Funding opportunity

UK-Germany bilateral: collaborative research and development

• Opportunity status: Closed
• Funders: Innovate UK
• Co-funders: The Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action)
• Funding type: Grant
• Total fund: £4,000,000
• Publication date: 27 January 2023
• Opening date: 7 February 2023 9:00am UK time
• Closing date: 7 June 2023 11:00am UK time

See the full opportunity details on the Innovation Funding Service.

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £4 million for collaborative research projects resulting in innovative solutions.

You must collaborate with at least 1 German small or medium-sized enterprise (SME) applying under the equivalent German Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM).

Eligibility summary

This competition is open to UK and German collaborations only.

To lead a project your organisation must:

• be a UK registered business
• be or involve at least 1 grant claiming UK registered SME
• collaborate with a German registered business, which must be a separate non-linked entity to the UK project partners