The Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM) is a nationwide funding programme that is open to all technologies and sectors. The ZIM is intended to sustainably strengthen the innovative capacity and thus the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It is intended to contribute to economic growth, in particular by accessing value creation potential and raising the level of applied knowledge.
Medium-sized companies and research institutions working with them receive grants for ambitious research and development projects that lead to new or significantly improved products, technical services or production processes. The technological innovation content and good market opportunities of the funded R&D projects are essential for approval. The ZIM aims to create conditions that are geared towards the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Companies can carry out research and development as individual projects or as cooperative projects with research institutions or other companies. In addition, the management and organization of innovative company networks are supported. For both cooperation projects and networks, ZIM also supports international partnerships.
The project management agencies:- EURONORM GmbH (R&D individual projects, only national activities),-
The Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM) is a nationwide funding programme that is open to all technologies and sectors. The ZIM is intended to sustainably strengthen the innovative capacity and thus the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It is intended to contribute to economic growth, in particular by accessing value creation potential and raising the level of applied knowledge.
Medium-sized companies and research institutions working with them receive grants for ambitious research and development projects that lead to new or significantly improved products, technical services or improved production processes. The technological innovation content and good market opportunities of the funded R&D projects are essential for approval. The ZIM aims to create conditions that are suitable for SMEs and is geared towards the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises.
Companies can carry out research and development as individual projects or as cooperative projects with research institutions or other companies. In addition, the management and organization of innovative company networks are supported. For both cooperation projects and networks, ZIM also supports international partnerships.
The project management agencies:
EURONORM GmbH (R&D individual projects, only national activities),
AiF Projekt GmbH (R&D cooperation projects, including transnational activities) and
VDI/VDE-IT GmbH (innovation networks, including transnational activities)
manage the ZIM on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in all project forms.
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