Innovate UK: UK – Germany Bilateral: Collaborative R&D

07/09/2023

06/12/2023

Innovate UK and the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz invite applications for the UK – Germany Bilateral: Collaborative R&D call. This supports UK businesses to collaborate successfully with German counterparts and build your global growth prospects. Proposals must contribute to the development of commercial products, processes or technical services. The collaborative R&D proposal must demonstrate: a clear game-changing or disruptive innovative idea leading to new products, processes or services a strong and deliverable business plan that addresses and documents, market potential and needs sound, practical financial plans and timelines good value for money, which will always be a consideration in Innovate UK funding decisions a clear, evidence-based plan to deliver significant economic impact, return on investment (ROI) and growth through commercialisation, as soon as possible after project completion clear potential to significantly benefit the UK economy or national productivity the benefit of participants from the countries working together and how this adds value a clear definition of where intellectual property (IP) can be used and shared between the participants and countries a clear route to market within 2 to 3 years of project completion. Grant funding request must not be more than £750,000. (Internal deadline: 3rd October, 2023).

We encourage innovation in, but not limited to, the following fields of emerging technologies: - quantum - AI - semiconductor applications - engineering biology - future telecommunications - green technologies.

Eligibility Note Lead organisation To lead a project your organisation must: be a UK registered business of any size be or involve at least one grant claiming 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 Project team To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following UK registered: business of any size academic institution charity not for profit public sector organisation research and technology organisation (RTO).