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Up to €24,500 for your process automation with the Sprint Grant for SMEs

The Sprint Grant for SMEs (Sprintsubsidie MKB) from the Province of Limburg covers 50% of your project costs, up to a maximum of €24,500, when you apply a proven digital solution that is new to your business. Think of automating quotes, customer questions or planning with AI.

  • Existing technology
  • New to your organisation
  • Measurable results
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€24,500 Maximum grant per application

Calculate your Sprint Grant

The Sprint Grant covers up to 50% of your project costs, with a minimum of €5,000 and a maximum of €24,500 per application. A project of €10,000 to €49,000 makes optimal use of the scheme.

€30,000
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Your grant

€15,000

You get 50% of your project costs reimbursed.

Grant
€15,000
Own contribution
€15,000

An indication based on the scheme: up to 50% of the project costs, with a minimum of €5,000 and a maximum of €24,500 per application. No rights can be derived from this calculation.

What is the Sprint Grant?

The Sprint Grant for SMEs 2026-2027 is a scheme from the Province of Limburg that helps SMEs improve their business processes with existing, proven solutions: technology or ways of working that are already used successfully elsewhere, but are new to your own organisation. The scheme focuses on four themes:

  • Digitalisation

    Of business processes, including AI and automation.

  • Circularity

    Such as reusing materials.

  • Sustainability

    Such as saving energy.

  • Labour productivity

    Working smarter with the same people.

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Applying for the Sprint Grant: how to improve your chances

The scheme is deliberately kept simple: no thick reports, but you do need a clear activity plan with SMART goals, a budget and a timeline. In practice, applications fail on two points: the chosen project isn't concrete enough, or the improvement hasn't been made measurable. That is exactly where we help.

In one 2-hour working session, we work out together which project will deliver the most for you, and we make sure your application is ready as soon as the next round opens. Mobile XL helps free of charge with formulating the project and applying for the grant.

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Examples of solutions Mobile XL can deliver

The Sprint Grant covers applying proven digital solutions that are new to your business. We build those solutions on top of your CRM (Zoho or Creatio) and in mobile apps and customer portals. We work out each project with you into a concrete activity plan and submit the application together.

Front office

Six examples that have proven themselves at other organisations and measurably improve your front office: exactly what the province wants to see.

  1. Smart lead follow-up in your CRM

    Automatic registration and follow-up of every incoming lead (web, email, phone) in Zoho or Creatio, with AI that classifies requests, enriches them with data and passes them straight to the right employee.

    Measurable result

    Shorter response time to new leads and a higher conversion rate.

    Why it qualifies

    Proven CRM technology, new to the customer, demonstrable improvement in the front office.

  2. AI-assisted quotes

    A quoting module in your CRM that automatically generates a draft based on previous quotes and customer data, which the salesperson only has to check and send.

    Measurable result

    Fewer hours per quote and a shorter lead time from request to quote.

    Why it qualifies

    Direct time savings on a core process, easy to quantify with the Gen AI Cost Equation.

  3. Customer portal with self-service

    A mobile customer portal (app or web) where customers can view and manage their own details, orders, appointments or documents, linked to the CRM.

    Measurable result

    Fewer incoming customer questions and phone calls, higher customer satisfaction.

    Why it qualifies

    Measurably reduces repetitive front-office work and increases labour productivity.

  4. AI chatbot for first-line customer questions

    A chatbot on the website or in the portal that answers frequently asked questions 24/7 based on your own knowledge base, and neatly passes complex questions on to an employee with all the context included.

    Measurable result

    Percentage of questions resolved directly without intervention, and less repetitive work for the team.

    Why it qualifies

    Proven technology, measurable reduction in manual contact work.

  5. Mobile field sales and service app

    An app that lets field staff process orders, work orders or visits digitally on the spot and sync them with the CRM in real time. No more paper and no more entering things twice.

    Measurable result

    Fewer administrative hours and fewer input errors.

    Why it qualifies

    Eliminates duplicate work between field staff and office staff, highly measurable.

  6. Automated customer communication and workflows

    Automatic, personalised messages at key moments in the customer journey (confirmations, reminders, status updates, after-sales), driven from the CRM.

    Measurable result

    Fewer manual emails, fewer no-shows or late payments, a more consistent customer experience.

    Why it qualifies

    Replaces repetitive manual work with a proven workflow, and can be expressed directly in euros.

Behind the scenes

Examples around CRM, ERP, reporting and HR.

  1. Integration between your CRM and ERP system

    A seamless integration between your CRM (Zoho or Creatio) and your existing ERP, so customer, order and invoice data stay in sync automatically and only need to be entered once.

    Result

    No more double entry, fewer errors between sales and administration, and up-to-date data in both systems.

  2. Automatic order-to-cash workflow

    Orders that come into the CRM flow automatically to the ERP for processing, invoicing and stock updates, with no manual handover.

