# Programa Centelha

> Brazilian public entrepreneurship programme combining non-repayable innovation grants, technical scholarships, training and regional support to turn early ideas into technology-based businesses. Created in 2018, it is coordinated by MCTI with Finep, CNPq, CONFAP, Fundação CERTI and state delivery partners.

- **Founded:** 2018
- **Headquarters:** Brasília, Brazil
- **Founders:** Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) (Institutional creator and national coordinator)
- **Products:** Innovation grants, Technical-support scholarships, Entrepreneurship training, Centelha de Impacto
- **Notable:** Created under Ordinance 4.082 of 10 August 2018., First edition: 19 participating federative units and 498 businesses supported., Second edition: 26 participating federative units and 1,142 businesses supported.

## Products & services

- **Innovation grants** — Non-repayable economic subsidies awarded through state calls to eligible early-stage businesses.
- **Technical-support scholarships** — CNPq scholarships to add qualified technical capacity to supported projects, under the applicable call.
- **Entrepreneurship training** — Training in opportunity identification, validation, pitches, revenue models, MVP planning, budgeting and execution.
- **Centelha de Impacto** — Impact evaluation criteria and training incorporated into Centelha 3, with support from ICE and Instituto Sabin.

## Achievements

- Created under Ordinance 4.082 of 10 August 2018.
- First edition: 19 participating federative units and 498 businesses supported.
- Second edition: 26 participating federative units and 1,142 businesses supported.
- Third edition: participation of all 26 states and the Federal District; over 1,100 initiatives targeted.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — On 19 October, Fundação Araucária announced 200 first-phase selections from 1,221 submitted ideas in Paraná; phase-two submissions run to 27 November.
- **2026-10** — FAPEMIG published the final phase-one selection on 19 October and listed phase-two submissions beginning 20 October.
- **2026-06** — FAPERJ announced Centelha 3 Rio de Janeiro, aiming to support up to 47 innovative projects.

## Links

- Website: https://programacentelha.com.br/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/programacentelha/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/programacentelha
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/programacentelha/

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