The development and expansion of R&D infrastructures for new or existing research activities that dock on strengths and open up future-oriented research fields are supported. The tender therefore addresses both R&D infrastructures for basic research and for application-oriented research and development. Furthermore, this initiative also creates incentives for the coordinated acquisition and use of R&D infrastructure by research institutions and companies.
Every requested R&D infrastructure must be fully assigned to an economic or non-economic use. A usage concept (= part of the application form) must be submitted.
The following are eligible:
- Companies of any legal form (only for commercial use)
- Institutions for research and knowledge dissemination (universities, universities of applied sciences, non-university research institutions, technology transfer institutions, innovation mediators and other science-oriented organizations)
- Other non-economic institutions (self-government bodies, non-profit organizations such as NPOs)
Funding rate:
- If the R&D-infrastrucutre is used economically: max. 50%
- If the R&D-infrastrucutre is not used economically: max. 85%
The max. funding per project amounts to 2.5 million €.
All in all there are 18.6 million € available for funding of R&D-infrastructure projects.
