Germany and Canada are pleased to announce a call for proposals for joint R&D projects focusing on developing innovative products, processes, or technology-based services in all technological and application areas which have strong market potential.
The National Research Council (NRC) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWK) will provide access to public funding for joint projects provided by NRC in Canada and by BMWK’s ZIM programme (Central Innovation Programme for SMEs) in Germany. The National Research Council is the Government of Canada's largest research organization supporting industrial innovation, the advancement of knowledge and technology development, and fulfilling government mandates. NRC and BMWK (Coordinator: AiF Projekt GmbH) will provide all necessary assistance to project partners during project proposal, evaluation and monitoring phase.
Submission deadline for grant proposals: 28th June 2024
For more information and access to the joint project proposal form,
please visit International calls/Canada.
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It is highly recommended that each interested partner (companies and research institutes) contact their local funding agency before starting to fill in a project application (in Germany: AiF Projekt GmbH, project management agency for BMWK).
To encourage partnerships between German and foreign companies, BMWK and several ministries and funding organizations from various countries have launched a number of bi- and multilateral funding agreements to support joint R&D projects. All project partners must submit a separate application to the relevant national funding scheme. German applicants, who are eligible for funding under ZIM, benefit from a 10% increase in funding when applying for a transnational cooperation project.