Germany-Singapore SME Funding Programme

Singapore companies keen to embark on joint-innovation projects with German companies can receive support through the Germany-Singapore SME Funding Programme (GSFP).

The GSFP is jointly administered by Enterprise Singapore and AiF Projekt GmbH, the appointed project manager of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. The programme aims to encourage joint research and development (R&D) partnerships between Singapore and German SMEs, on the development of innovative products and applications with strong market potential. The project should ideally lead to commercialisation in the domestic or global markets.

Under the GSFP, examples of potential project scopes include:

  • Co-development of disruptive technologies to fill a technological or capability gap;
  • Co-innovation of complementary technologies to develop new technologies;
  • Adaptation of German technologies or products for the Asian market, and vice versa.
About AiF Projekt GmbH
 

AiF Projekt GmbH is the authorised project management agency for the Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM). ZIM is Germany’s largest innovation funding programme for SMEs and aims to support market-oriented R&D projects by individuals and/or cooperation networks in all technologies and sectors.

Who can apply
 

The project consortium must involve at least one Singapore SME and one German SME. Project partners must cooperate on a joint R&D project that will result in the development of an innovative product, service or process with the end goal of commercialisation.

All Singapore companies must meet the eligibility criteria for the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG) in order to apply.

How to apply
 
  1. Singapore companies can look for suitable project partners through the various sources:
    2. For further assistance, companies can contact Enterprise Singapore by emailing us here. 

  2. Singapore companies should then initiate early consultation with Enterprise Singapore on the eligibility of their projects by emailing the same contact above.

  3. On behalf of the consortium, one project partner should download and complete the GSFP proposal application form and consortium agreement. The consortium agreement ought to include, among others, the ownership and use of know-how and IPR settlements. The application must be submitted to both Enterprise Singapore and AiF Projekt GmbH by 25 September 2019, 2359 CEST.

    For more information on the next call for joint innovation projects, please email us here.

  4. Separately, each project partner is required to submit a related funding application form to their respective country funding bodies. For Singapore companies, the equivalent of this is the application form for the Enterprise Development Grant (EDG), which can support up to 70% of qualifying project costs. Singapore companies must submit the EDG application form on the Business Grants Portal by 25 September 2019, 2359 SGT, along with the GSFP proposal application form and consortium agreement attached as supporting documents.