KIT: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)

Funding opportunities by the German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF):

• Research program “From materials to innovations” offers several different national funding opportunities for collaborative projects for academic and industrial partners as well as specific programs for SMEs.
• National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence “AI made in Germany”
• Microelectronics Framework Programme Germany
• Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation SPRIND is creating spaces for innovators, where they can take risks and think radically different.
• Strategic international collaborations are fostered by specific bilateral calls (2+2 Projects), via dedicated ERA-Net programs (e.g. M.Era-Net)
• BRIDGE2ERA2021 program – for better integration of the regions of Central Eastern and South-eastern Europe