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Current stage of social and economic development is called the knowledge-based economy, and innovation is a factor of rapidly growing importance for its further development. Basing the economies on the use of innovation is particularly justified in times of globalization and the deepening of European integration process. The purpose of this article is to present the current innovation activity of Polish enterprises, justification of the need for public aid in its support, and an indication of the directions and sources of financing the activities aimed at enhancing the innovative potential of companies. To achieve so stated objective there has been conducted theoretical consideration as well as analysis of statistical data on the problems of innovativeness of Polish enterprises and an indication of the possibility of solving them using the resources available for Polish enterprises within the financial perspective 2014-2020.