Funding of projects by the Bavaria California Technology Center

New: upper limit of financial support: 20,000 €
Deadline: October 15th, 2024

The Bavaria California Technology Center (BaCaTeC, www.bacatec.de) promotes the cooperation of research facilities in Bavaria and California in the high-tech areas of life sciences, information- and communication technologies, new materials, environmental technology and mechatronics. Preferred subject of sponsoring is the initial funding of new projects, especially those which support the exchange of scientists in reference to the projects.

Financial support may be granted to submitted projects that describe the initiation of lasting cooperation between Bavarian and Californian facilities and which will be supported by other institutions in the future. The funding line “Joined Public-Private Proposals” supports projects with involved companies as well. Proposals in the research areas of „artificial intelligence“ / „digitalization“ the requirement of initiation does not apply, i.e. established cooperation partners in these fields of research can also apply. The initial funding provided by BaCaTeC will mainly cover expenses for travel and accommodations. The general upper limit of financial support is (new!) € 20,000 per project.

A new program called „visiting scholarships artificial intelligence“ (vsai) supports the invitation of designated speakers from California. Maximum amount of application (vsai): 3,000 €.

Application forms are available at www.bacatec.de. The next deadline will be October 15th, 2024. Applications are limited to two pages (DIN-A4). Sponsored projects will be selected by November. Start of activity, if granted: January 1st 2025.

Further information: https://www.bacatec.de/en/index.html