Project Funding

Consulting services by DESY

The Technology Transfer Office at DESY...

• assists scientists who are planning or have planned a project with industry and are looking for suitable funding


• assists in the search for suitable funding opportunities for the respective project


• provides expert advice on transfer topics and helps with the design of the project idea, whether it is a matter of setting up a concept, developing an exploitation idea or drawing up an exploitation plan


• accompanies scientists during the application process


• mediates in communication as an interface to third-party funders and industry.

Overview of relevant funding programs

Public Calls for Proposals

• Go-Bio Initial: With the GO-Bio initial funding measure, the BMBF supports the identification and development of early life science research approaches with recognizable innovation potential, more info


• EIC Pathfinder: The EIC Pathfinder aims to identify radically new technologies that have the potential to create entirely new markets. Within Horizon Europe, the EIC Pathfinder is the funding program for cutting-edge research to create a scientific basis for breakthrough technologies, more info


• EXIST-Forschungstransfer: BMWK support for research-based start-up projects that involve complex and high-risk development work, more info


• KMU-innovativ: BMBF funding initiative for cutting-edge research in German SMEs, more info


• PROFI-Transfer of IFB Hamburg: Support for Hamburg companies that want to implement R&D projects in cooperation with Hamburg universities/research institutions, more info


• VIP+ (Validation of the Technological and Societal Innovation Potential of Scientific Research): Funding program for scientists to test and prove the innovation potential of research results and to open up possible areas of application, more info


• WiVoPro ("Scientific Preliminary Projects" in the field of photonics and quantum technologies): Based on the BMBF's Quantum Systems funding program, so-called "scientific preliminary projects" are funded, more info


• ZIM (Central Innovation Program for SMEs): Nationwide, technology- and industry-open funding program of the BMWK to strengthen the innovative strength and competitiveness of medium-sized companies, more info
  


Private announcements


• Volkswagen Foundation: The non-profit Volkswagen Foundation funds research projects in all disciplines, more info


Useful links


• Funding database of the BMBF, more info

Selection of already successfully funded projects

Ongoing projects