSIC campus — a departure from their SME-focused work.