UK-Germany Bilateral: Collaborative R&D
Funding for collaborative projects resulting in innovative solutions in emerging technologies.
Your project must:
- have a maximum grant funding request of £500,000
- carry out the majority of its project work in the UK
- intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
To lead a project your organisation must:
- be a UK-registered business of any size
- be or involve at least one UK micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)
- collaborate with at least one German registered SME applying to the German ZIM programme, which must be a separate legal entity, not linked to the UK partners
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will work with The Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK), (The Federal Ministry For Economic Affairs And Climate Action), to invest up to £4 million in innovation projects.
This competition aims to enhance UK and German collaborations and capabilities in the emerging fields of technology in our society. This is to develop and deliver innovations and applications of the technologies across a broad range of sectors.
Innovate UK want to fund a variety of projects across a range of sectors and technology areas. Applications from the following emerging technology areas are particularly encouraged:
- Quantum
- AI
- Semiconductor Applications
- Engineering Biology
- Future Telecommunications
- Green Technologies (including hydrogen and battery technologies)
This list is not exhaustive.
Applications are open from Tuesday 6 February to 11am on Monday 3 June 2024.
- Innovate UK