SKZ shows ways to finance research and development projects

The information is tailored to the needs of industry and is continuously updated. The aim is to make it easier for interested companies to access suitable funding formats and to support the initiation of joint research and development projects with the SKZ.

The service is provided by the Innovation and Technology Transfer (ITT) department at SKZ. The information is based on in-depth research and many years of experience in publicly funded cooperation and joint projects. Every year, SKZ carries out over 100 publicly funded projects involving 16 specialized research groups and a large number of companies.

“With this service, we want to actively support companies in identifying suitable funding opportunities and working with us to launch innovative projects,” explains Dr. Benedikte Hatz, Head of ITT. “We warmly invite all interested companies to get in touch with us, whether for initial orientation or concrete project planning.”

Numerous successful examples from practice show that it is worth the effort: In recent years, for example, numerous projects on highly relevant topics such as circular economy, digitalization, and sustainable materials have been successfully initiated and promoted in collaboration with partner companies. A current example is the KARE project · Building competencies for the circular economy of plastics. With an interdisciplinary consortium from education, research, industry, the plastics industry, and labor research, the 25 participants in the KARE project are pooling their expertise to holistically shape the transformation to a circular economy for plastics. In particular, medium-sized companies in the plastics industry are to be supported in transformation processes, and the knowledge gained is to be made available as transformation concepts and training programs for transfer to industry, society, and politics.

In addition, the SKZ is providing two practice-oriented white papers that give companies a compact introduction to the topic of funding: “Financing research and development projects in your own company with public funding” and “Using research allowances for your own research and development.”

Both white papers are available free of charge on the SKZ website at www.skz.de/en/whitepaper.

The new overview of funding programs can be found here.
Companies are welcome to implement their innovation projects with research participation from SKZ and public support. SKZ provides support from the very beginning: from the initial idea to the application and, if successful, to implementation.