Your project

Your project must:

• have a maximum grant funding request of £400,000 for all UK partners
• start by 1 December 2023
• end by 30 November 2026
• last between 12 months and 36 months

All projects must include a collaboration between at least one German-registered SME and UK-registered SME.

To lead a project from the UK side your organisation must:

• be a UK registered business of any size
• collaborate with at least one German registered SME applying to the ZIM programme, which must be a separate legal entity, not linked to the UK partners
• be or involve at least one UK micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)

UK participants must submit an application to Innovate UK and German partners must submit an application to the German ZIM programme (page also available in English). Both UK and German applications must be successful to receive grant funding.

UK project partners must carry out the majority of their project work in the UK and intend to exploit the results from or in the UK.

Read the full brief on eligibility and application processes on the Innovation Funding Service platform for UK organisations as well as The German ZIM Programme platform for German organisations.