Matchmaking Event: Funding for Czech-Bavarian R&D Cooperation between Companies and Research Organizations

Digital Technologies: AI, Cybersecurity, Intralogistics, eHealth

Date: Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 10:30 – 14:30

Location: IHK Regensburg für Oberpfalz/Kelheim, D.-Martin-Luther-Str. 12, 930 47 Regensburg

For representatives of:

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
  • Large companies interested in cooperating with SMEs
  • Research organizations

What’s in it for you?

  • Meet potential partners from Czechia and Bavaria for joint R&D collaboration
  • Learn about the details of the current funding opportunities for R&D

Funding Framework:

SMEs can receive funding for R&D development and experimentation, including software development:

In Germany:

  • up to 60% of costs
  • grants of up to 336,000 € per SME and up to 3,000,000 € per project

In Czech Republic:

  • up to 80% of costs
  • grants ranging from 120,000 € to 2,000,000 € per project/SME (if the SME is the sole applicant)

Research organizations can receive funding only if collaborating with SMEs:

In Germany: up to 100 % of costs

In Czech Republic: up to 85 % of costs

Funding is provided through the ZIM – Kooperationsprojekte program (Germany) and the Aplikace – International Collaboration program (Czech Republic).

Language of the event:

English / Czech / German (simultaneous translation into Czech/German provided for selected sessions)

Programme

Arrival & Welcome Coffee (from 10:00 AM)

10:30 – 12:00 | Funding Opportunities & Good Practice

  • Welcome remarks – Dr. Jürgen Helmes, (IHK Regensburg)
  • IraSME Funding Framework – Felix Rotter, AiF Projekt GmbH (ZIM project management agency of BMWK)
  • ZIM Kooperationsprojekte Funding Scheme in Germany – Felix Rotter, AiF Projekt GmbH (ZIM project management agency of BMWK)
  • Aplikace – International Cooperation Funding Scheme in Czechia – Robert Wenzel, Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade
  • Case Studies & Good Practice

Joachim Scherer, Executive Director, Aurion Anlagentechnik GmbH; Project Lead of “FastPIMS – Fast switch match system for pulsed rf/HiPIMS plasma applications” project

Jakub Dömény, Assistant Professor, Mendel University Brno; project “Development of a plant and technology for surface carbonization of wooden elements”

12:00 – 12:45 | Lunch Break

12:45 – 14:30 | Pitching & Networking

  • Pitching Session

Support for Applicants – Lucie Valentová, Beratungsbüro Oberpfalz

Project Ideas for R&D Collaboration

  • Speed Dating – Facilitated Networking, Facilitator: Richard Brunner
  • Workshop: Development of Project Ideas, Facilitator: Lucie Valentová

Closing Remarks

from 14:30 | Informal networking (optional)

Moderator: Jana Lachmann, 5G Corridor Munich-Prague

Registration

Please register for the event via this link, either to present a collaboration idea (5-minute pitch, max. 3 slides) by 4 April or as a participant without a presentation by 16 April.

Note: Participation for research organizations is limited to one person per institution (campus/faculty) due to space constraints.

For further information, contact: jana.lachmann@munich-prague.org