Each incubator project is funded for two to three years, so AFEM operates the incubators on a project basis. When one grant ends, the search for another project hinder begins. It is also negotiating its entiy into the RMIE (incubator) network of the Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST); if admitted, the most innovative projects in the AFEM incubators will be eligible for MAD 230 000 of funding support from the CNRST.