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International cooperation projects

The BMWK supports a limited number of bilateral cooperation projects with selected partner countries in the European and international arena. The aim is, on the one hand, to transfer technological developments to foreign application areas and markets and, on the other hand, to use the specific competences of research institutions and companies from the respective partner country in current funding areas for joint activities.

News

Here you can find current information on the international cooperation projects.

Contact

Here you will find the contact details of the contact persons for the international cooperation projects.

Cooperation with France

France and Germany are strengthening their collaboration in the field of artificial intelligence and 5G communication technologies through different bilateral cooperation projects. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the French Ministère de l’Économie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté industrielle et numérique have implemented corresponding project funding for this purpose.

Cooperation with Canada

In cooperation with the Canadian National Research Council (NRC), the BMWK is funding four bilateral cooperation projects with Canadian and German partners. The projects are developing innovative AI solutions in the application areas of healthcare and robotics.

Cooperation with Austria

There is a bilateral cooperation between the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK). Both ministries have implemented corresponding project funding for this purpose.

EUREKA projects

In addition to bilateral cooperation, there are also funding opportunities through the EUREKA research initiative. A number of projects have emerged from the EUREKA cluster CELTIC-NEXT and from the joint EUREKA clusters AI Calls

 

Cooperation with Japan

Germany and Japan have set themselves the goal of taking a coordinated approach to research funding for artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things and mobile connectivity in industrial application fields.