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Germany and Catalonia (Spain) are announcing a call for proposals for joint R&D projects focusing on developing innovative products, technology-based services or methods in all technological and application areas which have strong market potential.
The Catalan agency for competitiveness of the Catalan ministry of industry (ACCIÓ) and the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) will provide access to public funding for joint projects provided for Germany by the BMWi's ZIM program (Central Innovation Program for SMEs) and for Catalonia by "Nuclis d'R+D internacionals" program.
ACCIÓ and AiF Projekt GmbH (Project management agency for the BMWi) will provide all necessary assistance to project partners during project proposal, evaluation and monitoring phase.

Project results will have to contribute to the development of commercial products, processes and / or technical services. The project proposals have to comply with the following guidelines:
- The consortium has to include at least two independent enterprises, one from Catalonia and one from Germany which contribute considerably to the project. Participation of research institutes and other companies is welcome as additional participants or subcontractors according to each country's funding regulations.
- The project should have an obvious advantage and added value resulting from the cooperation between the participants from the two jurisdictions (e.g. increased knowledge base, commercial leads, access to R&D infrastructure, new fields of application, etc.).
- Project duration should not exceed 2 years. An extension of 1 year could be accepted by both countries if sufficiently justified.

Weitere Informationen:
http://www.zim-bmwi.de/internationale-fue-kooperationen/bilaterale-ausschreibungen