Investicijske podpore so kapitalski transferji, v denarju ali naravi, države ali tujine, drugim rezidenčnim in nerezidenčnim institucionalnim enotam, ki so namenjeni celotnemu ali delnemu financiranju njihovih stroškov pridobitve osnovnih sredstev (prim. ESR 95, 4.152).
Investment grants are capital transfers, in cash or kind, effected by general government or the rest of the world to other resident or non-resident institutional units with the aim of financing, in part or in full, the cost of acquiring fixed capital goods (cf. ESA 95, 4.152).