Fundusze strukturalne UE jako jeden z czynników pobudzania działalności innowacyjnej przedsiębiorstw – przegląd funduszy dostępnych w okresie programowania 2007–2013 w województwie podkarpackim

The aim of the article is to show the accessible structural funds in Podkarpackie for financing the innovative activity as well as to point at the barriers and the benefits in connection with making use of them. The article takes up the issue of significance of making use of the structural funds in raising the competitiveness and the innovativeness of the Podkarpackie Region. It contains the discussion on the sources of financing the innovative solutions, furthermore in detail are described the accessible in the Podkarpackie structural funds as the main source of financing the innovations in period 2007-2013, and access to them gives the companies opportunity of implementation of the innovative ventures.