Finnish-German Call for Proposals for Joint R&D Projects
Termin:
18.09.2025
Fördergeber:
BMWK
Business Finland, the Finnish funding agency for research and technology development and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) intend to support joint Finnish-German research and development projects (R&D projects) in order to develop innovative products, processes or technical services from all technology and application areas.
Funding will be available for R&D projects in which new products, services or processes with a high market potential are developed and subsequently transformed into marketable products. The project should have an obvious advantage and added value resulting from the cooperation between the participants from the two countries (e.g. increased knowledge base, commercial lead, access to R&D infrastructure, new fields of application, etc.). Furthermore, the project should demonstrate a balanced technological contribution by the participants from both countries, and must be equally significant to all participants. Project results will have to contribute to the development of commercial products, processes and / or technical services, which are based on the international state of the art.
The consortium must include at least one Finnish and one German commercial company. Participation of research organizations (RTOs) and further companies is welcome as additional participants or subcontractors according to each country’s funding regulations.
Each German project partner submits an individual ZIM application to AiF Projekt GmbH. Every German SME, in accordance with the relevant EU regulations, as well as medium-sized companies with less than 500 employees (full-time equivalents), which carry out R&D for the development of innovative products, processes or technical services, are eligible to apply. Other medium-sized companies with less than 1,000 employees are eligible to apply for funding if they cooperate with at least one SME (in accordance with EU regulations) whose project is funded. Research and technology organizations are eligible to apply as cooperation partners of eligible companies.
According to the German funding conditions, a cooperation agreement must be concluded between the German and Finnish project partners to regulate the cooperation. These are discussed on the German side in the ZIM guideline and include, among other things, the regulation of property rights and rights of use as well as the joint use and marketing of the results of the cooperation. The existence of such an agreement must be confirmed when the application is submitted.
The call invites partners to present joint proposals for industrial R&D projects until 15th September 2025.
Contact Person Germany: AiF Projekt GmbH Mr. Christian Fichtner, Phone: +49 (0)30 48163-590, Mail: c.fichtner@aif-projekt-gmbh.de
Further information:
https://www.zim.de/ZIM/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/International/13-call-finland.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2
Funding will be available for R&D projects in which new products, services or processes with a high market potential are developed and subsequently transformed into marketable products. The project should have an obvious advantage and added value resulting from the cooperation between the participants from the two countries (e.g. increased knowledge base, commercial lead, access to R&D infrastructure, new fields of application, etc.). Furthermore, the project should demonstrate a balanced technological contribution by the participants from both countries, and must be equally significant to all participants. Project results will have to contribute to the development of commercial products, processes and / or technical services, which are based on the international state of the art.
The consortium must include at least one Finnish and one German commercial company. Participation of research organizations (RTOs) and further companies is welcome as additional participants or subcontractors according to each country’s funding regulations.
Each German project partner submits an individual ZIM application to AiF Projekt GmbH. Every German SME, in accordance with the relevant EU regulations, as well as medium-sized companies with less than 500 employees (full-time equivalents), which carry out R&D for the development of innovative products, processes or technical services, are eligible to apply. Other medium-sized companies with less than 1,000 employees are eligible to apply for funding if they cooperate with at least one SME (in accordance with EU regulations) whose project is funded. Research and technology organizations are eligible to apply as cooperation partners of eligible companies.
According to the German funding conditions, a cooperation agreement must be concluded between the German and Finnish project partners to regulate the cooperation. These are discussed on the German side in the ZIM guideline and include, among other things, the regulation of property rights and rights of use as well as the joint use and marketing of the results of the cooperation. The existence of such an agreement must be confirmed when the application is submitted.
The call invites partners to present joint proposals for industrial R&D projects until 15th September 2025.
Contact Person Germany: AiF Projekt GmbH Mr. Christian Fichtner, Phone: +49 (0)30 48163-590, Mail: c.fichtner@aif-projekt-gmbh.de
Further information:
https://www.zim.de/ZIM/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/International/13-call-finland.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2