We are pleased to announce the next call for proposals for joint R&D projects between German and Chilean partners, focusing on developing innovative products, processes, or technology-based services in all technological and application areas, which have strong market potential.

The funding is provided by the respective national programmes - in Germany by the Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM). On the Chilean side, Corfo is available for questions regarding the Chilean funding programme: Crea y Valida - ZIM.

Corfo and AiF Projekt GmbH will provide all necessary assistance to project partners during project proposal, evaluation and monitoring phase.

Submission deadline for grant proposals: 31 March 2026.

Submission is possible on a rolling base and applications will be evaluated continuously after submission. For more information and access to the joint project proposal form, please visit International calls/Chile

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It is highly recommended that each interested partner (companies and research institutes) contact their local funding agency before starting to fill in a project application (in Germany: AiF Projekt GmbH, project management agency for BMWE).

To encourage partnerships between German and foreign companies, BMWE and several ministries and funding organizations from various countries have launched a number of bi- and multilateral funding agreements to support joint R&D projects. All project partners must submit a separate application to the relevant national funding scheme. German applicants, who are eligible for funding under ZIM, benefit from a 10% increase in funding when applying for a transnational cooperation project.