FAQ about grant alerts and application handling

Aupamos is a private service of Vera Senses S.L., based in Madrid and independent of any administration. We do three things: we alert you to public grants by province and type of business, we explain each call in plain language and, if you ask us to, we handle the application for a specific grant on a success-fee basis. We work across Spain and answer by email at hola@aupamos.com.

Write to us at hola@aupamos.com. We only answer by email, so tell us in your message what you are (self-employed, SME or association), your province and what you need. If you already have a grant in mind, send us your request using the form on the “Handle it for me” page: it asks for just the details we need for the eligibility check. To receive the alerts, leave your email in the “Sign up for alerts” form.

The data comes from the National Grants Database (BDNS) (Data source: Intervención General de la Administración del Estado) and from the Official State Gazette (BOE). Each listing carries its source and its date, and the link to the official call and its rules. We write each listing in plain language from the call's summary notice and rules, and a person reviews it. Aupamos is a private service, independent of any administration.

In part. Parts of the text are drafted with the help of AI models and reviewed by a person in charge. For the grant listings we start from the summary notice and the rules of each call, and a person reviews each listing before it goes out. If you see anything that doesn't match the call, write to us at hola@aupamos.com and we'll look into it. What always prevails is the text published by the Administration.

Yes. Signing up, receiving the alerts and reading the listings is free. You get an email for each open grant that fits your province and your profile, with a plain-language summary: what it is, who can apply, how much, until when and where to submit. It includes the deadline and the link to the official call and its rules, with the date of the data. We only charge if you ask us to handle a grant and you get paid.

You sign up with your email, your province and what you are: self-employed, SME or association. Signing up takes 1 minute, and afterwards you have to confirm your email using the link we send you; an email left pending confirmation is deleted after 30 days. The alerts start as soon as the system that reads the official database is up and running. If you sign up earlier, we keep your registration and write to you with the first alert.

It depends mainly on where you are, what you are and what the grant is for. That is why every day we read the National Grants Database and the Official State Gazette (BOE), set aside calls that are closed or are direct awards, and sort the rest by province, type of applicant and purpose. We send you only the ones that fit your profile. If you already have a specific grant in mind, the eligibility check tells you whether you meet the requirements.

Yes. You can unsubscribe from the link in every email, in 1 click, without having to write to us or give any explanation. If you signed up and never confirmed your email, the registration deletes itself: an email left pending confirmation is deleted after 30 days. If you have any question about your data, write to us at hola@aupamos.com and we'll reply the same way.

You can sign up for the alerts as an individual, and they are free too. What we don't offer to individuals is application handling: that is only for self-employed people, businesses and associations. As an individual you receive the grants you choose when you sign up. Nor do we send alerts about grants awarded directly to a specific entity, because nobody else can apply for them. If you are unsure which profile you fit, write to us at hola@aupamos.com and we'll point you in the right direction.

You tell us which grant you want to apply for and what your business is, and within 48 hours we tell you whether you meet the requirements in the rules, which documents are needed and what the deadline is. We read the call and its rules (regulatory bases) and check the requirements they set for your type of business, activity and province. The check is free and leaves you free to decide. If the grant is for another profile, we tell you plainly.

Your email, your province, what you are (self-employed, SME or association), what you do and which grant you want to apply for. You can send it with the form on the “Handle it for me” page. We count 48 hours on working days from when we receive your request with complete details; if any detail is missing, we ask you for it first. The reply comes by email with the result: you qualify, something is missing or that grant is for another profile.

We tell you straight. If the grant comes back every year or there is a similar one, we tell you what you would need to prepare. If you do qualify, we reply with the result and the handling proposal, and you decide. Bear in mind that in the check we do not act as legal or tax advisers: we tell you what the rules require, we do not interpret your legal situation. For that, the right step is to consult a professional you trust.

We only charge if you get paid. The fee is 15% + VAT of the amount awarded up to €20,000 and 10% + VAT from €20,000 to €100,000. For anything above €100,000 we make a tailored proposal. We give you the proposal with the fee in writing and start when you accept it. Payment comes at the end, when the grant is in your account, and applies to any amount: when you receive the grant, we invoice you the fee.

As a general rule, no. The General Grants Law excludes from eligible expenses a fee calculated as a percentage of the grant, unless the rules expressly provide for it. That is why you pay the fee yourself, out of your own pocket, when you receive the grant, separately from the grant. Before we start we give you the proposal in writing with the applicable percentage, so you know what you will pay if the grant is paid out.

If the grant is denied, the fee is zero. We explain the reason for the denial and, if there is a period to correct the application or the grant opens again, we tell you what to do. Correcting means fixing or completing what the Administration asks for within the deadline it sets. Appeals against an unfavourable decision are not part of the handling, so we will tell you plainly if that is the only route left.

No. No award is ever assured: the Administration decides under the call's rules and its budget. What does depend on us is checking that you meet the requirements and submitting the application properly and on time. After that we follow the file, answer the requests to correct the application and tell you about each step. If someone talks to you about the outcome before the Administration has decided, ask them what it is based on.

It depends on each call: the rules set the deadline for a decision and payment comes afterwards. We tell you the deadline the call sets and let you know about each step. The only deadline we set ourselves is the one for the eligibility check: 48 hours on working days from when we receive your request with complete details. Meanwhile, we follow the file and let you know about every deadline that affects you.

It does not include the follow-up justification of the grant, which is quoted separately if you want it, or appeals against an unfavourable decision. We do not act as legal or tax advisers on your business: we check whether you meet the requirements, and prepare and submit the application. Handling is only for self-employed people, businesses and associations. If you are unsure whether something is included, ask us by email before signing the proposal.

In everyday use they are almost synonyms. A subsidy is money given by the Administration that does not have to be repaid if you meet the conditions, tied to a purpose and to what its rules set. “Aid” is broader: it also covers loans on favourable terms or reductions in social security contributions. What matters is to read the rules: who can apply, which costs it covers, how it is justified and what happens if you don't comply.

In a competitive call, applications are compared with each other and scored using the criteria set in the rules; the budget is shared out in order of score until it runs out. That is why submitting the application well and on time counts for so much. In a direct award, the grant goes to a specific entity and nobody else can apply for it. We set aside those calls awarded directly, and they do not reach you in the alerts.

It is small-amount aid that European rules allow to be given to businesses without first notifying the European Commission, with a ceiling per business over a period of several financial years. If you apply for it, you will normally have to declare the de minimis aid you have already received, to check that you do not go over the ceiling. The rules of each call say whether it is de minimis and what has to be declared.

Getting paid is not the end of it. The rules usually require you to justify afterwards what you did with the grant: the spending, the investment or the hiring, within the deadline they set. If it is not justified or not complied with, the Administration can ask you to repay the grant in whole or in part, with late-payment interest: this is called repayment (reintegro). The follow-up justification is not part of our handling; it is quoted separately if you want it.