    Result

    Shorter lead time from order to invoice and fewer administrative hours per order.

  3. Real-time management dashboard

    A BI dashboard that brings data from your CRM and ERP together in one up-to-date overview of revenue, pipeline, lead times and customer satisfaction. No more weekly Excel exports.

    Result

    Senior management steers on current figures instead of month-old reports, and the time spent on manual reporting disappears.

  4. AI-driven forecasting and alerts

    A reporting solution that uses AI to recognise patterns in your data and look ahead: which deals are at risk of slowing down, which customers are at risk of leaving, which stock is running low.

    Result

    Stepping in earlier based on signals rather than finding out afterwards, with less missed revenue.

  5. Digital recruitment portal with AI pre-selection

    A portal where job applications come in, are automatically registered and pre-sorted by AI based on criteria you set in advance, with smooth communication to candidates.

    Result

    Shorter lead time from vacancy to hire and less manual screening work for HR.

  6. Onboarding and employee portal

    A mobile portal that digitises and automates the onboarding of new employees and day-to-day HR matters (leave, documents, expense claims).

    Result

    Faster, more consistent onboarding and fewer HR hours spent on recurring administrative questions.

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Want more information about the possibilities?

We understand you have questions, and we're happy to answer them for you. Get in touch or make an appointment. Those 20 minutes are well worth it. You'll know straight away whether your project qualifies for the grant.

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Proven platforms from our partners

Zoho

As a Partner, we are not only technically skilled, but we also understand your business.

Creatio

With Creatio's BPM solutions, we realise out-of-the-box solutions.

Collabotics

RPA solutions that support people in the background, save time, and are consistent

From proven solution to submitted application: with one partner

The Sprint Grant asks for a proven solution that is new to your business, worked out in a concrete activity plan with measurable goals. That is exactly where most business owners get stuck: the idea is there, but they lack a clearly defined project and someone who will then actually build it.

Mobile XL fills both gaps. We work out with you which project will deliver the most for you, provide the activity plan that you can submit almost straight away, and then build the solution ourselves. You don't have to switch between an adviser who writes a report and a supplier who has to carry it out: with us, the line runs unbroken from first conversation to working solution.

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Proven technology, not an experiment

The grant is explicitly intended for solutions that have already proven themselves elsewhere, and that is exactly how we work. Mobile XL has been implementing CRM, app and portal solutions on platforms such as Zoho and Creatio for more than 10 years, at hundreds of organisations. What is new to your business, we have built before and seen running, whether it's automated quotes, a self-service customer portal or an integration with your ERP. That makes the difference between a grant application that convinces and one that gets set aside as too risky or too experimental. You invest in technology that works, with a partner who already knows the pitfalls.

Thinking in processes, not tools

Where many automation projects run aground is the leap from "what software should we buy" to "what will this really deliver for us". Mobile XL turns that question around. We don't start with the tool, but with your processes and your figures: where is time being lost, where are customers waiting, where is work being duplicated? Using frameworks from the MIT programme Leadership for the AI Age, we make that potential measurable, so you can make a well-founded choice and show afterwards that the investment pays off: a firm requirement from the province. So the grant is not the goal, but the nudge that makes a demonstrably profitable project achievable a little earlier and more easily.

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Frequently asked questions about the Sprint Grant

  • For applying existing, proven technology or ways of working that are new to your business and measurably improve your business processes. AI applications for things like quotes, customer questions or planning fall under the digitalisation theme. But other automation questions can be approved too.

  • A minimum of €5,000 and a maximum of €24,500 per application, covering up to 50% of the project costs. A project of €10,000 to €49,000 makes optimal use of the scheme.

  • The next rounds run from 4 January to 4 February 2027 and from 3 May to 3 June 2027. These are the last two rounds of this scheme. The budget per round is limited and is allocated on a first come, first served basis.

  • In principle, you qualify as an SME based in Limburg if you meet the following conditions: fewer than 250 employees and annual turnover of no more than €50 million or a balance sheet total of no more than €43 million.

  • Together with you, we draw up an activity plan with concrete, measurable goals and a budget in the province's format. You also need eHerkenning to submit digitally. After completing the project, you submit a short report with supporting evidence within two months.

  • No. If we submit the application together with you and it is rejected, or the budget has already been allocated, you are not obliged to carry out the project.

Don't wait until January

The next round opens on 4 January 2027. A lot of applications are expected to come in straight away, and the budget is allocated on a first come, first served basis. So don't wait too long. We'd be happy to make an appointment to discuss your process automation question and get it ready for submission.

Make sure your application is ready before 4 January. That gives you the best chance of the grant being awarded. If you miss that round, there is one more chance: from 3 May to 3 June 2027.

It's only a short sprint!

Qualifying for this Sprint Grant isn't a big hassle. Don't wait any longer, get in touch and we'll sort it out.

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