German-Swedish Call for joint R&D projects by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises spring 2025
With this joint call, we are offering public funding for joint R&D projects between Swedish and German small and medium-sized enterprises (in this call up to 499 employees). The aim of the call is to create the conditions to initiate joint R&D projects to develop products, technology-based services or methods within all technological and application areas, which will in subsequent steps generate sustainable solutions with market potential and potential to address societal challenges.
The offer in brief
What can you apply for?
The activities for which you are seeking funding must be research and development activities within the EU´s definition of industrial research and experimental development.
Who can apply?
The call for proposals is aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with up to 499 employees who want to collaborate with SMEs and other actors in Germany. Participation from academia and institutes as project partner are preferable.
How much can you apply for?
You can apply for up to SEK 3 million. Companies that apply are expected to co-finance their eligible costs according to state aid regulations.
Important dates
How to apply
To apply for funding, you need to log in and complete an application form in our eServices portal. The application form contains questions about your project, the participants taking part in the project and your budget.
Templates and attachments for your application
Plesae download the templates you need to attach to your application such as a CV or project description. Below you can also find any attachments with useful information for your application.
Proposal Application Form for 6th German-Swedish Call for Proposals for Joint SME R&D Projects (pdf, 792 kB)Please allow enough time
Please keep in mind that it takes time to complete an application. Filling in the templates can take several days, since they're based on analyses you need to do. Therefore, start the application well in advance. You can start filling in your details, then save and continue at a later time.
When you've completed your application, please mark it as done ("klar"). You can unlock and make changes to your application at any time until the call closes. If you unlock your application, you must mark it as done ("klarmarkera") if you want the application registered when the call closes.
This happens when the call for proposals is closed.
Once your proposal has been registered, we will email a confirmation to the person responsible for the user account, as well as the project manager and the signatory. This may take a few hours after the call for proposals closes. If you have not received a confirmation within 24 hours of the call for proposals closing, please contact us.
Once the call for proposals is closed, you cannot change or fill in any new information. You can only supplement your proposal if we ask you to.
Who can read your proposal?
Applications submitted to us become public documents. However, we do not disclose information about the company's operations, inventions or research results if it can be assumed that someone will suffer financial damage if the information is disclosed.
This means that we must disclose the documents if someone requests them. However, we keep confidential the information that we believe could cause financial damage if disclosed.
Any questions?
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Reference number 2025-00254