Förderung von Forschung, Technologie und Innovation - FTI Technologie

Thuringian State Budget Code (ThürLHO), in particular §§ 23 and 44 and the administrative regulations (VV) issued for this purpose, insofar as no deviations are permitted under these guidelines

The "FTI-Thüringen TECHNOLOGIE" funding program supports research and development projects carried out by companies and scientific institutions in Thuringia.

The Free State of Thuringia supports projects that can be assigned to the "Regional Innovation Strategy for Intelligent Specialization and Economic Change in Thuringia" (RIS Thuringia).

Funding is possible in the following RIS fields:

• Industrial production and systems
• Sustainable and intelligent mobility and logistics
• Healthy living and health economy
• Sustainable energy and use of resources
• Information and communication technologies, innovative and production-related services
  

Research and development projects are eligible for funding:

• Thuringia Verbund and Thuringia Verbund Dynamik
• Funding recipients: SMEs, large companies and scientific institutions in association with SMEs
• Thuringia R&D individual
• Beneficiaries: SMEs
  

Innovation vouchers:

• InnoDecide
  • Beneficiary: SMEs
• InnoPrepare
  • Beneficiaries: SMEs, scientific institutions in the non-economic or economic sector if the SME criteria are met
• InnoSecure
  • Beneficiaries: SMEs, scientific institutions in the economic sector, if the SME criteria are met
• InnoCreate
  • Beneficiary: SMEs

They receive the funding as a grant:

R&D alliance - industrial research:

• Up to 80 % for small companies
• Up to 75 % for medium-sized companies
• Up to 65 % for large companies
  

R&D alliance - experimental development:

• Up to 60 % for small companies
• Up to 50 % for medium-sized companies
• Up to 40 % for large companies

Thuringia R&D individual - industrial research:

• Up to 70 % for small companies
• Up to 60 % for medium-sized companies

Thuringia R&D individual - experimental development:

• Up to 45 % for small companies
• Up to 35 % for medium-sized companies

Dynamic R&D network:

• Up to 60 % for smaller companies
• Up to 50 % for medium-sized companies
• Up to 40% for large companies

Research institutions can receive a grant of up to 100% of expenditure as part of their non-commercial activities.

Innovation vouchers:

• Up to 50%

• Up to 100% InnoPrepare for scientific institutions in the non-economic sector

• The grant is awarded on application.
• Applications for a grant must be submitted electronically via the online portal of the Thüringer Aufbaubank (TAB) using the forms provided. In addition, the written application must be submitted to the TAB, unless the electronic form replaces the written form.
• When applying for the innovation voucher, the financial plan and all bids received for the external service contracts applied for must be submitted. As a rule, at least three offers should be obtained. If this number is not reached, special justification must be provided.

The grant is possible under certain conditions:

• The project must be carried out in Thuringia.
• As part of the application, the project must be plausibly related to a field of specialization. For Thuringia Verbund, applications can only be submitted as part of a call for competition.
• For Thuringia R&D Individual and Thuringia Verbund Dynamik, a minimum score of 50% of the possible points must be achieved for the evaluation criteria, as well as at least 3 points for the criterion of economic exploitation potential.
• Thuringia R&D Individual applications must also score at least 3 points in the innovation content criterion.
• For Thuringia Verbund Dynamik, at least 60% of the requested expenditure must be incurred by the companies from the date of receipt of the application (01.06.2023).
• With InnoDecide, the prospects of success must always be the subject of the commission. The results and findings must be clearly assigned to the above-mentioned services in the study. If a service or the assignment is missing, the grant cannot be paid out.
• A final report must be prepared. In the final report, the services applied for must each be presented in separate sections with a corresponding subheading or similar.

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In principle, the Thüringer Aufbaubank (TAB) invites eligible applicants to take part in a competitive procedure. Continuous application is possible for individual company R&D projects and innovation vouchers.

The procedure is divided into 4 steps:

Application procedure:
Applications for the grant must be submitted to the Thüringer Aufbaubank (TAB) as the granting authority.

Approval procedure:
Grants are approved by the TAB in a written decision, which may contain additional provisions and conditions.

Request and disbursement procedure:
Disbursements are made on the basis of listed receipts/invoices (request for funds) and after review by the approval authority.

Proof of use procedure:
Proof of use of the grant must be provided to the granting authority by means of a factual report and numerical evidence within six months of fulfillment of the purpose of the grant, but no later than the end of the sixth month following the approval period.

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Lawsuit

• Promotion of research, technology and innovation - RTI Technology
• Projects by companies that relate to the regional innovation strategy for intelligent specialization and economic change in Thuringia are funded
• responsible: Thüringer Aufbaubank

The responsible application and approval authority for funding under these guidelines is theThüringer Aufbaubank (TAB).

Forms/online services available: Yes
Written form required: Yes
Informal application possible: No
Personal appearance necessary: No